Bass Fishing Help

[3inonegod]

My family recently purchase a place on LOZ. I have gone crappie fishing with my father in law. I am very excited about next weekend. I will be coming down with my brother and we will be doing some hard core bass fishing. I have never fished LOZ for bass before. I will be fishing in the niangua and little niangua. I live on the 13 mile marker on the big niangua.

If anyone could give us some help we would appreciate it.

Thanks,

David

[aweber1455]

Any kind of soft plastic bait fished around boat docks will catch some this time of year. The areas where the walkways connect to the dock are usually better than the boat slips (but they're harder to reach), especially if they have some overhanging cables. You gotta try to cast way up underneath if possible and approach slowly and stealthily too. It takes patience, you might fish 10 docks without a bite and then connect with a 4 pounder all of a sudden. This is the time of year for the biggest bass at lake of the O, last year I caught a 7 pounder on a crappie minnow pitched under a cable junction on a secondary point.

[BQ1970]

Fishing tournament there this weekend. Weekend before last a lot of fish were being caught on topwater especially early in the day. If there is cloud cover this weekend, I would definitely have a buzz bait tied on all day and handy. Chartruse and white or plain black.

Another bait I would always have tied on this time of year is a carolina rigged lizard. If you don't know or don't like carolina rigging, just texas rig it. Good color for the lake are (Zoom lizard colors) If there is sun use Watermelon candy or cotton candy or watermelon with red fleck. If cloudy, I tend to use plum, june bug, or anything that is a darker color.

I'd also have a crawfish colored crankbait tied on as well. (wiggle warts are good)

Jigs are also catching fish according to outdoor report at lakesunleader.com I am not much of a jig guy, but black/blue and pumpkin colors tend to work really well.

Good Luck.