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Thank you for the report! From the pics it looks like the water was pretty clear?

Went out Saturday from 8-5 and had a pretty decent day (considering air temps never got above 44 degrees) with 11 fish in the boat (all keepers). Overcast. We started with an 8 mph North Wind that died as the day went on. Water temps from 51-54 degrees and there was a very slight stain to the water. Water levels 721.2. We caught most of our fish on a jig. Colors were PBJ and Okeechobee, 1/2oz and 3/8oz with speed craw trailers. In most cases they were biting on the insides of the secondary points. In some areas there was moss but in other areas there was no moss at all. We couldn't quite figure out the formula for the moss variance. It is definitely clinging to the brush and timber. Caught them parallel in about 17-25 fow in the areas there was moss and then caught them from 4-25 fow in the areas there was not. Also had a good Jerk bite for a couple fish when we could find wind and/or shad. Parallel to the bank in about 15 fow on the jerk. Medium cadence. Otherwise had one on a SB and a couple more on a soft plastic in the brush. Lots of KY that were all super chunky and around 2.5lb average. Had 2 LM and 8 KY and 1 Mean. Best fish was 3.2. Best 5 were a little over 13# Looking forward to going out again soon! Good luck.

Well there are exemptions to the order. One exemption is "engage in utdoor activities while physical distancing" Another exemption listed is "food cultivation, including farming, livestock and fishing" Section III of the Order..."essential activities" 1c and 2i

Well I guess fishing is still allowed since they waived permits and are on the news telling people to get out and take advantage of it?

I'm not 100% sure who makes the final call but I know the Greene county health dept and the Springfield mayor are involved.

30 days "Stay at Home" order begins tomorrow at Midnight for Greene County. With the exception of essential jobs, groceries etc. This is about to get really interesting. I guess even if I wanted to go out to try to catch some fish for my family to eat that's off limits now. Seems insane to me.

Thinking about putting in at the bridge at Shell knob

My apologies if this has already been covered.. I searched "mildly" and didn't see anything. Can someone please confirm what the impact of corp park closures is to the average fisherman? I'm basically wondering what if any actual ramps are closed or parks where the front gates are closed right now. I'd be interested in the same type of info for Bull if anyone knows. Thanks for your time!

Not sure if it's been mentioned but it's called tourney x. Just like the kayak guys use. You can set up tourneys that last a day a weekend or a whole month. 5 longest total fish win... snap a photo, release immediately. Pretty secure process involved as far as cheats go and all. Can restrict it to one lake or open it to a couple or a few or nation wide. For us it's be cool to have something like TR, BS and Stockton all included..7 day time frame... longest in inches 5 fish caught. You can put money in the digital pot and depending on pot size have a lie detector for top 3 or something...idk,just a thought on how to still get that higher level of competition involved and widen the scope of possibilities and all fish are returned immediately where they are caught so the negative impact to the species is completely minimized. Check out tourneyx site for more details and all the rules and processes... pretty cool.

Care to say what the water clarity was in Sons?

Yeah that had to be the one. Thanks!

Anybody know the results of the larger tournament yesterday? I'm not sure which one it was.. I just heard someone saying 150-200 boats when I was at the gas station yesterday morning. Be interesting to see how we stacked up against the weights. Our best 5 weighed right at 13. We fished Shell Knob area all day. (Spinnerbait, Jigs, Shakey, Cranks)

Never launched here and wondering if the lake at current level will be ok for my bass boat. I have heard it's shallow but not sure about the ramp angle etc for putting in and taking out. Any advice would be appreciated!

I've been working on them last night and some today.. I'll try to post some pics when completed. Gonna try to get out on the water tomorrow and fish some possibly tough post frontal conditions!

Hey guys I just got in a few suspending wiggle Wart blanks. I can't decide if I want to paint them in craw or shad or a couple of each. Any suggestions on 2 or 3 color paint schemes I could do??

Definitely..gave the larger black and blue a try night fishing last year and caught a lot of fish..now I own both sizes in 4-5 different colors. The small one is perfect for lighter jigs and like all zman products they last forever.

Extremely effective. They can be fished year round with some slight variations in the way you fish it and the types of areas you fish. Very versatile. I'm partial to the 3.3" and they also make another little swimbait called the Easy Shiner that is excellent as well. Colors: pro blue magic, electric shad, rainbow shad, silver flash minnow.

Thanks y'all.. I appreciate the confirmation!!

Good evening... I have never put in at Baxter so I'm wondering how the ramp is. 2wd truck.. coming from Springfield. I plan on fising Baxter area.... Is it better to put in at Mill and run the lake or is the baxter launch good? Thanks for any advice guys Wart

Always thought the sunfish and perch family were one in the same for some reason. I also just learned a walleye is classified as a perch

Learned something new

Bluegill, longear sunfish, green sunfish

I may have missed this somewhere in one of the reports but are the Perch spawning yet? Thanks for any info! Wart

Thank you very much!

Awesome, thank you sir