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I’ve never heard good things about it for crappie, but I’m thinking about going on January 8th and trying it out. I know it’s probably going to be cold but I’m getting stir crazy. I don’t own a boat, so it will all be from the bank.
Have any of you ever fished it, and if so did you catch anything? Would it be easy to fish from the bank?
Thanks for listening to a bored man babble.
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Couple guys I know fish there off & on. Slim pickins for crappie. They say there more snakes there than they have ever seen in the summer. Never been there myself except a drive by.
Good luck if you go. Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! I understand stir crazy.
I used to fish it. Crappie are stunted bad and not worth going after. The bass population is or was outstanding though. If you can get to the warm water discharge area by foot the white bass and hybrids should be good.
It’s the only place I could think of that wouldn’t have any ice. I figure if all else fails I will catfish.
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Taken from MDC website, as I looked up the lake because I had never heard of it "Montrose Lake is closed to fishing from October 15th through the end of duck season."
You may want to confirm this, though.
I think the 7th is the last day of the season. I live fairly close so if I get there and it’s closed it’s no big deal. I do appreciate you taking the time to research it and respond.
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Check out this thread. There's some good info in there about fishing on the discharge side. Maybe you can fish that area?
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/misso...se-lake-2.html
Thanks for the link, that gives me a starting place. I’m assuming it won’t be too crowded and I can hike around and try multiple spots but for all I know a lot of it might be inaccessible.
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I would go below the dam at Truman, I think you would have alot better chance there.
You are probably right. I was just trying to think of somewhere that wouldn’t be frozen over. I don’t know if there is is down at the dam or not, has anyone looked?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rgp332
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That was supposed to say I don’t know if there will be ice below the dam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warrensburger
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I forgot to update, sorry guys. I went down on the eighth and scoped it out. It was almost completely frozen over but it was still worth the drive. I saw all kinds of waterfowl and a few eagles. From there I drove down below Truman dam and just made a day out of cruising around. I went to the back up water below the dam and someone had knocked a few holes in the ice so I dropped a jig in and caught a few tiny crappie.
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This is one of the smallest crappie I’ve ever caught but it was better than no crappie.Attachment 285845
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There is a group on FB called Truman Rock Rats, pretty much just about fishing the rocks below truman. If they run water , it takes the ice away,I hear they ran water a couple days ago. They were catching pretty good crappie off the docks in the backwater side. I was going to try it today, but I ran out of time, they said it froze over about dark tonight.
Thanks for the info Rgp332. Hopefully I can get down there Saturday and Sunday this week while it’s warm.
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Does anyone know if Montrose is still generating, power anyone see the stack smoking, or have they shut it down,.
Montrose is an older plant and is on the KCP&L "retire or update" list. It stopped burning coal Dec. 31, 2016. The alternative is to convert it to natural gas. A close-by gas pipeline is required, no idea if that is available. Since Obama is out of office things could have changed.Quote:
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