Lake of the Ozarks Help....

[wags]

Hi everyone.

My family and I are heading to LOZ on the 22nd for a long overdue fishing trip.  It's been over two years since we have been there and we are pumped!!!

I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to give us a few pointers.  We will be staying near MM 33.  The weather has been fairly cool as of late so I am kind of wondering what stage the fish are in. 

I know some people may be hesitant to post their favorite spots and techniques so feel free to PM me if you'd like to help us out. 

Thanks in advance for everyone's help!!

Jay

[cart7t]

The LMB spawn is over. The shad may be spawning at that time. If that's the case, try crankbaits on rocky main lake points, very shallow. Otherwise, stay in the main creek arms off the Osage and fish brush around docks. Docks in 6-18ft would be my choice. The Niangua arm and Linn Creek are always good. You could have a nice topwater bite going on those docks as well.

[wags]

Thanks alot for the help.  We really appreciate it.  We just put a new Humminbird 898c si on my Dad's boat so we shouldn't have a problem finding brushpiles off of docks this year.   

Thanks, keep the tips coming!!

[Needemp]

Glad to help. I will give you my detailed experience this weekend. I just fished a Tx there Saturday. I didn't get very much prefishing done because it was also a family weekend, but I did a lot of homework before I went.

I saw the fish spawning there a month ago. I knew there would be a big wave moving out with the stable weather we had. So I decided to target main lake transition points. I tried medium to large sized coves that had the best transitional structure on their points.

Thursday I prefished for about 2 hours and sure enough, I found 18 to 19 inch spawned out females there. I had 5 keepers around 13 pounds on jerkbaits, crankbaits and jigs.

I had about another 1.5 to 2 hours prefishing Friday morning and I fished areas that I didn't plan fishing in the Tx. In that short of time I had another limit about 10 pounds. Got them on jerkbaits and jigs. Went out Friday afternoon just mapping and marking new areas for the next day.

Tx day came and I ended up culling to 13.26. I didn't find any kickers, but had a dozen keepers. What I found was 3 areas on which the fish schooled up while in transition. My 3 biggest bass came from each one of those 3 points. They where all within 3 miles of each other and had to have the right structure.

I first found them on the bottom eating jigs. When that bite stopped, I tried digging a crankbait and then I tried a jerkbait. Finally, I decided to try a wacky rig Senko. That was the trick.

The conditions were cloudy, cold and rainy for days. I am sure that you will still be able to find the fish doing the same thing. Some guys had success on secondaries. I personally fished them and found some fish, but it was a fish here and one there. Never a school. All 3 schools I had were main lake. Good luck to you.

[razorbackbasser]

Just got back from a trip there.  We caught a whole lot of bass.  Most of the fish we caught were in Gravois Arm....al up and down it -- mainly topwater and Senkos  Every time we went somewhere else - we ended up back at Gravois...or the area around Gravois creeks.

[razorbackbasser]

I forgot-  Make sure to get by Shady Gator ---good food and accessible by water or land...around Horseshoe Bend.

[wags]

Thanks alot for all the tips guys! Keep them coming. Only three days till we leave.  It's great to hear you all have been doing well.