Thread: Mark Twain Lake

Wont be able to say the lake was fished hard this summer.

Originally Posted by perchplucker

Lake level is 625. That is 19 ft. above normal pool. Reports are it will go to 630 ft. Well so much for summer fishing. Might be good this fall.

So negative! Plenty of good fishing to be had.

Lake is at 628 today. On the water at 4:45 A.M and off at 1:00. Pushed and pulled cranks all morning w/ planers and ScottV's inline weights (awesome!). Fish were stacked at 12-15' but not really feeding hard. Kept 15 nice fish with a bunch of throwbacks. Water lice rolled in and we rolled out.

Summertime fishing is still here and should get better.

Will post a shot of my daughter with a few shortly.

U

way to get em , cant wait to see the results

Tried pulling crankbaits over on the middle fork arm for the first time. Did not catch anything. I also didn't see many on finder. The thermalcline sure was visible in most areas. Trolled over a flat and then the main channel. Located 3 large groups of catfish. Rt.U what kind of water did you find fish in?

Originally Posted by Route U

Lake is at 628 today. On the water at 4:45 A.M and off at 1:00. Pushed and pulled cranks all morning w/ planers and ScottV's inline weights (awesome!). Fish were stacked at 12-15' but not really feeding hard. Kept 15 nice fish with a bunch of throwbacks. Water lice rolled in and we rolled out.

Summertime fishing is still here and should get better.

Will post a shot of my daughter with a few shortly.

U

Way to get after them!!!

Originally Posted by Stoney79

Tried pulling crankbaits over on the middle fork arm for the first time. Did not catch anything. I also didn't see many on finder. The thermalcline sure was visible in most areas. Trolled over a flat and then the main channel. Located 3 large groups of catfish. Rt.U what kind of water did you find fish in?

Hey Stoney,

We stayed away from the rivers because of how hard they have been running over the past week....not surprised that you fought it. The only clean water we found was around the Spaulding beach area and the dam (hence battling the pleasure boaters).

I'm thinking I need to change hooks out on the arkies we were pushing. Lost a LOT of fish on our pushing poles that I think the smaller hooks ripped through. Water was clean enough to where I saw a pushing pole bounce with a bite, grabbed it and felt the fish get off. Pulled the crank up to check it and had another crappie attack it on the surface (lost him too).

Picture of "Alivia's favorites"......she picked these two out of the bucket before we cleaned them back at my parent's house. Not trophy's by any stretch of the imagination but we were happy given the state of the lake.



U

Good job!