Whites Are On The Move!

[mofisher]

Looking at the number of boats on Norfolk yesterday I am sure everybody knows the start of the white bass run is on! I will post the report in case you were the one guy/gal that actually worked and didn't take it off. We put in at Tecumseh and fished down to Udall. Water was 48.5 when we put in and 52 when we pulled out at dark. Small, purple swimming minnows (available at lilleystacklestore.com) were choice but also caught some on pearl shad raps and vibrick rooster tails. We had a lot of smaller fish but still found several decent sows. The bite was best before 9:00AM. After that you really had to work for them. We anticipated the bite would pick up before dark but it never happened.

[scc1600]

Did you catch any above tecumsah bridge or near it and did you hear of anyone taking any walleyes?

[mofisher]

We did not try above the bridge. We heard from some good sources that they have a few whites above the bridge but nothing like below...yet. A guy we talked to on the water that lives around Udall said that he has been fishing for eyes but only catching some small ones. He did not elaborate. If you find them please let us know!

[bryantsmallie28]

I was at the stump hole yesterday and from the time i got there till about 11 there was a steady stream of boats putting in. I could see over 20 boats the whole morning, and there were far from the same ones the whole time. I ended up probably catching 15 at least but over half went back in to the water. I heard there were over 100 boats from tecumseh to liner which i wouldn't doubt one bit. This is really just the early run where they run up and down never staying in the same spot, and just scattering all over. I havent heard of anyone catching many walleye either.

I have heard the same report about a limit of whites caught above tecumseh, which it sounds like everyone in southwest missouri heard. I think it was just a case of the muddier water from the rain making them make a small run and then coming back down.