Joe Crieghton To Spfd Lake

[Matt King]

Anybody know if the waters high enough to do this stretch?

Thanks

-Matt

[Patrick M]

I am not sure. I am hoping to hit lake springfield this evening around 5:45 or 6:00 hopefully the wind will not be bad at that time. if not tonight i am gonna hit it 1 of the next 2 days or both. take advantage of this nice weather. have they been biting?

[Matt King]

I havent gotten a chance to get out there to enjoy the nicer weather. Back when it was hot they were still biting, mostly on soft plastics dragged real slow. Im gonna take a drive down on the outer road n see what the water looks like. Im in a kayak so i know ill be fine, my buddies in a canoe tho so he'll prob have to walk quite a bit

-Matt

[Patrick M]

im in a 14 foot boat witha 5 hp briggs on it. i can make it past 60 but dont know how far i can venture up much further. i usually have luck with plastics. i am getting some jigs made for me so i will have to try those next week. learning to bass fish this year has been fun.

[Daveinozark]

I hit springfield lake this morning. Went around the downed tree by the 60 freeway. Caught a lm there on a zara spook puppy.

the water is still very warm. not much action in that area though. Seems like several carp have take over that area.

I went over to the spillway and broke that lure off on an average sized lm. Surprised it broke that easily, the front hook came out

should get better after a week of low temps

[Patrick M]

how is the wind effecting things dave?

[Patrick M]

where were the carp? i like to catch some every now and then

[CheddaFishin]

Just did a float last night; From Southwood to Crieghton and camped along the banks. We paddled up no problem in kayaks as it does get shallow a little after you pass hwy 60. We had to take out a few spots due to dragging. Water is indeed still warm and there are a couple trees down but easy to get around. Fishing was just average for us. Lots of trash that we found and did a little clean up as we fished along. We floated back down to Southwood around 6am this morning. So it can be done, but I would suggest a kayak. Good luck!

[OzarkFishman]

Finally got a few hours in the other night. Ended

the trip with 4 fish (2 keepers) and one big soft

shell turtle on a senko.

The fish were all caught on a jig.

OzarkFishman

[Daveinozark]

yeah the wind makes it tough but I like to use spinnerbaits most of the time anyways. Except this time I was on a mission to catch fish on the spook jr. walking the dog. That was hard to throw at times and when the water got choppy I was probably wasting time.

I saw carp near that walkway bridge that's between the 2 freeways. There's some slack water over there and I kept seeing them jump.

I think I'll try the lakehouse section of the lake this weekend and see if there's any bass left there.

When I go, I have to sneak out of the house in the mornings and only fish for a few hours or until the wife calls