Toby Estes

Need to get this to someone who can use it

Open to offers. Cover is in excellent condition

Cover fits a 2017-2021 F150 5.7 ft bed. Cover is in excellent condition. $500 or best offer. No shipping, willing to meet within a couple hours of Springfield Mo.

I was just suggesting them for their pictures of hook comparisons

I’m not sure what jig you are making, but I make alot ovf the finesse ball head and arky style jig that both use that hook. I usually just drop down 1 size for a shorter shank (4/0 to 3/0). I also use the 32796 hook alot. You can check out Barlow Tackle for some comparison of different hooks. They actually have pictures comparing different sizes and manufacturers.

Bass fishing is still good. Still finding plenty of fish up shallow in the bushes. The only thing a little different is I found some submerged vegetation in above 5-6 feet of water that was loaded with fish. It was a little harder to fish , but once I found the right bait I was able to catch a bunch. The right bait for me was a zoom ultravibe speed worm. Started out with a junebug then switched to watermelon red when it got sunny. We mainly just ran from pocket to pocket looking until we found the submerged bushes. Some pockets would only have a few, but we still caught at least 1 or 2. I did see some bedding fish, but didn’t try them. The bigger bushes half in and half out of the water are getting fished pretty hard now. We did fish some of them the last couple hours of daylight and did ok. Bigger fish came from the submerged stuff. Still getting bites on a rage menace and rage bug.

Main lake in the mutton creek area water clarity about 2-3 ft, temp 62-64. Hawker point water clarity 5-6 ft, water temp 62-64. When you start going in some of the creek arms water clarity gets worse. Water level is good for how I like to fish, bushes are in a good depth. Some of the water clarity was hard to tell because the wind had alot stirred up. Good luck.

I am on my way up there today. I will report back tonight.

I also noticed something I haven’t seen before at Stockton, several areas with grass or milfoil. It was in alot of the places we fished

I’ve noticed that too. Since we are going to be fishing Stockton more and Table Rock less, I will try to post more reports. The lack of big tournaments and better ramps are nice at Stockton.

Water temperature is from about 64-68 depending on where your at. Some warmer temperatures in the afternoon. I saw 70 in Mutton Creek Friday afternoon. The fish are definitely in the middle of spawning. Alot of fish up shallow. Less than 3-5 feet of water. Saw beds everywhere I fished. Which was mostly mid-lake. Yesterday was an outstanding day. I spent the whole day pitching a strike king menace in and around the bushes in the very back of the pockets. Probably my favorite way to fish. No real big ones, probably 4-5 over 3lbs. I couldn’t get the little males to leave the menace alone. They were very aggressive. I had a couple actually get it as soon as it hit the water, almost like a topwater bite. The bushes I targeted were the ones with more water behind them. Not necessarily in deeper water but more water behind them. It’s a good time to go if you like shallow pitching. Also did pretty good on a Zoom black ultravibe speed worm. Good luck

Saw some last weekend in the Eagle Rock area. Only about half were occupied.

Yeah, I gave up and yesterday because I was off and new it had to be around 60. It was 58-62 every where I went. I am really glad I went, I had one of my best bass fishing days ever on Stockton. Slow start, but the afternoon bite was very good. I had several over 4 lbs and a couple over 5lbs. All on a jig in less than 5’ of water, and after 3pm. Only negative was I hit a tree with the trolling motor and knocked a rod overboard. The water color I was in was pretty dingy. Also got to test my driving skills out mid lake. It was pretty rough

Looks like they aren’t stopping at 917. Just when I was starting to catch them really shallow.

Ok thank you