Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Stockton 10/09/04 :

Main Lake: Still catching a few on mid running crankbaits like a Norman deep little N in a shad or fire tiger pattern on secondary points with a little wind it is a bit of a mixed bag of both large mouth and walleyes, look for shad to be successful. If there is no wind back out to about 25' and fish a Jewel 5/8 oz. football or 5/16 oz. spider jig in brown/ purple flash or Missouri craw, both with a green pumpkin twin tailed trailer on these same points.

Above The Bridges: Look for shad on wind blown flats and flat points and throw white / chartreuse spinnerbaits with double colorado blades. If you find shad in the backs of pockets through a rattle trap or a Bagley's square bill in a shad or fire tiger. Throw the baits close to and around any wood cover near shad, the shad do not have to be in the cover just near by for the bait to be effective. Throw an Eakins' flippin jig with a zoom chunk trailer or an 8" red shad worm around any laydowns and log jam you come across the fish in these spots tend to be bigger.

Crappie fishing is getting better, allot of fish being caught on both tube jigs in white / chartreuse and on minnows, either case fish in the trees or brush piles in about 15'-20' of water.

Walleye fishing is good, some fish are moving back into the creeks and coves following shad and can be caught on crankbaits, while others are still being caught trolling spinner rigs with live night crawlers between 8' -15' on main lake flats. Windy days seem to be better for the crankbait bite.

White bass fishing is still pretty slow, there are some surfacing fish early and late but they following shad making it tough to pattern them.