Kimberling City 8/15 & 8/16

[Longball22]

Fished the Kimberling City area both Saturday and Sunday morning from 6:30 to 10.  Really struggled on Saturday and ended up with 5 fish, all being shorts except one 3lb smallmouth.  Fished a drop shot with crawlers.  Fount a lot of fish suspended at 20ft over deeper water, but absolutely could not get them to bite.  All the fish came in 17-20 ft on the bottom.

Spent more time on the bottom in that range on Sunday.  Ended up with about 20 fish total:  a few terrific bluegills, white bass, smallmouths, kentuckys, and a goggle eye.  Best was a nice 17" spot, and most of the others were in that 13-15 range.

Reading all of the reports about low oxygen levels, I was surprised with the energy of the fish.  All of them fought hard and wasted no time heading back to the bottom.