For Us KC Area Guys - Fishing Reports

[Lincoln]

11 hours ago, Russ E said:

 

I was out there from 9:30 am to 2pm  today. I only saw one boat out there today. Was that you in the v bottom boat?

I caught 3  small bass on a  Yozuri  3DB Jerkbait in the morning. Jekbait bite fizzled after about 10:00.

caught about 20 more in the afternoon on a Drop Shot and a Ned Rig. They were both rigged with a finesse shadz.

the biggest bass I caught was 2 lbs. no Smallmouth.

also caught 3 big drum on the Ned Rig. Biggest fish I ever caught on my ned rig rod. too bad it wasn't a bass.

did not catch one trout.

Yeah I have an old alumacraft that I put a bow mount and a deck in. If I would have known that was you I would have stopped and said hello! 

[Russ E]

3 hours ago, Lincoln said:

Yeah I have an old alumacraft that I put a bow mount and a deck in. If I would have known that was you I would have stopped and said hello! 

it was hard to tell who I was. I was all bundled up like a demented camo eskimo.

I fish shawnee quite a bit in the cold weather. our paths will probably cross again.

[Lincoln]

6 minutes ago, Russ E said:

it was hard to tell who I was. I was all bundled up like a demented camo eskimo.

I fish shawnee quite a bit in the cold weather. our paths will probably cross again.

I’m sure it will. My wife will be giving birth soon so I probably won’t be going much for the first couple weeks after that. But I’ll be out there and if I see you I’ll swing by and say hello 

[doughboy1979]

I will probably be heading out to La Cygne tomorrow afternoon to try out the 93sv if I can get it installed in the morning.  If anybody want's to meet up or whatever, let me know.  I always enjoy meeting new people on the lakes!! 

[SuperFluke]

If anyone is looking for a boat, mine’s for sale!  It’s got two Garmin plus units (93 and 73 sv). Might have a few waypoints on it too ?.

 

Details on Craigslist.  Just search for 2010 Triton VT 17.

[Bluebasser86]

11 hours ago, SuperFluke said:

If anyone is looking for a boat, mine’s for sale!  It’s got two Garmin plus units (93 and 73 sv). Might have a few waypoints on it too ?.

 

Details on Craigslist.  Just search for 2010 Triton VT 17.

You buying something else? 

 

If anyone is looking for a really nice boat, here it is. I've personally fished out of it several times and driven it myself, it rides and fishes like a much larger boat but it's perfect for getting around on the smaller lakes in our area while still being big enough to take to the larger reservoirs as well. 

[SuperFluke]

22 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

You buying something else? 

 

If anyone is looking for a really nice boat, here it is. I've personally fished out of it several times and driven it myself, it rides and fishes like a much larger boat but it's perfect for getting around on the smaller lakes in our area while still being big enough to take to the larger reservoirs as well. 

I’ll be back.  Uncertain on how soon.  Wanting to spend more time with my dad next year, and that means getting back on the golf course.

[doughboy1979]

Fished Lonestar again for the last time this winter.  Bite was hard to come by in the morning, but in the afternoon it was better.  Caught 5 bass, but only 1 was a keeper.  Just installed my 93sv with the ultra HD sonar/transducer.  I need to read up over the winter and learn more about it.  I think something is up because a some of the images on the DownVu seemed fuzzy when showing trees and the SideVu I had no idea if there was fish there or not. Oh the joy!!!!  

[KansasSkeeter]

Has anyone been down to Wolf here lately?   I know they do plant maintenance around this time each year which turns the hot water off.   It's been awhile since I've been down and thought about hitting it this weekend.  Fishing this year out there has been off so hopefully the cold snap will get things moving again!

[Sprocket]

17 hours ago, doughboy1979 said:

Fished Lonestar again for the last time this winter.  Bite was hard to come by in the morning, but in the afternoon it was better.  Caught 5 bass, but only 1 was a keeper.  Just installed my 93sv with the ultra HD sonar/transducer.  I need to read up over the winter and learn more about it.  I think something is up because a some of the images on the DownVu seemed fuzzy when showing trees and the SideVu I had no idea if there was fish there or not. Oh the joy!!!!  

Your images will be blurred if not moving or moving slow.  Turn your scroll speed up to see if that helps.  On your sidevu, try manually setting the distance to 40 or 50' and see if that helps.

 

SE Kansas grass grower

[doughboy1979]

7 hours ago, Sprocket said:

Your images will be blurred if not moving or moving slow.  Turn your scroll speed up to see if that helps.  On your sidevu, try manually setting the distance to 40 or 50' and see if that helps.

 

SE Kansas grass grower

Gotcha, thanks for the advice.  I will try that next time I go out.  

