G-ROD Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 We started out in the Gravois at about 1:30am Friday night/Sat morning....No brushpile bite to speak of yet. Caught a few here and there, mostly relating to points. Brush hogs and worms worked but it was slow........Near daybreak, we ran out to the main lake and hit main lake points with much better results. Jigs seemed to do the best. When the sun cleared the tree tops, the bite was over........ Saturday night we started with about 45 minutes of light left, and we started near the dam fishing main lake points/docks....We did well with jigs and the brush hog again. Around 11pm the bite slowed and really didn't pick up much till around 4am Sunday morning. It was then cloudy and a little rainy but the fish were again biting. We had a decent bite until 9am. It had been a couple of years since we hit LOZ at night. Not many boats out like there used to be so it seemed. It was actually pretty peaceful and we really enjoyed it. Lots of trash floating and it was everywhere making it hard to avoid. Water was 75-76 degrees and very stained on the main lake. Gravois looked a little cleaner but not much. -------------------- Mo Smallmouth Hunter Gary
FishinCricket Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Thanks for the report, I have been trying to plan a night trip to LOZ with a friend (our first one), and we were a little miffed, since we are used to fishing top water or near top water on points and in coves, between docks, etc.. Seems like it would be difficult at night.. Glad to see the report, any guesses on where the bass will be over the next few weeks? cricket.c21.com
ozarkgunner Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Thanks for the report, I have been trying to plan a night trip to LOZ with a friend (our first one), and we were a little miffed, since we are used to fishing top water or near top water on points and in coves, between docks, etc.. Seems like it would be difficult at night.. Glad to see the report, any guesses on where the bass will be over the next few weeks? Great report! Thanks! Cricket, try throwing a big spook around brush one night when the moon is really bright. The bass will come up and knock the HECK out of it! When I lived in Colorado we use to throw topwater mouse patterns for big browns when the moon was up............. talk about a blast! Angler At Law
G-ROD Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 I don't know what to expect with all this rain we are getting. All 11 flood gates are open and have been for quite a while. Truman is 3-4' high and they are running it right thru LOZ. In normal years, the worm/jig/brush hog bite is good in the brushpiles by this time. I believe the good current out on the main lake helps on the points. When the gates are closed and the current diminishes, the brushpile bite should get good again. It usually is pretty clear in the areas we fished, but not now. I did forget to mention tubes. My buddy, in the green rain suit, caught that one on a TX rigged tube. My son and myself caught ours on jigs. Just before it started cracking light Sat morning, they both hooked up with good fish in the 4-5lb range at the exact same time... Oddly enough, neither one was boated. My son had his knot slip and his biggest bass ever was gone, my buddy had his just come unbuttoned. One hit the tube and the other was on a big brush hog. -------------------- Mo Smallmouth Hunter Gary
ozarkgunner Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I don't know what to expect with all this rain we are getting. All 11 flood gates are open and have been for quite a while. Truman is 3-4' high and they are running it right thru LOZ. In normal years, the worm/jig/brush hog bite is good in the brushpiles by this time. I believe the good current out on the main lake helps on the points. When the gates are closed and the current diminishes, the brushpile bite should get good again. It usually is pretty clear in the areas we fished, but not now. I did forget to mention tubes. My buddy, in the green rain suit, caught that one on a TX rigged tube. My son and myself caught ours on jigs. Just before it started cracking light Sat morning, they both hooked up with good fish in the 4-5lb range at the exact same time... Oddly enough, neither one was boated. My son had his knot slip and his biggest bass ever was gone, my buddy had his just come unbuttoned. One hit the tube and the other was on a big brush hog. Are the gates still open? I was there on Sat. and they were closed. Angler At Law
G-ROD Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 I called the LOZ report from Bagnell on Friday and it said heavy generation for the next 3 days. It says that again tonight. I do know they update the report everyday. Check it out-573-365-9205. -------------------- Mo Smallmouth Hunter Gary
ozarkgunner Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I called the LOZ report from Bagnell on Friday and it said heavy generation for the next 3 days. It says that again tonight. I do know they update the report everyday. Check it out-573-365-9205. I called them this morning also, but I think the gates are still closed as the USGS site is not showing floodgate levels. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/current?..._no_station_nm= Angler At Law
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