Bass Fishing The Gravois Arm In April

[ShawnyP]

We will be heading to the Gravois Arm area and was wondering if anyone had any good areas to fish. With it being mid April, I was going to give c-rigging a lizard in the shallows for beddies a try but am not opposed to working a jig or cranking a wart. I also have an assortment of pointers for jerking but was wondering if April was getting to warm for that to be worth my while? Been fishing power plant lakes all winter and can't wait to get back to some real water!!

[podum]

Pea gravel banks in coves and pockets - especially if there are docks. C-Rig will work well. So will slow rolling a spinnerbait. That is a great time as it is almost certain that lots of fish will be shallow. Wait for Fishinwrench to weigh in. He will be able to add lots of advice on LOZ

[Wayne SW/MO]

Fishinwrench's shop and home is on that arm. When he see's this you'll have the best information you can likely get on the net.

[ShawnyP]

Thanks for the posts, I am new to the forum. I have been fishing Norfork and Bull Shoals for many years now but am not as familiar with LOZ. One of my best buds has a place on the Gravois Arm around the 5 MM.

[fishinwrench]

Several good bass patterns are likely for mid-April. It's without a doubt the best time of the year to do what you do best....and succeed.

If you get here and don't have a reasonable amount of bites pretty quick then just gimme a shout.

Everything mentioned so far indicates that you're on the right page. Although the suspeding jerkbaits should prolly be swapped for a Fluke or one of its cousins.

[ShawnyP]

Thanks for the input, fix'n on slaying some crappie in IL. this afternoon