I had the honor of being invited to fish in the inaugural Ellie Invitational Kids Tournament on Lake Wappapello in South East Missouri. RBBass made tackle packs to give to all the competitors, as well as tackle awards for Big Fish and Smallest fish. The event started with a short meeting where each contestant was […]
Lake Wappapello
Lake Wappapello Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Location: Lake Wappapello, Missouri Air Temp: 85 Water Temp: High 80’s Lake Level: 360’ Summer Pool Doug Cheatham Sr. and Gale Breckinridge weigh in over 28 pounds to dominate Wappapello Bass Circuit 92 boats showed up for the 4th Wappapello Bass Circuit event held out of Sundowner Marina, The Angler’s were greeted by a stiff […]
Rhodes and White dominate at Wappapello
David Ladyman and I were Boat 45 out of the 84 bass boats launching out of Lake Wappapello’s Redman Creek for The Wappapello Bass Circuit. We had found some bass up river in pre-fish but figured most boats were heading up that way. The river can get crowded on tournament day, and being boat 45 […]
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 […]
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 […]
