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Hope this worked. Thanks for the tip Quil!

I guess I forgot how to download pictures. I think you can open each file manually. Sorry bout that.

Fished from Indian Point to just past point 5 this morning. Caught about 12, mostly on a shad pattern rock crawler. Had 5 nice keepers, biggest 2.8 Largemouth. Had a double with 2 nice, fat kentuckies. Hit steeper, rocky banks in the pockets. Water temp was 67-68. Should continue to get better! nice morning to be out. IMG_5752.HEIC IMG_5753.HEIC IMG_5754.HEIC IMG_5755.HEIC

We put in at Mill Creek yesterday with no problem. The dock is very accessible and you can launch and load your boat right off the parking lot. I guess Aunt's Creek is open but heard it was extremely busy. I called the Corps the other day and he suggested stay clear of Aunts' and put in at Mill Creek.

Don't have much to report, but thought I should contribute something. We put in at Cape Fair about 8:15. Fished down the lake to Wooley Creek. Tried chasing fish out deep with the scope but had no luck. Saw fish and shad, just nothing would cooperate on the minnow jighead and swimbait. Ended up catching 2 in Wooley on a flat side crankbait (red craw color). Both just under keeper size- LM and Kentucky. Tried jerkbait, craw on a wobblehead, finesse jig and A rig. Water temp was 47 when we got there and 49 when we left about 12:30. Bright skies and no wind until about 11:30 when a small breeze came up, when I caught the crankbait fish. Hoping it gets better in the next couple weeks. Water was a bit stained. Lots of rigs there- they had the ramp on the west end closed so all had to use the main ramp by the marina.

We put in at Cape Fair this morning at about 10:00. Water temp was 58 degrees and there was a pretty good breeze most of the time. I threw a couple of crankbaits and only caught 3 and had 1 come off. No keepers, but a Kentucky bass was close. Caught the bigger one on a gravel dawg (green gourd) and the others on a rock crawler (stone cold and red craw). Fished steeper, rocky banks with a little wind blowing in. It was tough for us today. My friend caught a 3 lb LM on a wobble head with a Berkley craw near a dock in about 30 ft of water. High skies all day, but decent wind and thought we would do better. Saw quite a bit of shad, mostly out in middle of coves/creek and tried to get them take a swimbait but had no luck with that. We put the boat on the trailer about 2:15. Most of the fish I saw on the Livescope were out deep today. It was a bit chilly all day.

I certainly will submit a report if I do get out.

Thanks for the update, Dutch! Gonna be chilly Friday but I might get out for a little while. Wanted to see if the rock crawler bite is any good yet.

Dutch, did you guys launch out of Cape Fair? I thought about heading down there Friday about mid morning. Might need to wait a bit.

Report on Friday showed 55 in the Kings River. I was out last Tuesday and it was 62 in Indian Point area.

Went out yesterday morning and put in at Cape Fair. Found tons of shad, mostly near the surface and bass were under them and feeding. I followed the shad balls on my livescope and threw a 2.8 swimbait and caught 8 or 9. 2 or 3 keepers, 1 largemouth and the rest kentuckies. I was outside a cove near Wooley Creek in 50-60 feet of water for the most part. Water temp was 66 degrees. The wind came up pretty stout and I tried spinnerbait and rock crawler on the banks but had no luck. I also caught 1 on a pee wee football jig in about 15 feet. Should start getting good here soon as the water temps go down some more. I did try topwater (walking bait) a little bit but no bites. Good luck everyone!

I believe it's actually 91, but no ethanol.

I get it at the Signal station in Nixa

Thanks, Champ for the input. I'm actually Perry Stone, not Phillip. I wish I could fish like Phil! I decided to run 0 ethanol in this engine after talking with lots of folks including a tech at Mercury. I can get it at a couple of places in Nixa which is handy for me.

Thanks, Wrench!