Mark Twain slabs

Went up and fished Mark Twain for the first time over the weekend in the crappie masters tournament. We drove around Friday afternoon and checked the water color after all the rain and 10' high water that happened since Tuesday. Rules out a couple more spots that had been prefished Sunday and Monday before the rains. It was a really good bite for us once we dialed in what they wanted and where to be. Which was timber on main lake points. We wasted about 5 hours of our tournament day before we had a keeper fish. Once we figured it out and started bouncing around to other points we upgraded fish about 20 times or more in that last couple hours. Still only had 4.86 lbs but ended up in 6th place and cashed a very nice check against 66 other teams from several other states and several locals. Team Stump Jumper/CrappieTown had 3 teams in the top 7.
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Job well done! That's putting it together in a hurry !

Congrats on a great finish. Had to be an exciting day!

Nice !!!

Excellent!

Nice job Jared!!

Congrats on the placing under adverse conditions Jared. :highfive

Great job guys!!! Congrats

Great go, good report!!

Nice job getting it figured out in rough conditions! Congrats!!

For a guy that doesn't fish Mark Twain that's not bad at all and with the lake being 10' over. Went yesterday and could not believe how clear the lake was. Caught a lot of fish mostly short but had a great time, 10-12 ft down minnows

Glad to see our lake managed to give a few up! She can humble a guy pretty quick.

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Glad to see our lake managed to give a few up! She can humble a guy pretty quick.
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It humbled many of the big teams Saturday. Some of the best anglers in the country that only had 2 and 3 keepers. That's brutal fishing. If we did not get all hat rain on Tuesday and Wed. there would have been some great weights weighed in. It really dirtied up the upper end's to the point they were unfishable.

Nice job. Thanks for sharing. Glad you found some

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Originally Posted by Jigging15

It humbled many of the big teams Saturday. Some of the best anglers in the country that only had 2 and 3 keepers. That's brutal fishing. If we did not get all hat rain on Tuesday and Wed. there would have been some great weights weighed in. It really dirtied up the upper end's to the point they were unfishable.

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Growing up fishing Twain, you get used to those conditions. This was earlier this summer.......take note of the chocolate milk we were fishing. Naturally it wasn't tournament day however, our best 7 fish weighed right at 9.5 lbs. Not the best day I've had on Twain, but it was a top 5 day for sure.

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Growing up fishing Twain, you get used to those conditions. This was earlier this summer.......take note of the chocolate milk we were fishing. Naturally it wasn't tournament day however, our best 7 fish weighed right at 9.5 lbs. Not the best day I've had on Twain, but it was a top 5 day for sure.

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Ya I think if they had it this do in weekend after them fish have a week to adjust to that dirty water that moved in it would be totally different weights. I bet it would take 8 lbs to even get a check. It is a cool little lake. Fishes exactly like Truman.

Way to go!

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Ya I think if they had it this do in weekend after them fish have a week to adjust to that dirty water that moved in it would be totally different weights. I bet it would take 8 lbs to even get a check. It is a cool little lake. Fishes exactly like Truman.

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It can be a lot like Truman, except the water goes up and down real quick, weather turns on a dime, and the spawn is one of the least reliable times of year to fish it. It's a tough lake. The guys who learn how to consistently catch fish out of it with its ever changing conditions tend to do very well wherever else they fish.