Bass Fishing In Kc Area

[vanven]

I may hit Watkins Mill this weekend just to check it out a bit. I realized last night that it was less than 10 minutes from my house.

-Jerod

[KCRIVERRAT]

I may hit Watkins Mill this weekend just to check it out a bit. I realized last night that it was less than 10 minutes from my house.

-Jerod

Rocky Hollow is very close to you also. Don't know much about the fishing there though...

[MUFlyTiger]

Pony Express in St. Joe, and if you can drive an hour or so, Maple Leaf Lake in Higginsville. Both are jam full of fish and are relatively unfished.

Is Pony Express Bank fishable ? Im looking for better spots around KC also..

[BolivarBasser]

Is Pony Express Bank fishable ? Im looking for better spots around KC also..

Not sure, never tried...Already mentioned, but worth mentioning again, is James A Reed cons. area. Lots of lakes, and lots of good fish. Jacomo is good too, a tad bit over fished but good fishing. And not ghetto as has been stated. When I was with the Sheriff's office up there we would patrol the crap out of the park, and there is almost always a deputy somewhere in there. Just don't leave valuables in your car, which should go without saying anywhere.

[MUFlyTiger]

Thanks, yeah Ive had some decent luck at Reed. Just seem to not get out there when its really going good. Those redear will really work a 3wt.

[vanven]

Not sure, never tried...Already mentioned, but worth mentioning again, is James A Reed cons. area. Lots of lakes, and lots of good fish. Jacomo is good too, a tad bit over fished but good fishing. And not ghetto as has been stated. When I was with the Sheriff's office up there we would patrol the crap out of the park, and there is almost always a deputy somewhere in there. Just don't leave valuables in your car, which should go without saying anywhere.

Last time I went to Jacomo and Blue Springs I was looking for a place to fish for carp with my fly rod. That forced me to some of the areas where the carp fisherman were on the NE end of Blue Springs Lake. Needless to say they were not really friendly nor inviting.

Maybe I need to revisit both lakes with my 8 foot pontoon boat in mind. Neither seemed very inviting for the float tube. Too much timber to kick.

-Jerod

[vanven]

I hit Watkins Mill and Rocky Hollow over the weekend. With the nice weather Watkins was packed with people. I didnt even bother getting out of the truck. I did see that it would be about the right size for the bass buggy boat but probably too big for the float tube. I was told that it is much easier to fish on sundays and weekends after a lot of the KC weekend campers head out.

Rocky Hollow - I only checked out the North side of the lake. Small and dirty little lake. I am not sure I would want to swim in the water at all, but it could be the wind blowing stuff to the shore I was on. I did manage to fish a bit until the new reel blew up into a monster of a knot. 15 minutes total. This lake does have some potential possibly.

-Jerod