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I was fishing it like a jig, letting it fall to the bottom and working it back slowly.

I've been flogging the water to a froth since arriving here March 1st with nothing worthy of a report. However, just being here and trying beats the land of ice and snow every day, all day. Like Basspastor, catching them deep is a summit I'm still looking up at. Thank you for your inspirational post, by the way. Yesterday, I ventured over to the Kings in search of warmer water. It was stained less than I expected given the recent rains, but still had enough floaters for a little pucker factor running down the lake. Table Rock finally granted me a bit of mercy as I blundered into a school of Spots and LMs, catching 20 including 5 keepers. One of them was this "Lil Ol' Meat Pouch" to borrow an epithet from Zona. She went 21 1/2" and tipped the scale at 5.23 lbs. She eagerly lunched a white chatterbait with an Albino Zoom Swimming Super Fluke Jr for a trailer. I remember thinking, this is a big one and wondering if it might not be some other specie as it was pulling so hard. All of the fish came on either the chatterbait or a 4" Keitech Swing Impact on a 1/4 ballhead jig. Water temp was 61.

The PC version of the Navionics web app is pretty good: https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@10&key=w~h~ExlsyP You can zoom in and out. There's also a smart phone version that'll cost you $10 or so.

On the other side of the peninsula, looking west across the lake towards Little Cow, I haven't seen a single boat all morning. Must be a hot bite in Long Creek.

Congrats on the new rig. Looks like the younguns are "onboard". 😀

Cow Creek is useable as long as you don't need the dock. Mill Creek is in very good shape although missing some of the parking spots.

Figured some good news might be nice. From March 27 to April 15. https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-temporarily-waive-fishing-permits-starting-friday

Yes, but you'll need waders to get to the dock if you want to use it, at least as of yesterday. Mill Creek is good. Someone has been keeping the dock moved.

Thanks Bill & Dave!

Fished yesterday afternoon from Aunts to Woolly. Water temps mostly 48 in the main channel, some warmer temps in the creeks. I saw dying shad at many of the main channel spots I stopped at although I didn't think it was excessive but then I'm a complete newb when it comes to shad. I did notice lots of gulls diving to the surface to feed. Fishing was very slow for me but then it has been since I got here the first of the month. I guess I'm zigging and the fish are zagging. Question: I thought it was cold water that caused shad kills. Why is there a shad kill happening when the water is warming?

Great! Thanks.

Question about the "You can trailer to another Table Rock launch if you prefer" rule - do we have to be at Eagle Rock for the 6:30 start or can we start wherever?

Thanks for the info. Driving down today and will have to miss my gift opportunity. But I will be more than content with a little sunshine and low-60s temps.

Bill, you're running a Phoenix, right? Which model?

Good lookin' smallie!

Is there any interest in soda (aka pop, aka Coke)? I'd be happy to bring a case of Coke and one of Diet Coke. Or...?

I'm in.

My crazy brother-in-law once cooked up some porcupine. All I remember is that it smelled terrible and that even his dog wouldn't touch it. 🤣

Look again, carefully. It's Breadsley. Subtle attempt to disguise the real location. 😀

Very cool graph shots!

Thank you, Daryk.

Hey Guys, we're looking for a house to rent on or near the lake for March & April 2020. It's mostly just for the two of us and we are mature, retired folks with our party days in the far distant past. 😀 We've been renting a house in the Blue Eye area for the last 6 years but it looks as though that has fallen thru for next year. I've been scouring VRBO and AirBnB without much success and was just hoping maybe one of you might have a lead on a place. I bring a boat so I would need a place to park it with electrical access. I love to fish all over the lake and so have no wish to keep it in a marina. We would prefer the Blue Eye area. Thanks for any help you can offer.

Probably regional. Toothy fish that we disdain up here are the northern pike, aka slimers, aka toothy critters, aka jackfish in Canada, eh. Actually good eating but tiresome as they bite off a lot of tackle. I would never risk a MB jerkbait up here. 😉

Also known as Gravel Lizards or Sand Carp. 😁

One of the FEW benefits of living on the frozen tundra. 😉