Date: April 11 – 14th Location: Mark Twain Lake, Perry, Missouri Air Temp: 28° – 65° Water Temp 44° – 48° Seasonal Fish Pattern – Pre spawn One of the first things I noticed after moving from California to Missouri is the popularity of Crappie Fishing. When my Bass Tournament partner David Ladyman invited me […]
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Table Rock Lake Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Located just a few miles from the Missouri resort town of Branson lies Table Rock Lake. This 52,000 acre lake has all the bass species as well as most other popular fish. We arrived to be greeted by a massive cold front and 35 mph winds with gust up to 45 mph. After a quick […]
Clearwater Lake Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Clearwater Lake is a small 1630 acre reservoir located near the small southeast Missouri town of Piedmont. It has the three major bass species as well as crappie, catfish, bluegill and many others. My tournament partner David Ladyman and I arrived on brisk 30° morning to find water temperatures in the low to mid 40’s. […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Located on the Missouri-Arkansas border Norfork Lake covers 22,000 acres with a high water pool at 30,700 acres. The average depth is 60 feet with a maximum depth of 177 feet near the dam. Anglers can find Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass, along with Striped Bass, White Bass, Walleye, Catfish and a variety of sunfish. […]
Lake Wappapello fishing report by Jeff Jewell
Lake Wappapello Fishing Report: We had the chance to fish Lake Wappapello in Southeast Missouri a couple times this past week. With water temperatures reaching close to 90 degrees and hot humid heartland air temperatures to match it, we expected to find fish close to the creek channels with a few scattered along the shallow […]
Cedar Lake, Illinois Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Cedar Lake, Illinois Covering only 1750 acres, And with a horsepower limit of 10Hp, This small lake doesn’t receive the pressure that a lot of other lakes in the area receive. As we launched the boat shortly after sunup, the Yamaha Outboard stayed in the trailer position as this was going to be a trolling […]
Kinkaid Lake Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Located in Southwestern Illinois, Kinkaid Lake has an average depth of 39 feet and 2750 surface acres. With numerous points, coves, lay downs and hydrilla, Kinkaid offers a bass and a bass fisherman plenty of places to play. My tournament partner David Ladyman had been telling me about Kinkaid Lake since I moved to Southeast […]
Remember your Elders by Jeff Jewell
We’ve all heard of or even fished in Take a Kid Fishing events, Veterans events, Get hooked on Fishing, not on Drugs and many other wonderful and helpful things Anglers do for the community. Often in our busy lives the people we’ve known and loved the longest, for some reason seem to slip through […]
Lake Wappapello fishing report by Jeff Jewell
Lake Wappapello Water Temp 49-51 Lake Level- Winter Pool Air Temp at Launch -33 Water Clarity 1.5 ft A cold, brisk sunrise found my team partner David Ladyman and I launching his Cobra Bassboat at Holiday Landing. We started the day making a cold run up river towards Sulfur Springs. Switching between shallow and deep […]
Lake Wappapello Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Lake Wappapello Fishing Report Date: 2-19-18 Air Temp: 68 degrees, light showers Water Temp: 46-48 With Lake Wappapello drawn down to winter pool, navigation in a bass boat can be quite sketchy, for this reason we ventured out in my partners jet drive John Boat. While not as fast or comfortable as a bass […]
