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Monday, August 12th, 2019 at
1:31 am
Fishing has still been good with several different patterns working . with all the current still flowing throw the lake lots of fish are still relating to points and bluff slides . 10″ power worms or Zoom mag finesse worms works well fished from 5′ to 12′ early and late in the day or try deep 20 to 30 ‘ on point drops or around brush for most consistent bit. this pattern is best from dam to 30 mm or from the mouth of glaze to say 7 or 8 miles up. same thing from mouth of Gravois to Coconuts. on the upper ends of the river arms try flipping shallow brush lay downs and docks. 2′ to 6’ . Try flipping 1/2 Crock o gator Zapper HD jig with muskrat, D bomb, sweet beaver trailers, or mag finesse worm on 1/4 oz shakey head.
water color- stained to clear
water temp – 85
water level – 659.5
water flow – 50,250 cfs
fishing – fair to good
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Monday, August 12th, 2019 at
1:27 am
7/29/19 Lake of the Ozarks fishing report
Fishing has continued to be good with the best fishing from 5 am to 11 am , once the sun gets high and the boat traffic picks fishing slows down.
Bass can be caught on top water early on Buzz baits, whopper plopper , spooks around points with deep water close. or fish steeper points with 10″ worm or Zoom mag finesse worm on 1/4 or 5/16 shakey pro heads , Work these slowly on the bottom or in brush piles.
Reel Dill: Fishing tips as the spawn approaches
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 at
3:09 am
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Fishing can change week-by-week at the Lake of the Ozarks, and local fishing pro Jim Dill says this week’s fishing is much improved.
“Both bass and crappie are really feeding and biting well,” Dill notes. He points to recent guided trips in which he and other anglers pulled crappie out of the water ranging from 11–13 inches in length.
The place to fish is the clear water around the Bagnell Dam and the Gravois area, Dill says. Bass and crappie are biting suspended jerk baits, around secondary points with pea gravel chunk rock mix.
Toward the back of creeks, where the water is more stained, fish can be caught on wiggle warts, swamp bugs, and jigs, Dill says.
He also advises anglers to look for any transition in rock size—an area where rocks noticeably change from large to small in size—because fish hang out in those areas to stage and feed for spawning.
A fourth tip: the Lake level is down by around six feet, so Dill suggests looking for brush to fish around, which might be invisible as the water level rises throughout the spring.
Recommended Lures:
Top left: swamp bug
Top right: jig
Bottom left: wiggle wart
Bottom right: jerk bait
Reel Dill: Thank Ameren for good fishing
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 at
3:04 am
Having bass fishing success on the Lake lately? Thank Ameren, Jim Dill says.
Dill, a local fishing guide, explains that the high volume of water currently moving through Bagnell Dam has created a good current in the Lake, and has made the fishing superb.
But, as always, some places are better than others, and Dill has a few particular spots on his radar.
“The bass really stack up, off of main lake points that drop off into the main channel,” he begins. Those fish are catchable by dragging a 3/4-oz or 1-oz Crock-o-Gator football jig along points and ledges, in 18–25 feet of water. A deep-diving crank bait will also work well in those areas.
Other fish are hanging around 20-foot-deep brush piles, and can be caught on a 10-inch power worm.
And for the extremely dedicated or insomniac anglers, the fishing is good at night around shallower brush piles, between 8–12 feet deep.
Water color is stained or dirty from the 30MM out, moving away from the dam, but closer to the dam it gets a bit clearer.
The water temperature is hovering around 78 degrees.
Reel Dill: Warming up to crappie season
Saturday, March 30th, 2013 at
1:40 am
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 12:10 am | Updated: 12:12 am, Fri Mar 29, 2013.
By Nathan Bechtold
Spring is the time for good crappie fishing on the Lake of the Ozarks, and fishing pro Jim Dill says that time is drawing near.
The season will peak in mid-April, but Dill says he is already scheduling guided crappie fishing trips on the Lake. With a few more warm days and above-freezing nights, Dill says the fishing will dramatically improve. But even now, at the beginning of the season, crappie can be caught.
Currently, crappie are biting at bluff walls or in the back of creeks, Dill says. They seem to prefer Gene Larew crappie jigs, in the “blue ice” color. For particularly stained water, Dill says the chartreuse and black jig works better, as it is more visible to the fish.
Bass, on the other hand, have been elusive for the past couple of weeks, and Dill blames a variety of factors. He says the amount of water being let out of Bagnell Dam has caused Lake levels to drop, stirring up algae and creating generally unstable water. The frequent cold nights have kept the water temperature down, adding to the instability.
The water temperature is currently between 44 – 46 degrees. Coloration is stained or dirty.
Fish like stability, Dill notes, and bass in particular want to move to the banks, backs of creeks, and pockets to feed, but until the water temperature approaches 50 degrees, they’ll stay out in deeper water.
That said, bass too can be caught even now. For lure choice, Dill recommends swamp bugs, jigs, Alabama rigs, and suspended jerk baits.
By next weekend, he says, fishing will likely be fantastic at the Lake.
(LakeExpo.com interviews professional bass angler Jim Dill to publish the “Reel Dill.” Jim is fishing guide at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. He has fished the Lake for 20 years and is sponsored by Sportworld Boat Center, Ranger Boats, Evinrude, Falcon Rods and Crock-O-Gator Bait Company)