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[Bigmagic]

Here on Lake of the Ozarks the best place to catch Hybrids on the upper end is near the dam. Right off the point that splits the two river channels you can have some pretty good success in the spring. Live 5" shad are the ticket with a slip sinker fished right below the boat. In the old days the radio control boats were best now its live shad or Hog sticks when they are really going. On Truman lake check out point #3 beginning in June and the humps above the mile long bridge. There are some humps in the KK Island area and the shallow flats north of KK Island can be a white bass bonanza during summer as the fish push the shad up on the flats. Slab spoons will work on the humps though my preference is still live shad(I'm a catfisherman after all). Shad are abundant on Truman and locating them is fairly easy. Now don't forget me when them river whites start running.

[Bill Butts]

Here on Lake of the Ozarks the best place to catch Hybrids on the upper end is near the dam. Right off the point that splits the two river channels you can have some pretty good success in the spring. Live 5" shad are the ticket with a slip sinker fished right below the boat. In the old days the radio control boats were best now its live shad or Hog sticks when they are really going. On Truman lake check out point #3 beginning in June and the humps above the mile long bridge. There are some humps in the KK Island area and the shallow flats north of KK Island can be a white bass bonanza during summer as the fish push the shad up on the flats. Slab spoons will work on the humps though my preference is still live shad(I'm a catfisherman after all). Shad are abundant on Truman and locating them is fairly easy. Now don't forget me when them river whites start running.

Thanks for the excellent info.

It sounds like you concentrate on lower Truman and upper LOZ.

Do you spend time, or have fishing buddies that do, fishing up in the tributaries above Truman like the Sac, Osage, Deepwater Creek, Marais Des Cygnes, Grand, Pomme De Terre or others?

If you do, or others you know do, I'm sure there are Forum readers that would appreciate knowing which are the best for Hybrids and/or Stripers. Obviously, all of them get runs of Whites.

I've heard stories of Hybrids being caught many many miles above Truman in even some very small muddy little creeks. They are amazing fish, but locating them is the most challenging part of catching them.

Thanks for any additional info you can share.