Very Good December Bass Fishing 12-13-18

[David Goddard]

I had fished Lake of the Ozarks the 11th and 12th. The 11th I fished from PB2 to the toll bridge with a fairly tough bite. Caught 16 keepers but 6 of them were off PB2 point and there was only one fish that touched 3 lbs. The fish seemed very scattered. The 12th I fished the dam area and it was brutally tough. I was hoping to continue the shallow crankbait bite which I had the past 2ish weeks but it was completely gone. The only way we could get bit was fishing a jig, drop shot, or ned rig off bluff banks and those bites were not very big or very frequent. We fished from dawn to dark and only caught 12 bass 8 of which were keepers but our biggest 5 probably only went 10 lbs at the most.

So with the bite being really tough at the lake we decided to go down to Pomme and try our luck on a lake that neither I or my buddy, Jonny, had ever been to. We fished an a-rig off of steep banks all day and caught 17.68 lbs for our biggest 5. Caught 9 keepers total and our biggest 2 were a 4.29 that I caught and a 4.13 that he caught. A couple bites came off a jig but they were not the quality of bites that the a-rig got. We missed a few good bites too, but that's always the story anyways. It was a fun day and while we didn't get a lot of bites the ones we got were good quality; plus, at Pomme you have a chance of catching a muskie which is awesome. Anyways it was a fun day and I'll be back soon, but for now I think its time to chase some wintering brown bass in my favorite creeks and rivers. Thanks for the support for the Mizzou Bass Team everyone. Tight Lines.

[liphunter]

Wow, Fantastic!!! Good for you, that's really cool.

[JestersHK]

Nice job!  Seen your other posts, and you guys keep braving the elements and it's paying off. 

Very nice fish,  thanks for sharing.  

[Dutch]

Good looking fish there.  If you don't mind telling, which arm were you guys fishing?  

[David Goddard]

5 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Good looking fish there.  If you don't mind telling, which arm were you guys fishing?  

I don't know the lake at all so I can't tell you which arm, but we put in at Hermitage and never went farther than 20 minutes from the ramp.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

HAHA in 20 minutes you could be up either arm from there.  Its not a very big lake

[Dutch]

Did you go under a bridge?

[David Goddard]

5 hours ago, Dutch said:

Did you go under a bridge?

Yes we were near the bridge

[slothman]

That is a darn good Pomme limit! Great day on the water for sure. 

[Dutch]

1 hour ago, David Goddard said:

Yes we were near the bridge

Ok that is the Lindley arm.  The reason I asked is a friend of mine wants to go tomorrow.  He made some A rigs at my house and is bustin' a gut to try them out.