Current Bass Fishing Information On Lake Of The Ozarks

[Bill Babler]

Fished most lake sections on Lake O this week, and also had lots of help. This lake is setting up really nice and the Bass Fishing is getting better everyday.

Dam area and Gravois from Coffman out to the mouth and down to the 15 mile mark is very clear. Not quite Table Rock, but 6 ft. of visibility. Surface temp ranging from mid to high 70's. Under low light conditions bite is very good on either bone chuggers or bone spooks, around the docks and on any type of wind blown bank. Throw the surface bait right on the bank.

As the morning sun begins to hit the water move to the shady side of the bigger docks in the backs of the coves. Fish are being taken on 10 inch worms and jigs pitched around the docks. Don't think you are fishing to shallow, lots of fish in the under 4 ft. area.

Shakey Head bite is fantastic using a 5/16 oz. head and a baby brush hog. You chose the color. Not alot of keepers, but lots of bites.

Mid morning to mid day move out to what the locals call structure which is the humps in the gravois and the long runout points. Most of these have bouys on them and are easy to find. 1/2 to 3/4 oz jig and the big worm on these locations, fishing from 12 to 25 ft. There is man made brush on almost all these locations.

Grand Glaze Very similar bite with water not quite the clarity. Same temps. Difference here is there is a pretty good buzz bait bite early. Throw the buzzer right to the bank. Pretty easy to tell when it is over as it goes flat usually even in the rain for us about 9 Am. Fish will continue to bite the Zara Spook. Long pea gravel and fist size chunk rock banks seem to be holding very quality bass. Especially release fish around PB2.

Osage and Mouth of the Niangua to the Green Bridge on the Osage. Water abit more stained but still clear for Lake O. Very good jig bite in the backs of the pockets around the shallow docks and on brush. Browns Green Pumpkin jigs in 5/16th. seem to work best. Wind blown flat points up close are holding some very nice LM and they are on either a Spook or a buzzer early. Later in the morning don't be afraid to throw that topwater on the corners of main lake docks in this region.

Osage Arm to Turkey Creek. Water is off colored but most of the bass guys are really liking it for pitching the jig or using the buzzbait. Very nice limits of 3 pound fish coming from the entire Osage section. Fish the docks starting from front to back in the major creek arms. Docks in the 15 ft. on the front to shallow on the back seem to be holding the better fish. Any wood or laydowns seem to be replenishing very quickly.

There is also a very nice bite either pitching or swimming a jig on certain docks. Black/Blue seems to be the color, but I'm not on this deal.

K's are in very good numbers on most of the main lake larger docks suspended under the fronts of the docks on the deeper shady sides. from the 15 to the Green Bridge. Use the chugger here and also a spook for some heart pulsing action, as these little guys just tear it up.

In four days this week, Bill and I caught and released over 200 bass. Not the quality keepers we wanted for the derby, but just about as fun a fish catching trip as a man could have. Big bite was scarce for us, but the fishing was fabulas.

White bass seem to be extremely good with fish on all the wind blow either flats or long points from the Glaze to the Green Bridge. We were catching them on top water, but a roadrunner would have slayed them.

Hope this gets the Fall season rolliing. Good Luck

[Guest Buck Creek Mike]

Sound slike you did you some serious moving around and good catching. I faished a little on Saturday about the 7Mm and my dad caught an 18" LM and a 17.5" spotted bass on shakey head as well as a lot of other fish, but those were the only keepers we boated (I caught a 13" spot, is the limit on spotted bass 15" or 12", I was under the impression it was 12" on LOZ, so if that is the case we caught three keepers). Cughr a few on a popper and a jig as well. Semmed to be around points with wind on them.

[Jbrant]

Thanks for the report - that is as good as you'll find on LOZ.

[DChance]

Great Report, thanks.

KY bass limit on LOZ is 12" although many tourneys just use a 15" limit across the board.