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Lots of homes for sale in Blue Cat cove at the 47.

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Any of you use planer boards for trolling on Stockton? If so, how big of a pain are they to run?

I'd have given her dock a wide swing so as not to disturb her fishing. I do not fish docks that have folks out on them. Plenty more to fish without disturbing someone.

I concur that 99% of the dock owners are extremely friendly. I don't care if someone puts their foot against our dock to keep their boat off.

Unreal. I hope they catch whoever did that to you.

Anyone else you care to offend? I was raised in St. Louis and have lived in KC area since 1986. I don't crowd in on others as I find my own fish. Guess I'm a yank too being born in WI. My guess is these folks may not have the ability or talent to find fish on their own regardless of where they are from and have no manners or common courtesy.

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So folks just charge in and start fishing the crappie you have found? WOW. Do most of my crappie fishing at LOZ and can honestly say I have never had someone do that. I have had folks jump ahead of me on a bank, but most of them have no clue where the sweet spots are. Are you just fishing a general area or a specific spot?

My advice for mornings is to stay on the move unless you have a few tried and true spots. We whacked them on a couple spots in the morning and these spots were even better in the afternoon. There is some good morning fishing available, but it seems that there are more hot spots in the PM.

Had our basket sunk about 3 feet a couple years ago. Lost 7 or 8 fish out of it. The remains were on top of the black floats under the dock. Only partially eaten. I am guessing otters but have never seen one. I will be setting up dshop on the fellers dock on Friday.

The cooler weather over the weekend made them tougher to catch in the morning, but they were still shallow when we found them. Evenings produced great action for our group. Rippertails in red/chart, black/chart, and blue/white did all the damage for three boats. Great baits that are very durable. Caught 30+ fish on one bait.

Was fishing a gap between 2 docks Saturday morning when my nephew got his line wrapped in the trolling motor. A guy was cutting his grass and came down to chat while I get the line out of the motor. He wanted to know what I was doing so I explained it as the wind pushed us off the bank away from him. Finally got the line out and the prop back on and motored back to where we were. I cast toward the front corner of his dock and caught an 11 incher. Mower shots off and here he comes. He says I don't mind you trolling past and fishing but DON'T BE SETTING UP SHOP by my dock. Really caught me off guard. I told him that his property rights did not include the water and that I could fish anywhere I chose on the lake. He shot me another glare and went back to mowing. We kept fishing. I don't fish docks where folks are fishing, swimming, etc. and am free to give others information on where they are biting and what the preferred jig is. Have lots of folks come by and fish the brush and PVC buckets around our dock. Just don't understand some folks.

Been crappie fishing the mid lake area for about 25 years. We have noticed a definite increase in the number of walleye being caught the last two years. In the first 23 I recall only three walleye with one keeper caught by our group. Last year we had 2 keepers and 3 or 4 shorts. This year we have had over a dozen shorts and one keeper. Is MDC actively stocking walleye in LOZ or are they having some natural reproduction? Either way I like it.

There is an MDC ramp up above Rainy Creek

There are no hard and fast rules that cover every situation. Line depends on what you are fishing for, water clarity, and the structure and cover or lack thereof that you are fishing. For crappie fishing LOZ and Truman I use 4# diam/15# test powerpro braid. For trolling crappie on Stockton I use 10# fluoro. About all I use mono on are my topwater stick or an ultralight for clear water crappie. The rest of my bass rods get either 10, 15, 20, or 25 pound abrazX fluoro. Flipping heavy cover brings out the 25#. Brushpiles and coontail fishing on a stained body of water usually gets 20#. real clear water fishing football jig gets 15 as does cranking a squarebill in heavy cover. I use 10 pound on my stickbait rod and cranking rod (clear water).

Used to fish the Sac at Caplinger many years ago. Caught a lot of big crappie, walleye, and whites from the mill dam down to the N bridge. Bout any eddy or hole held lots of fish. Anyone fish down there anymore?

Stone Creek Lodge just before the mile long bridge is a good spot to stay. Owl haven is isn't bad. For a large group the Hoff House is awesome. Cabins at Stockton Lake are really nice.

Good luck on your fundraiser. IS there a no dead fish rule? IF not, you open yourselves up to potential cheating. Given the heat of the summer I would anticipate many dead fish which is really a waste of a valuable resource.

Wow. Never seen one like that. Looks intentionally cut. Any chance a fish could do that twisting off a trotline?

Saw some folks catchin jug fish in Blue Cat cove a few weeks back

Black/Chart, Purple/Chart, Red/Chart, White/Chart should have it covered.

Some folks are just inconsiderate. Just don't get it. I fish to relax.

Getting them younguns into fishing is awesome. Ya'll had some fun.

I am afraid I'd have cast my cat rig off the side of their boat. Some folks just have no common courtesy. Bass fisherman - Crappie fisherman - Walleye fisherman and bank fisherman have all done things that I believe violated common courtesy. Makes you believe that no one taught them properly. I was pulling a bluff just outside Old State Park a couple weeks ago and had a walleye fisherman come flying in About 50 yards from me. The two douches quickly dropped their jig/crawler rigs and proceeded to troll/angle my way eventually causing me to abandon the 30 ft contour so I wouldn't run into them. Acted like they owned the entire lake.