Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted May 26, 2019 Global Moderator Posted May 26, 2019 On 5/24/2019 at 7:33 AM, cam said: Been tough conditions in the area lately, and apparently the ACoE has decided to "effectively" close Perry Lake for the rest of the year. There are rumors they're considering the same for Smithville. Anyone heard anything similar? Fished Smithville yesterday. Flipping the willows with brush hogs, jigs, spinnerbaits and some top water. Missed one bite and never had another all day. According to the COE website, Smithville is only about 6.5' high. I don't know anything about Smithville, but that seems pretty minor to close the lake. The rumors about closing Perry for the year are just rumors at this point, but we need it to stop raining so they can do some major releasing to get it back to where it needs to be. Had a very mixed bag this week. In 2 days I caught largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass, walleye, crappie, channel cat, drum, warmouth, and white bass. Got off the water Friday just as the holiday shenanigans started to fire up. 1 Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted May 27, 2019 Super User Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 1:09 AM, Bluebasser86 said: According to the COE website, Smithville is only about 6.5' high. I don't know anything about Smithville, but that seems pretty minor to close the lake. The rumors about closing Perry for the year are just rumors at this point, but we need it to stop raining so they can do some major releasing to get it back to where it needs to be. Had a very mixed bag this week. In 2 days I caught largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass, walleye, crappie, channel cat, drum, warmouth, and white bass. Got off the water Friday just as the holiday shenanigans started to fire up. Imagine a 4lbs Warmouth. That would be a blast. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted May 27, 2019 Global Moderator Posted May 27, 2019 7 hours ago, skunked_again said: Imagine a 4lbs Warmouth. That would be a blast. I was 2oz short of the state record (by my scale), with one I caught at Gardner a few years ago doing the same thing. Flipping grass seems to be the ticket to catch monster warmouth. 1 Quote
conorsixtakc Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 shad spawn and heavy stain made things pretty simple at LOZ, at least on the lower end. quick day trip with the family didn't give me a chance to cover water, but managed 6 in a few hours pitching a 1/2oz spinnerbait to docks and paralleling seawalls. everything had it choked. Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted May 29, 2019 Super User Posted May 29, 2019 Hope everyone is safe. 2 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted May 29, 2019 Global Moderator Posted May 29, 2019 Missed my parents house by about 2 miles. Guy I went to school with posted a video of FB, his parents house is destroyed. One of the guys in our weeknight group can't get to his house to see if there was any damage. It was sunny at our house, didn't even rain. Picture of the rain wrapped monster from the local news. 2 Quote
Russ E Posted May 29, 2019 Posted May 29, 2019 It went 3 miles south of my house. Did not see the tornado but we heard a strange howling/whistling sound and saw an opening in the clouds at about the same time the news said it was south of us. Pretty nerve racking. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 2, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 2, 2019 Fished Wolf Thursday. Water is up but not like the other bigger lakes. You have to wade out to the docks if you want to use them. Water was pretty stained for Wolf, but not muddy. Topwater bite wasn't there, only 3 on it but one was the biggest smallmouth of the day (chug bug). Caught a few on a tube, one on a dropshot, couple on a wacky rig, several on a 6th Sense Speed Glide, few on a 4" swim-n-shiner, but Ned ruled the day. It was a slow day by Wolf standards, but we still boated 31 smallmouth and 1 largemouth, over 50 fish total with a mix of channel cats, crappie, drum, and a bluegill making up the rest of our catch. Was on Shawnee Friday. It was green, like pea soup, especially in the ramp cove by the dam. Oddly enough, I think that saved us because it was flat calm and sunny all day but they kept biting steadily throughout the day. Caught them on a big mix of baits, but low and slow was by far the best. A mud minnow TRD, green pumpkin tube, or brown/orange micro finesse jig with a green pumpkin craw papi trailer accounted for a majority of our fish. The micro jig got the biggest largemouth and smallmouth, who decided to switch roles. The largemouth was on drop in about 18' of water, the smallmouth was on a weedline in about 2' of water on the south end. It was a very mixed bag day as well. 2 Quote
livewireksu Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 What's the closest lake to Overland Park that has ramps open and I can run the big motor? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 12, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, livewireksu said: What's the closest lake to Overland Park that has ramps open and I can run the big motor? You want to run WOT or just be able to use it? La Cygne and Wolf Creek are about the only larger lake open at this point but you can put it on Douglas County and run it for a few seconds before you run out of lake. Quote
