Good Numbers But No Size

[David Unnerstall]

I got the boat out of storage for the first time this year and fished Mark Twain Lake last weekend.  The numbers were good but we didn't catch anything with much size.  I did catch my first fish with the Ned Rig but he got off before I got I got my fingers on him.  MTL is probably not the lake for the Ned Rig -- the lake depth will go to 40 feet 10 feet from the bank.  There can only be a foot or so where there is a shelf that you can work it properly and keep it at the right depth.  This is the biggest fish we caught, on a crawdad-colored wart:

 

 

 It seems we were only successful on main lake points; once we got back in the coves the bite stopped.  My buddy Bob with fish typical of what was biting:

 

 

And for a few minutes stripers were hitting a white Road Runner right at the bank.  But that stopped and only bluegill hit the Roadrunner.

 

[nomolites]

Looks like a good day to me, glad you caught fish!

Mike

 

 

 

 

 

[SmallyWally]

Good job fellas.

[Haris122]

Sweet. Did you look for any crappie while up there.

[David Unnerstall]

Sweet. Did you look for any crappie while up there.

No but I did talk to crappie fishermen and it was tough for them.  I did not see another boat bring up any fish.