Where to start at the Ville

I'm thinking of heading to Shelbyville next weekend with my 10yr old son. I've never fished it before. I'm used to fishing jigs along structure/banks on Lake of the Ozarks. Any advice on general areas of Shelbyville that might be good start to fishing Shelbyville? I'm open to minnows and have a number of cranks if either of those are recommended over working banks with jigs.

And if we can't find the crappie.........I figure white bass would be plan B to keep my son interested. Are they surfacing or schooling in certain areas of the lake to where we can cast at them or should we troll cranks?

From what I have heard, jigs around structure is the way to go. Wish I could help more from my experiences of late but have been getting my honey dos done so I can get on the fall bite.

What fall bite pretty darn slow. East wind today Pat

Fish the south end of the lake. I mean SOUTH. get back in the coves and use your electronics to find brush piles from 8-18fow. Toss out your buoy maker and drag jigs across. They are holding very tight to structure. And deep...also check for any submerged points. Fish them From shore out to 18fow. Once again, deep. You can also fish the blow downs on the south end with success. Just a smaller average.

Tried it today gobob and cpainter87...man I tried it all. Worked it south of Wolf Creek. Did my homework, thought I had a good plan...nope. Dinks. Not alot of bites. Only the 'wise guys' are catchin' real fish right now IMO. Water temps in low 70's so that's good. Consistent cool nights will help (me anyway). The lake was spectacular today. Definitely better than a day at work. Stay after it...persistence.

stay after them.. looks like lots of cool nights in the 10day. Water gets down low 60s things will really improve. gets to 55 and look out!

Who are those "wise guys" you speak of..ahhh it's that Wilbur & Toad..:scratchhead

Not me. I havent been there since May.

Had 37 keepers today in the rain. 18 inches to 10ft deep.

wise guy...:scratchhead

That's why he is a guide full of beans and funny but a guide none the less you get'em birdman see you at the ramp

Went out this weekend, only got 4 keepers vertical jigging timber in 10 feet of water. Lots of short strikes and getting the tails pulled off of our jigs. Still trying to figure out what brushpiles look like on our side imaging. We've scanned a lot and are mostly just seeing standing trees or single stumps. If we could figure out our electronics we'd probably do much better.

thanks for the report...check out the fishing electronics forum on this website: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...-photography/s There may be some useful information there plus you could pose questions regarding your unit to get you on the right track.:twocents