Quillback

I couldn't tell you, but it's worth a shot.

Fished the last couple of mornings, caught fish on a variety of baits, but never hammered them on anything specific. Had early top water action both mornings, on the 29th is was brief, but the fish were in one spot, whereas today the fish were scattered in the main channel chasing shad and the bite stayed going for a while, if I could get a bait on them, they would hit it, but just could not find them schooling to get a good, consistent TW bite. I got a couple of keeper large mouth that were just out in the middle of nowhere, but hit the top water. It's hard to pin them down when they are roaming around out there. Yesterday the Keitech bite was decent for fish down 15-30 feet off a couple of steep, rocky points, but today that bite just wasn't happening. Today found some Ned fish and a few jig fish. Jig fish and Ned fish were right up on the bank off rocky banks. Caught 40 bass in the two mornings, might have had 6-7 keepers, nothing over 2 lbs.

Top water bite depended on what end of the lake you were on. Mid-May this year up the White was the best top water bite I have ever seen in my 8 years of fishing up there. Once the shad started spawning, the bass went nuts. I'm hoping once fall rolls around, it will get going again. I remember last fall there was a brief, but good Whopper Plopper bite - I missed that one, grrrr...

That's pretty good fishing considering the time of day you were out there.

Yep, I doubt it is a secret location. Timing is what is important.

Green Pumpkin is a good one. If you're going to night fish, might want to bring black or black/blue.

Very nice chunky largemouth! So, Alex water skied between you and the bank and then came back and jumped in front of you (on your private cove no less) and started throwing a crank? The nerve of some people!

It's 4th of July weekend. I counted 5 fireworks shows in the MO Regatta listings. https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/WP04Web/app/searchRegattaWeb?action=Search+Again I did not see a jig listed in your list of lures, I would throw one at night, if you're going to night fish. Wobble head with a beaver or creature might be worth dragging around after dark also. Carolina rig will get you a few I bet, with a Trick Worm or UV Speed Craw.

I have been looking for a rod that fishes "Crack" baits well. According to this BassPro review, this may be the one. " This rod is an awesome do it all rod , i got the 7' MH fast action. Having fished many rods this thing is by far the best for the money , it's light super sensitive and i mean you can feel every pebble your soft plastics run across , excellent for crack baits'n blade baits just the same. I took it out fishing a few times now and got at least 20 largemouth monsters , although i know it wasn't the rod responsible for catching them but my superior skills as a self appointed master of the trade. Compared to other rods the fast action is a bit more like extra fast with enough backbone for an excellent hook set so now my Duckett is going in the garage sale bin. I've also compared it with the G Loomis rods and this by far is sweeter to fish with. "

16 and change to win, looks like the fishing was tough. http://www.flwfishing.com/results For some reason I can't get the entire link, so you'll have to click the tournaments tab, then navigate to BFL.

16 and change to win, looks like the fishing was tough. http://www.flwfishing.com/results

Great to see you and your daughter had a good time. 20 lbs. is a darn good bag for this time of year in a day time tourney.

Never have fished that river, but it sounds like fun to get smallies and trout on the same float. 20" bows are pretty impressive.

Very nice, looking forward to seeing some walleye pics.

Welcome! Looking forward to hearing how you do.

HAHA, you are very funny... I like Strike King Rage Structure Bugs, they have a PB&J.

Doing a bit of reading on Thermocline. It looks like it is possible for there to be a thermocline, but yet below the level of the thermocline still be enough dissolved oxygen to support fish. At lest early when the thermocline first sets up. So maybe the cline is setting up right now, but there's still enough DO for fish to live below it, at least temporarily before the DO becomes depleted below the cline as the summer progresses.

I am not seeing that thermocline, not that I doubt anyone else. And if there is one, it must be some kind of weird inverted one, because the fish are below it, assuming it is 15 feet or less.

I like those photos, I'd like to get something compact that takes reasonably good shots.

I can't catch a goggle eye in that lake. I bet some of the BFL guys will be fishing some docks.

I saw several boats with today with Power Poles, I was wondering if there was something going on.

I don't know about that DO, but it sure got windy out there later in the AM. Seemed to help the bite. I am not seeing a thermocline at all.

Got out early today, there was an early bite on a gravel point, got a few top water fish there, including the double keeper smallie on a Binksy (what a stupid name for a lure). Top fish was about 18", bottom fish was a ;little over 16. Bottom fish was pretty beat up, skinny, and you can see where he has some hook damage on the corner of his mouth from being caught before. I got tow doubles this morning, the other one was 2 short largemouth. After the gravel bite quit, did some milk run stops on rocky main channel points and threw a 3.8 Keitech on a 3/8 oz head. I fished it deep, slow rolling it, and pausing periodically to let it fall. They'll hit it on the fall quite a bit. Got mostly 13-16" spots doing that, caught a good number of them before they stopped about 11 AM. They were all deep, suspended 20-40 feet down over or around deep trees off those rocky points. Water temp was 87 when I left.

I saw surface temps hit 87 today up the White river arm, I was off the water at around noon.

Nice one Mike!