Another Report

[creek wader]

Managed to get in about two hrs. of fishing Wed. Nov.7. Bank fished at a different CA on the lower Osage. It was closer to Jeff. City. I was unfamilar with it and had to spend some time "hunting" for the crappie. I caught 7 crappie, total. 2 @ 12.5 in., 2 @ 11.5., and 3 @ 9.5 in. The 9.5 in. are the smallest that I've caught on the river, yet. ... I didn't have much time to fish, and spent quite a bit of the time, hanging up on a downed tree, and retying on new jigs. But, the fish were in there. I also caught about 20 spots (dinks), a few largemouths (dinks), one smallie (dink), and a very small white bass (3 in.). So, I caught 4 types of bass. Largest was a spot about 13 in. .. Anyway, once again the bass cut down on my opportunity to catch crappie. They were harrassing my sliders, the whole time. I had to use a slow retrieve for the crappie, this gave the bass ample time to hone in on the jig. .. It was a cool 28 degrees air temp., when I sarted. The water was warmer, than the air. The river was clear and low. I fished from noon to about 2 p.m. ... This time I took a stringer and the crappie are currently soaking in lemon juice, in my fridge.