Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Stockton 12/31/04 :

Main Lake: Gotta love this weather, 70 degrees on new years eve! Still getting bites on Lucky Craft pointers, the size 78 is getting about twice the number of bites, in chartreuse shad on main lake and secondary chunk rock points, hold your boat in over 20' of water and fan cast the point. There is also a pretty good jig bite on bluff ends and transition areas on channel swings. An Eakins' jig in Missouri craw with a green pumpkin Eakins' craw trailer is the most effective color, work the bait from the bank all the way out to 25' of water.

Above the bridges: Really not allot has changed in the past week; Eakins flippin' jig in black and blue with a blue twin tail or a black / blue tube fished around laydowns and rock piles on main river and major creek channel swings. Also a few fish still being caught on Lucky Craft pointers in chartreuse shad and nishiki on windy chunk rock points, you will most likely catch a few walleye and big white bass as well on the jerk bait, it seems every species in the lake moves up when the wind is blowing bait on these points.

Crappie fishing is getting better, most of the fish have moved to bluffs and can be caught on swimmin' minnows in 15' - 20' of water.

Walleye are still move of an accident than anything else, most are being caught on jerk baits while fishing for bass on deep points.

White bass fishing has slowed a bit, when the wind is blowing fish pea gravel points with rooster tails.