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Trying to find the best places in Northwest Missouri to catch a crappie. I'm new to this and so far I've only been down in the Truman Lake and Lake of the Ozarks area. Used to strictly catfish, but broadening my horizons. Any help for crappie fishing near the Nebraska/Iowa boarder of Missouri would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the site. Someone on here should be able to help you for the northern parts.
Mozingo Lake near Maryville is good for both crappie and walleye
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Anywhere on Mozingo that isn't iced over right now?Quote:
Originally Posted by MinnowDipper
smithville and mozingo are popular....but small lakes like Pony express, nodaway county lake, willowbrook, happy holler, Belcher branch, all have good to excellent populations and will produce if you spend time on them
Thanks for the info, will look into these
you cannot get a boat on mozingo at the moment
Okay, I heard it's hard to fish from the bank, but might try to get over there to try it if we get a warm day
Anyone catch Crappie in the Missouri River?
I've never tried, only caught monster catfish. It's really muddy and strong current, so I'm not sure. Maybe someone with more knowledge could shed some light
Looking forward to more feedback as I never fished that part of the state.
In 2014 Monzingo was ranked the 79th best bass fishing lake in the U.S. according to Bassmaster. Not what your looking for but FYI......
Off topic and I apologize to the OP but on a side note.
I would like to find some place to fish that is only accessible by small boat in the Northwest part of the state. Since I always fish from a kayak I keep feeling I should find a place where it is actually an advantage.
Bilby Ranch lake does not allow gas motors. I've taken my kayaks there once or twice. There are several places like that, around. I enjoy fishing from my kayaks, just wish I had one with a more comfortable backrestQuote:
Originally Posted by wolfhnd
Mozingo recently reduced their limit from 30 fish to 15 due to lower populations. It is a 1000 acre but bass boats are common-supposed speed limit of 40 mph. I used to get a 30 fish limit there, but the last couple years have been tough. Smithville is a popular crappie lake and has areas with lots of trees-which slows big boats down so kinder to kayakers. I kayak tournament fish but use my G3 for the bigger lakes and when I want to cover a lot of water.
Bilby Ranch Lake allows gas motors at no wake speed....Belcher (55 acres), all the Cameron lakes, Jamesport Community (27acres), Limpp (29acres) are electric only. Basically, any MDC lake over 70 acres allows gas motors, but small lakes are no wake. Some city lakes like Hamilton (90 acres) are the exception..should be signs at ramps stating electric only if that rule is in place...Quote:
Originally Posted by squatchitdude
as far as bank fishing...spring bank fishing on all small MDC lakes and Ponds should be good, but some do get substantial weed growth as we get into summer
hope this helps
That's my bad, you are correct. I guess I made the assumption because I hardly see anyone out there that's not in a bass buggy or a kayak lol. This is good info, thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by Tmason
Feeder creeks and slack current areas have crappie in them. Not huge numbers but big in size when found.
Watkin's Mill needs more crappie harvest. No length limit and you can keep 30/day. It's 100 acres and does allow outboards with over 10hp having to operate at no wake speed. I see folks using canoes and kayaks there. It doesn't have a lot of boat traffic.