Spring Warm-Up

[doroger]

Looking for some lake info regarding spring temps. What arms of the lake warm the first in the spring, and a rough time frame? Have never fished early in the year, looking to start over there in March, general info only, not looking for exact spots.

[rangerz21]

The upper Grand and Osage warm up the first

[straw hat]

In my opinion the Turnback arm followed by the Little Sac arm sem to warm first on Stockton. As far as timing...well that realllyyy depends on weather. Some years warm up begins in Early March and sometimes as early as mid Ferbuary. Last week the temp was 38 at CC and by next Saturday I expect it to be around 42 with maybe a few walleye running around. But if it turns cold again it may drop right back down to 38 again. But the walleye should really start moving soon. I hope this helps.

[straw hat]

Well I guess I need a new pair of glasses!! I must of accidentally clicked on the Truman forum instead of the my usual Stockton forum. Sorry!

[Skeeter ZX190]

There are probably better people to answer this question, but I will give it a try. The dirtier water warms first. My problem is that when I fish Truman I generally stick to a certain part of the lake. I normally put in at Long Shoals or Truman State Park and I like to fish the Grand arm from Long Shoals going toward the dam and then up the Big Tebo. The water there tends to be clearer than other parts except maybe the Pomme arm. I've never fished the Pomme arm but that is what I hear. The water temps at Truman tend to be a few degrees cooler than Stockton in the early spring. On this forum, Truman Lake doesn't get a lot of reports. We will need several good warm days to really get the water warming in Truman. Late March is when I will go down and give it a try but only if we have some warm days. I like the water temp to be in the low fifties before I start slingin a spinnerbait. When I go up the Big Tebo there are several coves on the south side that I like to work with a spinnerbait. There have been years where the temp on the east side of the cove is a degree or 2 colder than the west side. I assume that has to do with the amount of sun the water gets during the warmer part of the day. That degree or 2 makes a difference. I catch them on the west side but not on the east. A couple of weeks ago when we had a 70 degree day, it really made me itchin to go!

[rangerz21]

The area of the Lake that you likr to fish are on fire right now. Yhe Bass are biting a Jerkbait and A jig. The crappie are suspended a;png the main lake bluffs and are 15 to 20 feet deep Sus[ended over 30 - 40 feet of water. A couple of weeks ago there was some skim ice in the backs of some of the protected pockets. It is all gone now last weekend in that part of the lake the water was 40 - 72 degrees

[rangerz21]

sorry that was 40 - 42 degrees