Myself and our group was extremely let down by the lack of fish caught. We had trouble finding them. I had been following this website and others for the weeks leading up to this past weekend. My little boat doesn't have a trolling motor and more importantly no fish finder. However, we casted into the banks with lines dropped straight down at various depths with minnows with no luck. I personally used 1/16 oz blue jigs with blue and white tubes. The few fish I caught, were on that jig. The same color jig and tube on a 1/8 oz jig yielded nothing. Switching to bass, I started throwing a bright yellow fade to white belly rapala. Ironically, I caught a few crappie keepers on that lure.
We were on the big Niangua and Linn Creek. The fish were not on the banks, I can testify to that. The few female keepers we caught were full of eggs. The spawn is definitely a ways off. Based on the forecast and whatever Ameren does, I could see the spawn wait a week or 3.
