Prairie Lee 4-23 and 4-24

Fished Prairie Lee in KC Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Saturday evening I didn't get a bite, fished anywhere from up on the bank to out in 20 fow, using minnows and jigs. Fished until dark because I thought the bite would heat up at the end of the day, but nope, nothing. Went back Sunday afternoon and did battle with the wind. Finally caught one dink on a orange jig with bobby garland in about 10 fow and thought it may start to heat up, but nope. I finally found a calm spot and put on a minnow about 4 feet under bobber, fishing in about 6 fow, caught a nice 2 lb bass, 3 blue gill, and one more dink crappie. Others I talked to weren't catching either, but we all agreed it should be starting to heat up here within a week. Water temp is anywhere from 62-67 so it seems like it should be on, but it's still a little early for Prairie Lee I guess.

Thanks for your report BC.

Keep after 'em, Bernie. Did you ever make it down to Truman?

If not....Camp is starting this week! Perfect time to come by!

I would guess it is late.

When I fished a lot at Prairie Lee I did the best March 25-April 12 or so. Early spawners, but that was 8 years ago.

Minnows were also head and shoulders above jigs, one of the few lakes that I fished where I would go out of my way to get minnows.

Bc. It was nice to see you out there on sunday. I had the boat in that calm spot with my 2 kids wife and her mom.

We ended up finding a spot that held a ton of dinks after you left.

Its been a tough year there. Ive caught some nice ones here and there but not like last year.

Yeah Joe I went to Truman last Friday night. I posted about the trip on Saturday I believe. I caught 7 nice ones, it wasn't like the legend but it was a good first run. Hopefully I can get back down there soon. Have fun at camp!!

Hey Dester nice to see you here, I wasn't sure if you were on this forum or not. Good to hear you found them, even if they were dinks. I bet the big ones will start moving up shallow in another week or so. Best of luck and I hope to see you out there again! Bernie

Nice to meet you also. Water is running at the jacomo to bs "dam" so ill probably try to go walk it tonight or bring my boat. Undecided as of now