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at times there are quite a few birds in the area...teal show is probably best of the bunch

Ok...thanks for update...probably just bring lawn chair instead

Please keep us posted...might bring boat when youngest plays at sandlot this weekend. Would most like likely put-in at mutton creek.

I wouldn't worry about the weather too much...it changes around here so often. Pack for it and try to prepare but it's part of the deal...April in the Ozarks...I am in same boat except we are going to kimberling city this weekend. Make the most of it and have fun

Oldest and i put in at stockton city park about 9 and fished til 1 while youngest played baseball in nevada We caught about 25 total with 5 keepers...biggest was about 16.5 We kept boat in about 12 foot of water...and had most success throwing to bank with split shot and c rig 4 inch lizards...my son also caught fish on jig and jerk bait...his were a little better but I had the numbers Never left the cove by the boat ramp...water was 60 to 63 degrees

Look at academy online...they had the 53 with mapping on sale for 279 Last month. I bought one but haven't hooked it up yet. I have the 501 up front and like it...

Boys and I went yesterday...we hoped to make a day of it...but wind was too much. 4 foot rollers in main lake so we quit pretty early We put in at Martin's landing...and fished terra Miranda and East bay...water was 60 degrees...we caught small males on drop shot and shaky heads...nothing on split shot rig. Marked a bunch of fish on graph at mouth of East bay...so trolled shad taps thru them a couple times and caught one nice Crappie and some small white bass. Every time we went thru fish we caught one. Boys didn't want to troll though, so we went back and beat the bank some more...very few boats on lake yesterday...wind was just too much

We just got back from camping...water was fluctuating quite a bit...1/64 White jigs caught a lot of fish the past 3 days. Good quality fish are in the river too

We had a couple others on that broke our line...I think the only reason we got this one was because he thought it was snagged and flipped the bail...and the line kind of wrapped around the fish a couple times...it was literally only skin hooked. We use 8 foot float and fly rods to troll with...was a light tackle fish for sure

8lb test...we didn't measure or weigh it. We were kind of freaked out...and just threw it back in after taking picture. Probably wasnt out of the water 10 seconds

We fished neosho side today...pretty slow but did find a group of fish in tar creek area. The water is low...and ramp at twin bridges is sketchy...pontoon trailer got hung up on it today Water is 55 to 57 degrees

updated with pic...big fish -- it was pretty chaotic for about 10 minutes

My oldest boy caught it while trolling for white bass in spring river... Neosho river was better today than spring river for white bass...bigger fish We fished up by tar creek on neosho...and above the piers on spring I can't figure out how to post pic from phone..

No, I felt like we were around fish...just couldn't get many to bite. The fish we did catch were a little bigger...not sows but not little bucks. The drive is the nice part here...it's the closest to us. We waited til about 230 to leave the house...we passed a lot of boats coming North on 43...by the time we got there the wind had kind a laid...at least in the neosho river...we only fished a couple hours. My son caught a couple so that's all that really matters to me

We went back this afternoon. More spoonbill fishermen than white bass fisherman today...but didn't see many being caught of either today. It was pretty slow. Water temp was 55 to 57.

Thanks

Can you post the schedule on here? I don't Facebook...would like to fish a couple with my son...thanks

That's where we've been fishing...but most of our time has been on other side of river...from the little shelf rock down past the quansat hut a couple hundred yards.

We went up the neosho this afternoon for a couple hours...we didn't go up very far...stayed below the gravel road. water temp was 57. Air temp was quite a bit cooler. Bout the same results as last time...handful of fish...both trolling and with the swimming minnows. not near as many people out...only saw 3 boats in the river...about 15 trailers in lot. Did see a spoonbill being cleaned at the ramp

I heard better fishing in spring river wasn't that high up...that it was much closer to twin bridges...Where it first kind of necks down into the river...just a heads up if you're able to go

The water was 48 to 50 degrees

Yes sir. We used swimming minnows and straight tails on 1/8 oz jig heads and trolled the shad raps. Lots of people on the weekends but if you've fished taneycomo...boat traffic is similar

The boy and I went up the neosho yesterday....it was about 75 out. we were in sight of the gravel road bridge almost all day. It was pretty slow...caught some jigging...then switched to trolling shad raps late and picked up a few more. I heard at the ramp that spring river was better...kind of wish we would have tried it but I was trying to stay out of the wind. lots of boats out. I saw 2 guys in bass boats that were racing above mudeaters...was pretty crazy...the one in the lead almost went airborne coming around the bend

thanks to both of you for taking time to help us. i think a medium sized jet sled might be the ticket to drag our stuff into the ponds and marshes we plan to hunt...leave the boat at home until we go to duck park. i really want to take a day, and go up just kind of hang around one of the duck parks...to see how it works. i havent ever seen how the draw process works...and i guess my fear is that we wouldnt get a spot...and we wouldnt be allowed to hunt. am i thinking about that wrong? are the drawings just for the pre-determined blind locations...if not chosen are there areas where you can walk-in hunt? or do they just say sorry about your luck...and send you home to try again tomorrow?

cool boat billethead -- looks like a lot of fun -- you should have a lot of pride in fabricating it yourself...good job.