3/30/05 Truman Lake Fishing Report from Sterett Creek Marina

[JimDog]

Windy is the word from Sterett Creek this week. The only good thing about this weather is that it is warn and with the wind it should warm the water up and get the fish going.We are supposed to have a small cool front come thru tomorrow and this should settle the wind down for the weekend. With the conditions the way they are I think we will see some fish caught this weekend.
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LAKE LEVEL: 707.10
WATER TEMP: 46deg.
WATER CLARITY: Stained but very fishable.
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BASS: With last weekend being Easter I didn't see any tourn. going out on the lake. Never the less the fish still bit a little. The rogue bite is still going up on Pommie. There is a spinner bait bite going on the Tebo arm according to Guide Steve Blake. Slow roll spinner baits off main lake points in about 4' of water. Steve said you need to use a big bladed bait and pull it real slow. There is also a jig bite starting in some of the creeks on the secondary points. these fish seem to be holding in 3' to 8' of water. Here again you have to move the jig real slow. This is the time of the year that the fishing will get better every week.
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CRAPPIE: There is a crappie bite starting up the rivers. A jig set under a bobber is starting to catch fish. The Barker Creek area up Big Tebo up to C bridge has been producing some nice fish off the banks. The bucks are starting to go in and look for spawning areas. If the weather holds had we get what they say we are going to get I think this weekend we should see some shallow fish out of Brush and Clear Creek.

WHITES & HYBRIDS: No Report.
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CATFISH: This week has been tough on the cat fish guru. He said the wind was to tough to chase jugs. Over the weekend there was some fish caught on jugs using cut shad. Jugs set on the flats at about 9' seemed to work the best. The big thing is to have deep water close by.
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That is it from Sterett Creek Marina for this week.
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So with that we bid you good fishing. Till next week.

Tommy