Russ E Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 6 hours ago, livewireksu said: What's the closest lake to Overland Park that has ramps open and I can run the big motor? Smithville is still open. I was at La Cygne a week and a half ago. With all of the reservoirs shut down, that lake was busy. Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 47 minutes ago, Russ E said: Smithville is still open. I was at La Cygne a week and a half ago. With all of the reservoirs shut down, that lake was busy. Thinking of driving down to La Cygne next Thursday and fishing Thursday night and Friday. Is it even getting pretty busy on the weekdays? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 12, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Dirtyeggroll said: Thinking of driving down to La Cygne next Thursday and fishing Thursday night and Friday. Is it even getting pretty busy on the weekdays? It always is, even more so right now though. I'll be there Thursday for sure. Quote
Russ E Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said: Thinking of driving down to La Cygne next Thursday and fishing Thursday night and Friday. Is it even getting pretty busy on the weekdays? Last time I was there was a Wednesday. The boat ramp parking lot was full. About half of them were fishing for crappie. chance of rain Friday may keep some people away. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 13, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 13, 2019 16 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said: Thinking of driving down to La Cygne next Thursday and fishing Thursday night and Friday. Is it even getting pretty busy on the weekdays? I was there for a guide trip this evening, only 1 other boat, I imagine it was due to the forecast storms that dumped rain on us shortly after we started but only lasted about 20 minutes. Fish were biting pretty good though. Unfortunately my biggest of the night was a rare skinny fish from there. 1 Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 Heading down to La Cygne this coming Thursday the 20th. Does the lake “close”? Or is there a time you have to be off of the water? I know some of the power plant lakes have rules like that. Hoping to do some fishing into the night. Gonna meet my dad there on Thursday, stay in a cabin and fish til ~5 on Friday then head back to Omaha. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 16, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Dirtyeggroll said: Heading down to La Cygne this coming Thursday the 20th. Does the lake “close”? Or is there a time you have to be off of the water? I know some of the power plant lakes have rules like that. Hoping to do some fishing into the night. Gonna meet my dad there on Thursday, stay in a cabin and fish til ~5 on Friday then head back to Omaha. No and it's actually a great night fishing lake at times. I have a guide trip there Friday, hoping they bite better than they did Thursday. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 18, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 18, 2019 Had another extended weekend this week and got out a few times because of it. Caught a ton of fish, especially on my first night fishing adventure of the year. Several fish over 4 pounds in the process. Quote
pauldconyers Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: Had another extended weekend this week and got out a few times because of it. Caught a ton of fish, especially on my first night fishing adventure of the year. Several fish over 4 pounds in the process. Where was this? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 18, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 18, 2019 46 minutes ago, pauldconyers said: Where was this? Most of them are from Jacomo except the big frog fish, that's from Middle Creek. Quote
pauldconyers Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said: Most of them are from Jacomo except the big frog fish, that's from Middle Creek. I may be hitting Jacomo today. No excuse when it's only 10 minutes from me! Any particular spots you recommend? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 18, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 18, 2019 34 minutes ago, pauldconyers said: I may be hitting Jacomo today. No excuse when it's only 10 minutes from me! Any particular spots you recommend? They were mainly along weedlines. Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 What maps are you guys using for La Cygne? I don’t see it on Lakemaster or the FishSmart App. Is it only available via Navionics? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 20, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 20, 2019 57 minutes ago, Dirtyeggroll said: What maps are you guys using for La Cygne? I don’t see it on Lakemaster or the FishSmart App. Is it only available via Navionics? Pretty sure it's preloaded on my Garmins but I don't know of many other available maps for the lake. Lots of floaters and stumps, some even new for me, keep your eyes open or you'll lose your lower unit. 1 Quote
Sprocket Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said: What maps are you guys using for La Cygne? I don’t see it on Lakemaster or the FishSmart App. Is it only available via Navionics? It's on my Garmin's in 1' details. SE Kansas grass grower 1 Quote
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