Bruce’s Fishing Report from “The House”

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August 18^th Fishing Report

Mile Marker 81

Lake of the Ozark water elevation is 656.95’. Truman lake water elevation is 707.95’. Spillway water temperature is 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Water discharge from Truman Dam is 500 CFS through the turbines. 

Crappie:Slow

Ron Toddiken stopped in this morning for breakfast for some of our world famous “Hog Biscuits and Gravy” and reported he’d been Crappie fishing this morning and had caught a couple 10” keepers.  He released several that were too small.  Ron was using a Tube Jig in about 12-13’ of water and he was fishing the brush piles just downstream from our place that had been placed along the bluffs.  Nephew Jon Archambault our summer cook also reported he caught and released several small crappies down near our cleaning station.  Jon was using worms and jigs and was also fishing the side of the bluffs.

Catfish:Good

Jon continues to do real well fishing for Blue Cats as evidenced by this photo.  He caught these two nice fish using live perch on dock lines fished overnight.  Jon said to check the lines often during the evening hours and reported landing several nice fish in the 8-13# range this past week. He said to fish the perch about one foot off the bottom for best results. I had a report that shad bellies on trot lines were producing some nice fish as well.

Largemouth Bass:Good

Friend Pete Robinson from KC was in again Saturday night.  Pete’s specialty is largemouth bass.  He reported he’d done fairly well Saturday and had netted two nice keepers using spinner baits both going 3#.  He also reported several ‘shorts’ he’d caught on a split shot rig with a fish doctor (zoom) and one short on a senko.  Pete said to fish the flats right now in about 2-3’ of water for best results.  Pete is known for his catch and release tactics and released both of his keepers.  Well done my friend!  Dan Keedwell from Odessa and buddy John Mulich from Harrisonville stopped in for breakfast Sunday and reported decent results using crank bait.  The guys said to fish pea gravel beds and reported catching and releasing three nice fish.  John also caught a nice 3# blue cat on the same crank bait which was also released.

Walleye:Good

Local Walleye fishing phenomenon Rusty Weir was also in early Saturday morning for our world famous “Hog Biscuits and Gravy” and reported the Walleye continue to bite real well. He said for starters begin by trolling crank baits over the flats and along the drop off edge.  He said use fire tiger color crank baits.  Fire tiger is a yellow, green and red color w/ tiger stripes.

White Bass:No Report

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Remember; A bad day fishing is better than a great day at work!

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