Loz Fishing Help

[3inonegod]

I will be coming down in one week with my brother for 3 days of bass fishing. We will be staying near the main lake and start of the Niangua.

Would like to know where you would fish and what you would fish with. It has been a long while since I have fished for bass on LOZ.

Much appreciated.

[crittermo]

i can't help you much on where to go at that end of the lake but i do know as the water keeps warming up my best baits are sluggo type baits, spinnerbaits and even topwater.

at this time of year i have my best luck (for me personally) with the sluggo baits and my go bait to for the last few years has been the lake fork ringworm rigged like a sluggo in chartreuse but probably most colors will work. i hit the main lake points first in the mornings and if that isn't working i work my way back into the coves and hit secondary points and any docks that look like they might have brush. at this time of year it just keeps getting better and better so if one lure doesn't work go through the tacklebox and try something else, i'm sure jigs and worms on the bottom will work though i don't fish those too often. i also always have a alabama rig tied on and i throw it every once in a while but it is not my best confidence bait. if you use the alabama rig make sure you only use 3 lures on it DO NOT USE ALL 5 it is illegal in missouri.

it is also a great time to have a crappie rig set up for when you do come by some docks with brush. i first fish them hard for bass and then go back through to see if i can pick up a few crappie for dinner. it's great to be on the lake at anytime this time of year!

good luck

[thartley]

So for bass if the water is muddy what would you be using?

[DADAKOTA]

Spinnerbait and black/blue jig

[thartley]

Have they started hitting a buzzbait?

[crittermo]

buzzbaits not yet for me but with the water warming it's a great time to try. i'm heading down tomorrow and i'm going to give it a try. in the dirty water i use the chartreuse ringworm and chartreuse or white spinner bait with a white twin tail. just my preference. this time of year i rig a few rods. if i get a hit on a buzzbait and miss the fish and it doesn't come back to hit it again i pick up another rod and throw a spinnerbait or ringworm and it usually does the trick.

[crittermo]

i forgot i'll be turkey hunting in the mornings so i'll have to see how they're biting in the afternnon.

[Jbrant]

Water is still going to be dirty next week I'd guess. I'd definitely have a spinnerbait tied on. Black and blue jig too.

[countryred]

The Niangua arm is a great place to fish. I would imagine there is some color in the water there. I would throw a bright colored crankbait between the docks and a black and blue jig or tube bait around the shallow brush and the back sides of the docks.

The areas that I would key on are transition from chunk rock to pea gravel and secondary points.

The coves right around the Larry Gale access seemed to produce last time I was in there, but its been a while.

[nomolites]

Jigs, Spinnerbaits, maybe a Carolina rigged lizard depending on water temp/clarity. A buzzbait is a great big bite bait once thing warm up. The key is to work the back sides of the docks on pea gravel.