Tuff Day

[Leech Man]

First off I am new to the form and want to thank all the posters for the wealth of information that I found. I took my time and read the postings from the past couple years to get as much info as I could. I am new to the area and lake and found this very informative. A special thanks to Bob and Marty for their input. I moved to the Joplin area after retiring from a PD in MN. Winters got the best of me.

Yesterday was only my second time on the lake and it was a tuff one. We were out there from 9:30 to 5:30 and only one small bass was caught. We wanted a nice bunch of crappie. I put in at Greaser Creek and fished Sons Creek Arm from Ruark Bluff Bridge south to about a mile from the 39 bridge. We fished the shallow, timber, brush piles and about every nock along the way. We used slip bobbers and minnows, jigs and minnows, jigs and several colors of plastic in twister tails and tubes, Beatle spins and every other thing we could think of. We marked a lot of fish in 20’ suspended at 4 to 10’. We marked fish in shallow also but couldn’t get a bite. Tuff day it was. Then to top it off this guy we talked to at the landing had just filled out fishing by the landing in about an hour and half. Oh if this gentleman is on the form here thanks for helping me get my motor tilted back up after it locked in the down position.

Thanks again to all of you for your information on the form. One of these days I may be able to post some input of value.

[dennis boatman]

I was in the same general area as you and did fair. Did find some crappie but they would only hit minnows. Caught about 15 in less than an hour. Bass were active. fished a little crankbait and caught plenty. Only one had any size. Seems the 12"ers are plentiful. Did catch one about 17". No smallmouth or walleye. Oh yea, caught one nice Channel on a spinner rig with a minnow, thought for sure it was my walleye!!! Fun day and will be back out today late afternoon.

[Dutch]

Check your pm.

[Leech Man]

Dennis I was going to give you a yell as you passed by several times on the lake. I thought the boat looked formilar from the pic posted on the form. Had checked out the pic again this a.m. before I posted and figured it might have been you. Man I should have been in your boat. Just posted pic of my boat on here in the topic asking about boat pic. You may recall seeing us as you passed several times. We were the two old duffers in the Tracker V Pro. Of course I was the good looking one.

[Gilly]

'Leech Man' date='13 April 20.......Of course I was the good looking one.

Yeah, yeah....more fish stories!

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[Stockton Lake Guide Service]

First off I am new to the form and want to thank all the posters for the wealth of information that I found. I took my time and read the postings from the past couple years to get as much info as I could. I am new to the area and lake and found this very informative. A special thanks to Bob and Marty for their input. I moved to the Joplin area after retiring from a PD in MN. Winters got the best of me.

Yesterday was only my second time on the lake and it was a tuff one. We were out there from 9:30 to 5:30 and only one small bass was caught. We wanted a nice bunch of crappie. I put in at Greaser Creek and fished Sons Creek Arm from Ruark Bluff Bridge south to about a mile from the 39 bridge. We fished the shallow, timber, brush piles and about every nock along the way. We used slip bobbers and minnows, jigs and minnows, jigs and several colors of plastic in twister tails and tubes, Beatle spins and every other thing we could think of. We marked a lot of fish in 20’ suspended at 4 to 10’. We marked fish in shallow also but couldn’t get a bite. Tuff day it was. Then to top it off this guy we talked to at the landing had just filled out fishing by the landing in about an hour and half. Oh if this gentleman is on the form here thanks for helping me get my motor tilted back up after it locked in the down position.

Thanks again to all of you for your information on the form. One of these days I may be able to post some input of value.

Welcomebto stockton. Give me a call soon and I will try to help you find fish...Crappie are biting

[dennis boatman]

Dennis I was going to give you a yell as you passed by several times on the lake. I thought the boat looked formilar from the pic posted on the form. Had checked out the pic again this a.m. before I posted and figured it might have been you. Man I should have been in your boat. Just posted pic of my boat on here in the topic asking about boat pic. You may recall seeing us as you passed several times. We were the two old duffers in the Tracker V Pro. Of course I was the good looking one.

I had a pretty good day. got my limit of crappie then bass fished and caught one real nice smallmouth. Lots of 12-14 inch bass. Not any walleye. Great day to be on the lake. Probably go to the Niangua river trout fishing tomorrow it its to windy.

[Leech Man]

Bob thanks for the offer and will be taking you up on that call. Ended up taking the boat in to have the tilt release on the motor fixed. Appears that the rod has come loose in the lower unit and has shorten it up so it is not coming up far enough to trip the release bar. Like all shops they are busy this time of year so it will be a few days before I get it back. Sounds like we are in for another weather change so that might slow things down some.

And Gilly did I ever tell you about the time back in 59, Oh just forget it you would just think it was another one of those fish stories.