Come On March 15!

[Seth]

Who else is ready to start ripping hooks for paddlefish. Last year was the best opening night ever for me. I boated 9 or 10 fish with the two biggest being 70 and 80 on the James. Hopefully it will be just as good this year. Just made a bunch of 4-5 oz banks and bought 72 10/0 trebles so I'm ready to rock and roll!!

[fishinSWMO]

Sounds like your ready to go. I am about ready to go and hit the bank over in OK.

[Seth]

Are you referring to the bank at Miami park? Do they get fish up there this early in the year? I know that the spoonbill are being caught pretty well in the deep water by sailboat bridge right now.

[fishinSWMO]

Down river a little bit, at conner bridge. You can get lucky sometimes and find a few in Feb. Later in March it will be full of fish.

[rlkiesl]

I am thinking about going up to loz this year and try. Its a little closer than table rock anyone have any advice.

[fozzie.]

I am thinking about going up to loz this year and try. Its a little closer than table rock anyone have any advice.

I'm by no means an expert, but the upper Lake of the Ozarks near Warsaw seems pretty steady throughout midseason. It can get a little congested, but it's a lot of fun. Getting an early start seems to be important, they seem to spread out as the day progresses. You may want to check out The Old Oar House, lots of folks put in/stay the night/eat there.

[Seth]

I'm going to try LoZ more this year. We fished the Snagmasters tourney last year and I don't think I've ever seen that manay boats on a river at once before. It was nuts! We did boat six fish which I figured wasn't bad for two guys never snagging it before. I want to try it out at night like we do on Tablerock. The fish seem to school up better at night due to less water traffic I'm guessing.

[Wayne SW/MO]

The 65 bridge has been the center of the LOZ snagging since they built Truman I believe. I'm not familiar with the area, but I think they do some good in the Four Rivers area also. You might check that out.