Final Trip Of 2011

[ahelbling33]

Hello all,

Anyone have any luck this weekend fishing for bass at LOZ? I am making the trip one last time for the season before storing the boat in hopes of some redemption. I have to be honest when I tell you that this was one of the worst fishing seasons ever for me. Staying at the 1mm and plan on fishing from the dam up through part of the Gravois Saturday and til noon or so on Sunday. Any helpful info would be much appreciated. I will be sure to give a detailed report upon my return as well.

Thanks,

Andrew

[Jbrant]

We fished the upper to mid Gravois yesterday. Water temps were anywhere from 52 to 54. Water was pretty clean everywhere. Fished from 8 to 1 and caught about 10 - mostly Kentucky's. We did catch three keepers including a 6:10 that my brother caught. All of our fish came pretty shallow on either points or channel banks. Caught them on wiggle warts and football jigs. Didn't see much shad activity but did see a lot of cranes on main lake backs.

[Smalliebigs]

Andrew,

I think I would reconsider storing the boat, with the lower temps, the lake temps will drop and the Jerk Bait is about to go off. Go get some MB Ito Vision 110 and the new -1's and hold on it will happen. I love the Jerk bait bite!!!

[MOsmallies]

My report is a little dated, but not too much...

I was in the Mid Lake section (25 MM) for Thanksgiving week. Fished Thursday (Thanksgiving), Friday, and a little in the rain on Saturday. Water temps were 54 in the mornings and 57 in the afternoons. Those have probably dropped a couple degrees since Thanksgiving. Between me and my father in law, we caught about 25 bass with about 6 keepers. Quite a few barely shorts mixed in there as well.

The majority of our fish came off steeper bluff banks half way back in coves and chunk rock/pea gravel transition banks. We did not do well on dock ends like I thought we would, and the only fish we caught in the very backs of pockets were small and inconsistent. The bite definitely picked up in the afternoons.

I did the majority of my damage on a 3/8 oz Omega Jig (chobee) with a Chigger Craw (green pumpkin) trailer, a KVD 1.5 squarebill (sexy shad), and a white spinnerbait. Father in law caught them on an older Rapala squarebill and a white spinnerbait. I threw a buzzbait and swim jig quite a bit, but only mustered a few half hearted strikes.

The reports I've been reading since I left though have all talked of a killer buzzbait bite. If I could go back down soon, I would spend even more time chunking a black buzzbait on the back corners of docks and the same bluff/chunk rock/pea gravel banks. An 8.75 lb bass was caught on 11/27 in the AiA Tournament on a black buzzbait. Like Smalliebigs said, the jerkbait bite will get going soon as well.

Hope this helps, good luck, and let us know how you do.

Paul

MOsmallies