[Drew03cmc]

Guys, I love reading about your fishing exploits, but don't feel my treks around small ponds and community lakes in South KC warrant many posts in here. I've come to love tossing big baits and have a Dobyns Fury 806 rod I'd love to trade straight up locally for a 6'6-7' MH casting rod. Anyone interested, holler. 

 

I've found what I like doing is tossing Triple Trouts around shallow cover. They're my favorite baits for active fish. 

 

 

[Lincoln]

2 hours ago, Drew03cmc said:

Guys, I love reading about your fishing exploits, but don't feel my treks around small ponds and community lakes in South KC warrant many posts in here. I've come to love tossing big baits and have a Dobyns Fury 806 rod I'd love to trade straight up locally for a 6'6-7' MH casting rod. Anyone interested, holler. 

 

I've found what I like doing is tossing Triple Trouts around shallow cover. They're my favorite baits for active fish. 

 

 

I’d be interested in hearing about it. I think hearing/seeing what big swimbaits catch in smaller bodies of water is cool

[Bluebasser86]

3 hours ago, Lincoln said:

I’d be interested in hearing about it. I think hearing/seeing what big swimbaits catch in smaller bodies of water is cool

They catch things like this

but also a lot of them like this

[Drew03cmc]

7 hours ago, Lincoln said:

I’d be interested in hearing about it. I think hearing/seeing what big swimbaits catch in smaller bodies of water is cool

And these.

[Dirtyeggroll]

6 hours ago, Drew03cmc said:

And these.

 

 

 

Is that a 9” or 7” Slammer?

[Lincoln]

The big bait thing isn’t something I’ve really tried yet. But it has my interest for sure

[Drew03cmc]

4 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Is that a 9” or 7” Slammer?

9. Only fish I caught on it...about 6am, 40 degrees that morning.

1 hour ago, Lincoln said:

The big bait thing isn’t something I’ve really tried yet. But it has my interest for sure

Dude, perfect rod here...it's rated 2 to 8oz, but realistically is a 1 to 5. I've tossed 3/4 to 4 and it does well. For a reel, I have an Ardent Apex Magnum on it, but a Curado 200B would work as well...

[Sprocket]

16 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Is that a 9” or 7” Slammer?

I thought it looked like the AC plug.

 

SE Kansas grass grower

[Drew03cmc]

2 hours ago, Sprocket said:

I thought it looked like the AC plug.

 

SE Kansas grass grower

Not even close. AC has no diving lip and an angled face.

[FishinKansan81]

Hit La Cygne yesterday. Got skunked on the largemouth but the white bass were going crazy, so it was kind of fun! Cold boat ride at 29 degrees.

[doughboy1979]

21 hours ago, FishinKansan81 said:

Hit La Cygne yesterday. Got skunked on the largemouth but the white bass were going crazy, so it was kind of fun! Cold boat ride at 29 degrees.

Was thinking about going to La Cygne tomorrow and try for some white bass. What kind of bait were the whitey's going crazy for??

[Russ E]

On 12/13/2018 at 2:21 PM, FishinKansan81 said:

Hit La Cygne yesterday. Got skunked on the largemouth but the white bass were going crazy, so it was kind of fun! Cold boat ride at 29 degrees.

I was there wednesday. Caught 2 small bass on a shakyhead.

Hit the outlet for 15 minutes before I went home.  Caught a dozen white bass.

3 hours ago, doughboy1979 said:

Was thinking about going to La Cygne tomorrow and try for some white bass. What kind of bait were the whitey's going crazy for??

It is supposed to be nice tomorrow. A nice Saturday in the winter, means a ton of boats on La Cygne.

Be careful. The whites were hitting blade baits wednesday.

[Bluebasser86]

Hot water shootout at La Cygne tomorrow, lake is going to be PACKED.

 

I did pretty good Thursday, jerkbait and a shakyhead caught most of my bass. A trap and shad rap caught a bunch of whites. Went for a few hours again today, water was 8* colder in the same spots I fished yesterday with the exception of the outlet. Couple bass on shakyheads, a wiper and a few whites on traps, swimbaits, and a shad rap.

[FishinKansan81]

4 hours ago, doughboy1979 said:

Was thinking about going to La Cygne tomorrow and try for some white bass. What kind of bait were the whitey's going crazy for??

Honestly, anything that moved. Couple different cranks, swimbaits, A-rig. I'm trying to think if we threw a moving bait that they didn't hit.

 

Those of you that fish it regularly, is there even a point to heading south in the winter? Water was 44-45 when I was down south and nothing was below 50 north anywhere we went. Just trying to learn that lake a little bit. Graphed very little bait south at all.