State | Lake/River/Res. | Month | Time | Water Temp | H2O Clarity (inches) | Lure(s) | Structure | Depth | Weather | Air Temp. | Comments |
MISSOURI | bull shoals | NOVEMBER | All Day | 70'S | 8 | | gravel point(s) | 5 ft | cool | AIR | |
MISSOURI | | APRIL | AM | 60'S | 10 | brown purple jig with watermellon red chunk | backs of coves | 8 to 10 | | AIR | |
MISSOURI | James A. Reed Memorial Park | JUNE | Evening | 70'S | ?? | 6" black finesse worm | shoreline cover | 3 to 4 feet | clear | 80's | nice largemouth bass |
MISSOURI | Smithville Lake | APRIL | Early | 50'S | ?? | chartrouse buss bate | chunk rock | top | windy | 70's | 2 bass between 8 and 10 am. Left at Noon. |
MISSOURI | winsor crossing | MARCH | PM | 52 | ?? | lizards | arrowheads | 10 | nice | 52 | fun for swimming |
MISSOURI | Bismark Lake, southeastern missouri | JUNE | Evening | 70'S | 24 | small black bussbait / black or junebug color rubber worm | shallow weeds | 1to 4 feet | partly cloudy hot | 80's | There has been days when I have caught 20to30 bass this way half of which were over 18 inches. I have caught bass upward of 7lbs on a good day, the lake was shocked by the missouri department of conservation in 2003and there were two bass larger than the current missouri state record of 13lb14oz, thats why I fish this lake so much. |
MISSOURI | Big River | APRIL | Evening | 50'S | 30 | Shad Rap / yum wooly hawgtail pumkin seed | current seam | 1- 4 feet | High water, warm days after a large rain | 70's | Fish low water bridges, on the exit side the bass will move as far up to the bridge as possible,or you can fish the main river,if so fish on the down stream side of bolders or wood structure. Ive caught a lot of 3to4 lb smallmouths this way and a few 5 lb largemouths. |
MISSOURI | Truman Lake | SEPTEMBER | AM | 70'S | 12 | 10'' red shad worm | flats (structure on) | 5' | partly cloudy | 80's | 3 keepers |
MISSOURI | Stockton | AUGUST | Early | 81 | ?? | buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, middle of day on plastic baits | cover(general) | shallow | Clear | 80's | black bass fair |
MISSOURI | Pomme de Terre | AUGUST | Most | 75 | clear | light colored topwater lures, brown or black plastic worms | points | 5-10 feet deep | Clear | 70's | black bass fair, normal pool |
MISSOURI | Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) | JULY | TIME | 79 | clear | 10" black or pumpkin seed plastic worms | main lake points | ?? | Clear | 70's | normal pool, black bass good |
MISSOURI | Stockton | JULY | Early | 80 | ?? | buzzbaits and plastic baits | deep point | deep | Overcast | 60's | black bass fair |
MISSOURI | Pomme de Terre | JULY | Most | 83 | clear | light colored topwater lures, brown or black plastic worms | points | 5-10 feet | Clear | 70's | black bass slow, normal pool |
MISSOURI | Lake of the Ozarks | JULY | Most | 83 | clear | spinnerbaits and plastic worms | cover(general) | ?? | Clear | 80's | Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) |
MISSOURI | JAMES A. REED | JULY | Most | 76 | murky | spinnerbaits, crankbaits | weed beds | shallow | sunny | 80's | slightly high pool level, black bass fair, also try rock banks |
MISSOURI | BULL SHOALS | JULY | Most | 80'S | clear | plastic baits, spinnerbaits | main lake points | ?? | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | 11 feet high, black bass fair |
MISSOURI | BLUE SPRINGS | JULY | Most | 80 | murky | plastic worms, jig and pig | timber | ?? | cloudy | 80's | bass fair, near normal pool |
MISSOURI | LONGVIEW | JULY | Most | 78 | 32 | crankbaits | main lake | ?? | Cloudy | 80's | normal pool, bass good |
MISSOURI | TABLE ROCK | JULY | Most | 86 | clear | plastic lizards, French Fry plastic worms, live night crawlers | main river channel | 25 to 35 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 80's | black bass good on points |
MISSOURI | LAKE OF THE OZARKS | JULY | TIME | 80 | murky | tube baits, Brush Hogs | structure (general) | 10 to 15 feet | Mostly Cloudy | 70's | black bass good, normal pool |