Neil

I have been ill several months and haven't been able to fish has hickory creek been stocked lately

Try a white lunker lure.

Thanks Ollie phone number going in my phone

At the low water bridge and north handicap dock.

I drove by hickory creek twice today and people were fishing and keeping trout and trout season hasn't started yet. Does Newton County have a game warden? In the past I have fished the creek and never have seen anyone checked out.

nice and good eating I bet

Bo James in Cassville sells a great Jig. I would use 1/2 oz Black or Brown Jig with the size that is larger the the 11 frog or even spring lizard pup I don't even know if Uncle Josh still makes pork frogs. Put the pork on the jig hook and either work stop and go or swim slow just above bottohttp://www.basspro.com/Uncle-Josh-Original-Pork-Frog/product/12082905323095/m. I fished Big M in the 70's and 80,s. When I started fishing there the lake was at the lowest and really just a river bed. There is a lot of structure 25 to 30 feet in the Big M cove. Old road bed stumps and such.

That ledge goes out quite a ways out and I always did well with a jig and large pork frog. I'm too old to fish now and love reading about fishing around Big M Thanks for your reports

There is a rock ledge section on the south side in the back that did hold some good bass. I haven't been to Big M in a long time and the ledge might be covered by docks now

Has there been any stocking lately?

I was wondering if you ever fished the cove in the boat launching area. Many years ago I lived at Cassville and fished Big M lots and caught many large bass in the cove back end.