Sat 3/28/15

[Dewayne French]

My report for sat is not stellar by any shape except for a good ole bigun. I fished from 7-3:30 and was all prepared for a Crankbait, Grub, Jerkbait, and A Rig bite smack down. I love to toss the wart this time of year, but Saturday it was to not in the cards for me. I know there were guys on sat that probably caught the fire out of them on warts, but it didn't happen for me so wrong areas, wrong time, wrong color, wrong something. I went to stained water earlier nothing so I came back later and nothing again. I had to be in clear water to get a bite, so I stayed in the clear water ranging from 3 miles +/- the KC bridge. I ended up with 3 keepers on the A Rig, 1 on the Grub and and a few shorts mixed in. No other action on the above mentioned baits. Water temps 51-53 and the boat had to be in 25 fow tossing shallower early in the day and 38ish later in the day. All the fish all came with in a 100 yard stretch of bank that I would consider a " Pre-spawn staging" area. Birds where present and eating thought the day in several of the spots that I stopped on. The early morning clouds, wind, and spitting rain was nice. I think and as the sun got brighter and later in the day it seemed to put those fish closer to the bottom. The early action you could see bait and fish action in the water column on the graph, but as the day got brighter they seemed to vanish ie.. the bottom I think. Yes I did try the Ned & no I didn't fish it slooowww enough and yes I did toss a shaky head and yes I missed a couple of pick-ups on it. All in all a great day to alive and well in the Ozarks. The Big fish came on the A Rig and was 6.22 no belly as in being full of eggs, but probably shad or craws would be my guess. The A Rig I was using was really the only solid thing I could hang my hat on Saturday. It is one made by Underbite custom tackle out of Yellville, Arkansas and is a special "Missouri Rig" I have them make that only has 3 wires on the back for my hooks and the fronts are used for teasers and blades. It was paired with Jennybugs Swimmers made in Thayer, Missouri..

[Bill Babler]

Very nice fish. Bet it is a male. Thanks for the report.

[*T*]

Good one! Thanks for the report. One fish like that can make a slow day feel a whole lot better.

[willyfish]

If it's not full of eggs now I'm thinking it's gotta be a male to. If that's the case that is a giant fish, I've never seen a male that big.

[dtrs5kprs]

Good stuff. That is one big old buck.

[Dewayne French]

Could be an old female that didn't produce eggs also is a thought I had, but not saying one way or the other..

[Champ188]

That would be one big male but I caught one over 6 pounds on Ouachita once.

[fishingaddiction]

Congrats on that nice LM. Really nice one if it's a male.

[Quillback]

Nice one, congrats!

[magicwormman]

Great report and nice fish too!!!