Baxter to Camel Point

[Don House]

What a beautiful day in the Ozarks on Friday! Had a trip out with my clients, started out in Baxter and worked long pea gravel points all the way to just past Camel Point. Marking fish in the 15 to 20 foot range, but had no takers on the stickbaits or split shot rigs.

Fished our way back to Baxter and picked up some smallier fish on secondary points and then moved back into the creek at baxter and started throwing a 4" watermelom pepper grub on Wind blown banks and points. Fish had moved in and were feeding great, but you had to be in the wind to get bit...

Seems that the first few fish were smallier, but once you found some fish if you worked the area back and forth the bigger fish were there and they turned on. Most fish in the 16" to 17" range but good strong fat keepers. Finished out the day with 5 Keepers Spots over 16" and a bunch of shorts, including some smallies.

Start back to crappie fishing all next week will let everyone know how that is going in long creek around brushy creek to Ark state line..

Good Fishing