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Hey I am back to get your latest reports on the bass on the Rock. Us Minnesota guys want to get a head start on the open water so we are headin there. We will be there next week ( 4-12/ 4-17). You guys gave me lots of great info early so lets hear what we should be expecting now...Thanks

The spots are on the bed in my area (pt 25). Warts and spinnerbaits will work best during the day. Some rig fish are being caught, but your best bet is to fish at night with a hair jig and PORK. Not plastic, PORK. Any color, as long as it is black and blue. Use flourescent line and a blacklight. Have fun, turn 'em loose, and stick a toad!

tjfisher.... If you want a very simple answer, some of my retired buddy's are fishing with a crawdad colored wiggle wart (medium sized one) and just plain and simple, heading down the shoreline. They are staying a good long cast from shore and "chunkin and windin". They've been catching largemouths, Smallmouths, and Kentucky's just about everywhere they've tried. If it stays like it is, you might just have a ball. We're in the lower lake area. Say between Kimberling City and the Dam.

Throw the heck out of a split shot around the secondary points up creeks.....They are really hitting it...I would throw a centepede or a fish doctor(zoom).....Either that or throw a grub.....Try to find some pea gravel.

Throw the heck out of a split shot around the secondary points up creeks.....They are really hitting it...I would throw a centepede or a fish doctor(zoom).....Either that or throw a grub.....Try to find some pea gravel.

Some peagravel is better'n others. The closer to deep water, the better. Usually.