CoolHandFluke

Where is the best place to go snagging from the bank around LOZ? Thanks!

37.8 Friday close to the dam.

Good luck liphunter! Hope you get em! let us know how you do.

Well, made a poor choice. Put in at Roark at about 8:30am tried some crappie fishing. Caught a few shorts right off the bat. 30ft deep on brush. Then I thought I would really like to try for some Walleye. So I ran all the way up to the darn and started throwing jerk baits. About 10 min into it I look to the south and see what I though was fog. It wasn't fog. It was fairly heavy rain. I thought no big deal I have my rain gear in the boat. Went to get the rain gear out and, I had no rain pants! Fished for a long time in the rain until I couldn't take it any more. That was one miserable cold run back to Roark! Water temp was 37.8 - 38

Anyone been finding any Crappie or walleye lately? if so what depths? I am headed up tomorrow.

Yep, it Does!!

https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/missouri-american-chooses-east-site-for-reservoir/article_5f184bc0-262a-11e9-9b5e-eb5216a381e5.html

Went out by myself Sunday afternoon. Put in at Roark. Caught 6 Crappie. The back of Googer creek was totally iced up. The water around Roark was 38 degrees. Caught all fish on brush 20-30 fow. Wind made it tough to stay on the brush. Caught all on minnows. They wouldn't hit it without adding a chartreuse crappie nibble. Good luck everyone.

Piranha ! They are in LOZ you know.

My brother stays there about once a year. Hard to get reservations. Booked up like a year out.

Yes. Primitive camping only.

From what I have been hearing they are getting around some of the environmental hurdles by making it an Off stream lake. The small streams they will dam up don't always have water in them. Only flow during big rains, But who knows.

Says the CO E is the permit holder. Not that they would build it. Guess I miss understood.

https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/needs-of-many-for-water-conflicts-with-lives-of-those/article_776f5b15-30ed-5ec9-9a89-18f14f73b0e8.html

It said in the article " approval from the Army corps of engineers " there was another article that talked specifically about the COE involvement. I just have to find it. Lol

Article with more explanation. Would be south of Carver. Corps would build it. It would be open to recreation with restrictions. https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/utility-official-pursuit-of-eminent-domain-for-reservoir-a-possibility/article_0408285d-7a85-534f-ac84-79d005fe7c08.html

NO. They already have approval for Eminent domain. I feel bad for the farmers in that area. The Army core of Engineers will build the lake, but I would be surprised if it is finished in the next decade!

They have also thrown out the idea of piping water from Stockton to joplin ( too expensive). Instead the plan is to pump water out of Shoal creek into the new lake during high water for storage.

I have been told it will end up like fellows, or at very least electric motor only lake. The 2 lakes they have proposed are both almost twice the size of Fellows. Fellows is 800 acres these are both around 1500.

Interesting story for those of us that live close to Joplin. https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/updated-missouri-american-identifies-two-reservoir-sites/article_5df9f0ca-f4cc-11e8-96f1-bbd61095ca1a.html

Caught a couple in Area 41 years ago. one was at night on a black spinnerbait, and one was trolling cranks.

Daughter and I got into them a couple of weeks ago. I could not believe how many there were! She had a blast. Bet we caught 40-50 in about 2hrs. Took some home to clean. If you want to get a kid hooked on fishing White bass is the way to do it!