Kimberling City Report - 6/30/2013

[flyman]

Guys, I'm getting better. Thanks to the suggestions and advice from some of you here on the forum, I'm able to give a report myself. You guys really helped out alot and I appreciate it.

We put in a Kimberling Inn at 5 am. There was a small tournament being held. Don't know the details of that. Water temp was 79-80. Winds were somewhat difficult to manage.

My stategy was to locate and fish the MDC fish attractors. This stategy paid off pretty well. There was a minimal amount of topwater until about 6 (or maybe it was difficult to detect with the chop). I tried something a little different today and threw a smoke Yamamoto grub on a 3/16 oz jig head close to the bottom around those attractors. I would count it down and fish it slow. Wow! We picked up some good fish this way! That bite died and I switched to the drop shot with a purple finesse roboworm. The action was pretty good on the drop shot. Eventually, the pleasure boaters came out around 10:30 and we called it a day. We probably could have caught more but the wakes, wind and my tiny sardine boat was just too much. Caught several keepers and probably 25 total. Weather was perfect! Had a great day!

[motoman]

Way to go flyman!.......great report.......I need to focus on those fish attractors next time I get down. I always plan on checking them out, but never do for some reason.:-(

[Quillback]

That's some great fishing, thanks for the report!

[flyman]

Thanks, gentlemen! For whatever reason I ignored the fish attractors. Recently, I started creating GPS waypoints where I caught fish (and where the guide took me). I brought those up on a map with the coordinates and found that more than half were located near an attractor. I bought a new fish finder last week so I went out and located a few of them to test the installation. Sure enough, there were fish there. I had a pretty decent day on Saturday so I made that my strategy for Sunday. I have no idea why I was skeptical. I will say the best ones seemed to be reletive to the depth the fish were holding just like any other structure. For a beginner like me, its a good way to learn and have places to target.

[Quillback]

I found a bunch of "private" brush piles this winter when the water was low and clear. Marked them on the GPS. I have more spots to fish in a day than I have time to fish.

[fishingaddiction]

Good report Flyman. Fishing the attractors is a very good idea, we should all pay more attention to them, and fish them more often. Everyone fishes the grub in the spring, but it will put em in the boat at other times also.