LOZ Same as everyone else....

I had to make my report. Went out Friday evening about 6:30 and fished until dark right around Coffman access. Caught several nice whites in about 6 FOW right off the bottom, water temp was 41.5deg. Came back to Coffman again first thing in the morning to find a helluva line at the ramp. Turns out there was a crappie tournament that morning. So I finally get on the water and start fishing where I left off the previous night and couldn't pay for a bite and everyone I talked to couldn't either. Water temp at that time was 39.8 deg. I fished all around that area until about 10:45. I decided to run all the way up the Gravois arm and I dont' think I made 5 consecutive casts that I didn't have a fish on. Lots of 9"ers and I could have limited out in an hour if I kept those. But as someone else said, about every 10th fish was a nice one. I ended up with 12 nice blacks and 3 good whites all over 10 and 1 or 2 close to 12". I caught several off the end of a dock in 13 FOW about 2-4' down. The rest were in probably 3-5 FOW. You just throw at the bank and drag your jig back and a real good chance you'd have a fish on. Color didn't seem to matter, I threw pink/chart, black/chart, blue/silver, and black/silver and they all caught fish. Seemed to me that they wanted it moving fast, I had more luck with an 1/8oz jig vs. 1/16oz. Everyone I talked to up there was having great luck. I had a blast and really hope for a lot more of those kind of days this summer.


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Great report. Looks like a great time

Way to go sounds like a fun trip. Coffman was a nightmare Saturday morning for sure. I didn't get there till about 9:45 - 10:00 and parking was non existent.

Nice report. Thanks.

Good report

Thanks for the report.

way to go, Kyle! let me know what time dinner is!

Bet that was fun congrats.

Way to go kt, thats a nice mess of fish.

Buddy and I finally made it to Coffman about 4pm on Saturday. Trolling around in a cove he caught a 13" white and I caught a big ol shad. Who woulda figured? We fished til dark and only managed 3 keepers. Caught quite a few shorts but evidently we were fishing too deep. Mostly just wanted to get out and run the boat as she say all winter. Blew the cobs out and had a general good time. Headed back down Saturday morning with a guy from work. Says he can fish, we will find out if he's a keeper of not. Good report from you guys. Gonna definitely run up the gravois.