Shell Knob Area?

[Pepe]

Hoping to get to the lake tomorrow and fish for a few days in the Shell Knob area. Are the same patterns working up there as in the middle and lower ends?

I really enjoy reading the posts here. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, if you see Pete Wenners ask him for a few of those plastic baits he is "testing".

[Pepe]

We got on the lake late morning Sunday 4/28 and it took us awhile to find the bass.

We started in Big Creek with flukes in the back of coves with no joy. The water clarity is amazing. We saw beds but no bass. We talked to our friend Pete Wenners who told us he had been catching with the DC test baits in a one of the new colors, in deeper water..

We backed off and caught LM when we were near wood. Some K's near docks but no brownies today. Beautiful Sunday to be on the lake and not a lot of traffic. We never caught anything big but had a lot of fun.

We did see a MO F&G boat and as he approached I put the rod down. My wife & I were reaching for our wallets with the fishing license, but the gentleman was doing a creel survey and wasn't there to see if we were legal. He was interested in what we thought about the brush & rock pile program.

Pete and a couple other fellows are testing some unique plastic baits we made to raise money for a wounded veterans charity called "Hope for the Warriors". The baits are named "Danger Close" and it has been my privilege to make and donate them. If/when sure they are sufficiently effective we plan to expand the effort if the interest is there.

Thanks to all of you who post and share reports.