Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Stockton 02/27/05:

Main Lake: Still catching fish on a Lucky Craft Pointer in Nishiki and Aurora Black on windy steep points, the fish can be anywhere from right on the bank to several feet off the bank so work the bait all the way back to the boat. Pause the bait around 5 seconds between twitches when the wind is blowing and between 10 - 20 seconds when it is calm. You can also catch several fish on channel swing banks in the major creek arms with an Eakins' jig in brown / purple flash with a green pumpkin Yamamoto twin tail grub.

Above the bridges: The water up the rivers is warming quickly on sunny days, start the day with a black / blue flash Eakins' jig in your had and finish it with a crankbait or spinnerbait as the day goes by. The Eakins' jig is best fished on deep points and channel swings on the main lake, once the water warms up move to pea gravel points and flats and fish the spinnerbait around wood cover.

Both walleye and white bass seem to be starting their spawning runs, they are hit and miss right now but should be in the rivers by the weekend if the weather holds.