Buck Creek 4-25

[Forsythian]

Put in about 7am on Saturday morning. I had planned (and packed) to stay overnight in the park... never would have imagined that they hadn't yet opened it up for primitive/dry camping at least! bummer

Anyways, the smallmouth bit all day. I'm not a "counter", but after I figured 'em out in the first hour, the action was plumb steady all day... I really really like to throw the grub, and I got my wish yesterday! They are still relating to last week's lake level, so they were a good 5 feet back from the buckbrush. Lots of fun.When I got back to the ramp about 4:00, there was a chopper and MO water patrol and a bunch of first responders at the ramp... bad scene... I cooled my heels at the marina for a while, allowing them to clear out enough for me to take out. I learned that a fellow passed away while diving. No details, but always a bad deal and prayers to his friends and family for their loss.

[Ham]

Glad to hear you caught em. Bad deal for the diver.

It's really interesting to me how the smallies congregate in certain areas of the lake.

[Keith Gimlin]

I wondered what prompted all the emergency vehicles on 125 as we were leaving Buck Creek on Saturday, I feared the worst and sure hate to hear what happened. I had 3 boys ages 11-13 with me all day on Saturday down there and had a great day (no one got hooked). I guess the thing that stands out the most to me is that when we took out at 3:00 there were 8 rigs in the two parking lots combined. That was worth the extra drive and curves for me.