Fishing Report from Sterett Creek Marina? 6/8/05

[JimDog]

The fishing here on Truman is like the weather it changes every day. We have had our share of wind this week, but not a whole lot of rain right here. The lake is on a steady rise which has some of the fish on a good bite. The COE. has ben running water about every day and this has made the hybrid fishing about as good as I have seen it in a number of years. With all the rain in Kansas and Northern Missouri We should get a good rise out of this and the fishing should remain good for a good while.
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LAKE LEVEL: 708.65
WATER TEMP: 74deg.
WATER CLARITY: Big and Little Tebo are clear. The upper Osage is dirty with a lot of floaters. Berry Bend area is stained but fishable. Both Pommies are clear. Grand is dirty above Bucksaw, stained to Finey Creek and clear to the dam.
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BASS: The bass fishing last night was a little tough?but I think we have to blame that on the weather.?We had a storm go through about 3:30?and left us with 20 mph winds to fish in. 1st went to Doug and Ozzie Wallace with 6.34 lbs. 2nd went to Howard Love and John Pollett with 4.06lbs. 3rd went to Ernie Cox and Russell Beck along with big bass at 3.90lbs. The bite was on main lake points with big worms and jigs in 6' of water. There is also?a top water bite on the points using buzz baits and Pop R's.

CRAPPIE: The crappie fishing has slowed up a little. The crappie are on the summer pattern. Fish 15' to 20' of water on the outside tree rows with minnows about 8' down. There has been a few fish caught off the bluff banks out of 30' of water fishing minnows 20' down.

WHITES & HYBRIDS: This is the best bite on the lake. We have seen more big hybrids this week than we have all season. 4" to 6" sassy shad are the top producing baits. The fish will hit these baits when surfacing or you can count them down when the fish are suspended. Best area is from Shawnee Bend to KK Island. My old buddy Tracy Ward told me there is a good white bass bite in the Berry Bend area. Trolling small Wiggle warts has been the best baits for the whites in that area.

CATFISH: The catfishing on Truman is real good on trot lines. With the rising water these fish have really started feeding hard. Shallow set lines with 1' stages baited with leeches on the shallow flats next to deep water is the best right now.
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That's it for this week from Sterett Creek Marina
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