LOZ Fishing Report

[Bass XL]

Any good reports coming out of Lake of the Ozarks right now? All I'm hearing is high 50's water temp, and that the FLW College guys won it on an umbrella rig last weekend. 

[EmersonFish]

At the BFL weigh-in I was at a couple of weeks ago, a whole lot of the guys who had big bags said they were throwing the A-Rig, and that's just the ones who were willing to admit it. From what I'm hearing and seeing now, they are in transition and guys are focusing on secondary points and creek pockets that lead to spawning areas. They are throwing A-Rigs, Rock Crawlers, and Jerkbaits; ideally over the top of brush piles. There have been big bags caught, but there have also been some slower days where the majority of guys seemed to struggle.

[Bass XL]

Thanks for the information. Pretty much what I expected. I hate throwing an A-Rig though, so hopefully I can pull some bites on a jerkbait, jig, or even a wart. 

[EmersonFish]

I'm not an A-Rig guy either. I've had some luck on a Keitech swimbait on an underspin fished where others might throw an A-Rig. With all of the A-Rigs getting slung around out there by these guys in these huge tournaments, maybe something a little more subtle will start paying off. They have been catching them on lighter (5/16oz) jigs in shallow water on pea gravel banks around where the it transitions from chunk rock as well. I was out there on a post-frontal day and everyone I talked to said it was really slow, but the sun finally came out and the bite really picked up on the shady ends of docks.