An OK Day (11/7)

[MOsmallies]

Had a decent day on LOZ today. Not a ton of bites but enough to keep it interesting. Not much size but a couple that were decent and I could've had a limit around 11-12 lbs had I landed everything... Buzzbait bite wasn't quite on. A few blow ups and a couple hooked that came off after a few seconds. But I made some perfect casts in textbook spots without a look. Missed two nice blowups on the WP. Lost a real nice Kentucky at the boat who had crushed a wtd topwater on a dock corner and just pulled off as I went to lip her. I resorted to the dock corner pattern cause they just weren't cooperating on the big black rocks. The two pictured below came on a fluke off a dock corner and a jig skipped behind a dock. Will be back down next weekend with the big guns (Mitch F, Smalliebigs, and Pat Magee... Hopefully Wrench can make an appearance as well). We'll keep you posted!

[fishinwrench]

Not bad at all !   That KY looks close to 3#, was he?  

They were eating spinnerbaits up here today.  No love on the WP for me either.

We are supposed to have some weather Wed. I guess.   Sure was nice today.

[MOsmallies]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Not bad at all !   That KY looks close to 3#, was he?  

They were eating spinnerbaits up here today.  No love on the WP for me either.

We are supposed to have some weather Wed. I guess.   Sure was nice today.

I would've guessed 2.5 lbs... The one I lost at the boat would've been 3+... I should've given the Spinnerbait and Squarebill more of a try. Had em tied on all day but never really threw them.

[WeekendWarrior]

Nice job MOsmallies! Been out last 2 days with a buddy and it has been tough on us. Had 3 keeps Friday and 4 yesterday between us with no size. Can't find a deep bite and all fish caught in 12 foot or less towards back of coves seemed to be most consistent for us. Went out earlier in week when we had cloud cover and had fun catching a limit of kentuckies on condo dock corners with a couple good ones on the whopper plopper until I cracked it banging it on a dock pole, switched to the bone WP and they wouldn't touch it. The best bite was a BIG flathead with a head bigger than mine that bit a shakyhead, a 40 to 50 lber which got off right at boat. Buddy could not move the fish off bottom for a while with a 7 foot heavy rod with 20 lb test

[MOfishMOproblems]

Nice looking fish. Around what area was this??

[conorsixtakc]

On 11/8/2015, 7:47:48, WeekendWarrior said:

The best bite was a BIG flathead with a head bigger than mine that bit a shakyhead, a 40 to 50 lber which got off right at boat. Buddy could not move the fish off bottom for a while with a 7 foot heavy rod with 20 lb test

always risky when those bigins start rolling without a leader and barrel swivel

[MOsmallies]

15 hours ago, MOfishMOproblems said:

Nice looking fish. Around what area was this??

Midlake Area around Tan Tar A

[MOfishMOproblems]

Nice. Im about to head up that way in the morning, hoping to be on the lake before sunrise. Any suggestions on where they are biting this time of year?The old man and i usually fish on the lower end near army rec up past pb2. 

[fishinwrench]

There are fish suspended under docks, and there are fish in the backends around wood cover, or around wood cover along the banks.  

Topwater stuff, spinnerbaits, and swimbaits.  I can't get a jig bite on this end to save my life.

[Old plug]

The water clarity has something to do with it for sure Wrench. It is clear around my place to 51/2 and 6 ft 31/2 miles up the Gravois. I had a bit of luck last  week fishing a sinko right on the steeper chunk bank. It was a  interesting experience in that I caught a keeper every time I fished where there were a lot of green sunfish. The second that sinko hit the water they would charge it and and knock it all over the place. Then a good bass would would come out of know where and hit the sinko. It was not a regular thing but I did not catch a good keeper unless the little pest were after the sinko. I only fished about 2-3 hours a day over 2-3 afternoons. Averaged about 1 keeper a hour and had a whole lot of fun with the sunfish. I believe that the thing that triggered  the bass was the green sunfish bashing the sinko and his greed. They sure were not hitting it with any regularity otherwise. You can literally catch a bushel of small Kentuckian and largemouth this time of year on that sinko. It's one of the things I love doing with a ultra light crappie out fit.