Springfield Lake

[OzarkFishman]

I hit the lake in my boat with a buddy of mine today for a few hours. We messed with the bluegill for a while since the other guy is new to fishing. Then we started bass fishing. He was throwing a stick-o in watermelon. He got a big bite, but missed. I was fishing a jig at the time and a fish bit a pincher off of my paca chunk. I switched to a small worm on a slider head and that was the ticket. The fish was 20 inches and I don't know the weight. I will put a guesstimate at 4 pounds. I picked up another small one. We had a lot of short strikes and missed strikes. I had to get a lot of worms out of the trees also that ate up some time, but it was a good trip.

OzarkFishman

[RSBreth]

That's a nice one. There's some nice Bass in that lake, but there's so much cover, and different types of water that it's hard to pin down any one pattern sometimes.

[Trav]

Another thing to consider is the nearby construction muddys the water all the time. It is a small lake and if you are willing to use multiple tactics you can do well. Just don't expect a bunch. It is Spankfield lake.

[OzarkFishman]

I went back tonight with my boy. I caught 2 fish in probably 15 casts on a finesse worm. The rest of the time he was "driving" the trolling motor. I also threw nightcrawlers so that he could reel in some bluegill.

Both bass looked like they were fat and actively eating.

OzarkFishman