5/11 report Kimberling area

[dtrs5kprs]

Lazy day for us. Floated it around 8am, fished pretty hard until we came in for the boy's football position group meeting around 130. Went back out in the rain for a couple more hours. 

Temps were obviously lower, 60-61 in the morning. Did warm up some, or perhaps we just found some warmer spots. Didn't seem to matter, aside from killing our topwater bite. Water was clearing. Had 7'-8' visibility consistently.

Still catching them shallow. Know it's not for everyone, have to sell out to do it. We're fishing the 1/8 head with the cut Zinkerz, 6# FC as main, or as a leader. They want that bigger head, even shallow. At least 90% of them are eating it on the bottom, at dead stop speed. No shaking, no swimming, no gliding. Yesterday was the perfect day for it. Technically today was too, but... yeah.

By shallow...we are fishing the bank to maybe 7'. Have caught only a handful deeper. Have ideas as to why. Regardless, there are catchable fish there.

Had three 19" fish, including a thick black to start the morning. Several 18" fish, many 15"-17". Highlights were a double with the boy catching a 19" brownie to go along with my 16" fish, and a truly stunning meanmouth, in terms of coloration.

Not a big color guy. We'd been whacking them on good old PBJ and GP goby for a week. But Saturday something changed big time. Baits needed red flake... GP red, Canada Craw, California Craw. 

One of the prettier meanies I've seen...

[Bill Babler]

Nice.  is most all the moss gone a KC?  Seems to be pretty much gone from Joe Bald up the White.

[dtrs5kprs]

It's spotty, even within the same cove. I thought it was going to be gone, but the cold seemed to stop the break up process. 

Fish are up in it, it's just sort of a nuisance.

[m&m]

Sounds like you did pretty good considering it wasn’t the best weather. 
 

Mike

[dtrs5kprs]

6 hours ago, m&m said:

Sounds like you did pretty good considering it wasn’t the best weather. 
 

Mike

It was fantastic smallmouth weather. If I wasn't so tired and sore, we'd have fished some yesterday too.

[TrophyFishR]

why they don't offer GP-red in the TRD is baffling. 

[dtrs5kprs]

2 hours ago, TrophyFishR said:

why they don't offer GP-red in the TRD is baffling. 

I caught a total of 2 fish on an actual TRD this trip. A few more on the Shadz. Everything else was the cut stick.

[TrophyFishR]

Btw, your inbox is full, I was trying to get you my new contact info

[dtrs5kprs]

43 minutes ago, TrophyFishR said:

Btw, your inbox is full, I was trying to get you my new contact info

I'll work on it. Give me a few.

[dtrs5kprs]

16 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

I'll work on it. Give me a few.

Should be good to go.