Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Stockton 11/18/05:

Main Lake: The colder temps have started to move fish shallower, on the main lake the deeper points are still the ticket fished with an Eakins’ jig and Chomper 4” jig trailer combo brown / green pumpkin. In the creek arms look for schools of shad migrating toward to back of the creek in search of plankton, the fish will be at ambush points through out the creek; points, tree rows and channel bends will all hold fish. A Jewel tandem rush spinnerbait in white or white / chartreuse will work well if the wind is blowing and a white Eakins’ jig or white tube will work if it is calm.

Above the bridges: Still plenty of stuff to hit up the river; if you are not familiar with the river don’t try to run it. There is still pretty good spinnerbait bite on windy combination rock points and flats with some rock mixed in a wht / chrt Jewel tandem rush spinnerbait is my favorite choice on these banks. On calm days an Eakins’ flippin finesse jig in black / blue flash with a flippin blue super chunk jr.

Walleye are moving up with the cooler weather and can be caught on crankbaits on both main lake and secondary points.

Crappie fishing is getting stronger everyday, 2” grubs and tubes have been productive over wood cover 10’ – 20’ deep.

Whites have been really good, windy points fished with 3/8oz. white rooster tails.