Early October Twain Trip

[AAD]

Camped and fished out of Ray Behrens last weekend (Fri- Mon). 

Water temps low to mid 70's. Lake was the lowest I've seen it in limited trips up there. Lake level 604.5 Decent clarity, few feet it seemed.

Mainly targeted bass. Did talk to some crappie fisherman in the campground and they were having some luck with minnows 10 ft down in 20+ ft of water.

As for the bass had a decent trip. Best baits were a black/silver or chartreuse sexy shad crankbaits. Couple bites on a shad colored swimbait.  Targeted main lake points. Had luck on points with or without timber.

Caught several bass in the 12-14" range. Did manage to get 2 bass over 15" and had a bonus 19" walleye on same crankbaits.

Saw all kinds of bait fish but could not get any LM to bite around them. 

No luck on soft plastics (brush hog) or topwater.

Overall was a fun and productive trip!.

 

[Johnsfolly]

@AADSound like you had a good trip. There aren't many reports for Mark Twain. So glad to see a good report. I've only fished Mark Twain a couple of times and focused on crappie in the standing timber. Didn't even know about walleye in the lake. Congrats again!

[jdmidwest]

Been tossing around a trip there myself.  Only been one time, but muddy and boats all over waking it up.  Still managed to catch a few on usual areas.