Tailrace Report For Thursday Evening

[Seth]

With temps in the 70's all week long, it should really be hopping by the following weekend.

[Wahoo61]

The Slab Hunter like bait at bass pro is made by Bobby Garland, a division of Gene Larew Lures. It is called a Slab Slayr. I bought a bunch yesterday at the one in Olathe. Good luck.

[soggyfeet]

Has anyone been down there today(saturday april 5). Was thinking about going down there tomarrow but not sure if its worth the trip for one fish.

[Bittle]

Are they still dumping water through the flood gates there?

[zander]

We just got back from the Truman Tailwater and I have a fishing report. First of all yes they are still letting copious amounts of water through the flood gates. It was quite a sight to see. We fished on both sides of the tailrace. We got there about 1:00 PM and started throwing sliders trying to fish them as close to the bottom as possible. It was hard to keep your tackle and I lost count at how many times I broke off. We then moved to the flood gate side of the tailrace and I put on some liver and caught a channel cat about 1 1/2 pounds and put him on the stringer. Later on I caught a 9 1/2" crappie on a pearl and red tail 3" slider. Now I thought the minimum length for a crappie there was 10 inches so I threw it back, actually the minimum length was 9 inches so it goes to show you it pays to know the rules . Now for the exciting part. I threw a lot of large bucktail striper jigs 3/4 to 1 oz weights. I had two takes on the flood gate side on a pure white 1 oz bucktail. the only color it had was two small black dots for eyes. I was using a real soft tipped pole and I failed to set the hook adequately and I lost them both but they were fun while they lasted. Any other color combo on the bucktails didn't do didley squat. We then went over to the generator side right before sunset. People had said limits of whites and walleye and crappie were being caught there on jigs and that you could see the white bass hitting right in front of you. Well when we got there I only saw one white the whole time. But after losing many sliders to the rocks, I put on old reliable solid white bucktail. About my fourth cast with it there, it was hit like a ton of bricks. The hook was definately set this time! I could hardly reel in the line, and then it went out into the main current and line started coming off. There was little I could do. I watched what had to be a hybrid pull out 130 yrds of 10 lb Maxima line (thanks for the advice Leonard) and then SNAP! This fish had taken ALL 130 yrds of line off my reel! It had to be good size and then it was swimming with the current so I couldn't do a thing but hope it would stop running, but I guess it was hoping differently. By this time I was ready to call it a day. The shad floating by in that area were the same size as this large bucktail. Heavier pole and heavier line and it would have been a different outcome I believe. Here is the closest thing I could find to what I was using: Good luck!

[soggyfeet]

What are the regs down there. Ive heard that they are differant if you are in a boat or on the shore. Does MDC have a site that has all that stuff.

[zander]

MDC does have a site but the regs are pdf format. We went by the brown wooden signs posted around the area.

[spin fisherx]

I went down Tuesday afternoon last week to fish below the handicap dock hoping for some waleyes. Fished for about 3 hours with 2 nice crappie using

[spin fisherx]

I will try this again... went down Tuesday for about 3-4 hours. Looking for walleye I just had my short rods with me and caught 2 nice crappie. I saw several people using long rod who did a lot better. The extra 20 feet of cast really was making a difference. If you don;t fish at the dam very often don't let a little muddy water stop you. The fish being caught Tuesday were at a 10 count even the muddy water. Several people did pretty well on a slip bobber with the depth set as 12 yo 13 ft. There were not a lot of bites but the average crappie was 10 to 12 inches. From what I can tell the walleye are gone but I don't know why, from what I could tall the sows wern't spawned out yet. I had the boat out later this week and the watrer temp is up to about 47 degrees. Does anyone have any ideas on the walleye?

[jnorman]

Don't quote me on this but I think the limits are:

Hybrids: 4 over 18"

Walleye: 15" Min.

Whites: No size/limit

Crappie: 9"

Don't know if that helps you out much, that's as much as I can remember though. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!