Big M area, June 18

[Quillback]

Put in early, fog was thick, had to start over on the gravel point off the park at the mouth of Viney.  I caught 3 bass there, all on a Nutech Grass jig before enough of the fog lifted so that I could get where I wanted to get to.

Had a consistent bite all morning, never was a hot bite, but I could pick one up here and there.  There was top water activity, mostly fish out over the channel or a ways off some of the rocky points, they'd usually bite if I could get the top water on them right after they came up.  I could also get a few bites on a slow rolled 3.8 Keitech on those deep fish.  Problem was is that the bass were scattered so it would take a lot of casts to get a bite.

Caught several on the 1/2 oz Grass Jig, most of the bites came on the fall or swimming it back to the boat.  Used a Rage Craw as a trailer.

And caught a few on a c-rigged Zoom UV Speed craw.  2 best smallies came on the c-rig.

The pattern that was working for me was top water and Keitech over deep water, c-rig the craw on gravel points, and throw the jig around trees.

Put 19 in the boat, several keepers.  Had some missed opportunities especially on the Keitech - had a good spot pull off right at the boat as I was getting ready to net it.  Keitech bite was really squirrely, they'd pop it and just not hook up.  Had another good puller on the c-rig that came off, bet it was a smallie.

I think I remember seeing the WT at 78.

 

 

 

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[crazy4fishin]

Nice work and great fish!!

I am truly jellyous as I struggle to get out on a regular basis!!

C4F

[Guest]

did not make a report, but fished around big m with knickmeyer last night.  we ended up with nine keeps.  we caught most of our fish on the 1 oz. Mega Elite Blade out on flats.  tried to keep the boat sitting in 20 to 25 ft.  transition from gravel to rock, and flat points seemed to be where we found most of them.  caught several shorts.  the biggest one we had was a 3 lb. range brownie.

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[bferg]

Nice report Quill...  similar to what we saw last Saturday on the topwater:  there was some activity, and if you could get on them right when they surfaced you could get a bite- but it was so scattered that it was tough and frustrating to try to do.  I abandoned it pretty quickly.  

[m&m]

QB, nice set of pictures. Very healthy fish. Morning bite seems to on right now. 

Mike

[Johnsfolly]

Nice report QB. Great fish!

[Bill Babler]

Great report very similar to our 18th.  I made it to Viney late in the morning but bite had died.  Did really the same deal as you did around the mouth of the Kings.

[Ozark Ranger]

Fishing the dam side down past 86 bridge has been rough for me this week as a weekend angler.