“The bass population on this lake is very high,” said Ed Franko of Big Ed’s Guide Service. “We have a tremendous amount of fish up to 15 inches and we do have a good population over (15 inches). I think nothing but positive things here on this lake.”
Tournament weights were consistently high throughout the year. “It takes 20 pounds to ever do any good on this lake,” Franko said. “Very seldom do you see a five-fish limit less than 20 pounds down to about 16 pounds that wins. So you are looking at a 2 1/2- to 3-pound average just to get you a check, and a lot of times that won’t even get you a look.”
The Gravois arm and the northern banks of the dam area produce best for Franko and his clients in the early spring.
Franko finds pre-spawn Bass along secondary points and gravel banks near the main channel and tempts the fish with a shad-pattern or chartreuse-and-white suspending stickbaits, Carolina-rigged Green Pumpkin Zoom Brush Hogs and red crank baits.
The Lake of the Ozarks guide notices bass usually start spawning around mid-April on his home waters. He finds nesting bass along pea gravel banks where he skips finesse worms on wacky rigs behind the docks
Read more: http://www.gameandfishmag.com/fishing/missouri-bass-fishing-outlook-2018/#ixzz5AjRxPAK8
Tournament weights were consistently high throughout the year. “It takes 20 pounds to ever do any good on this lake,” Franko said. “Very seldom do you see a five-fish limit less than 20 pounds down to about 16 pounds that wins. So you are looking at a 2 1/2- to 3-pound average just to get you a check, and a lot of times that won’t even get you a look.”
The Gravois arm and the northern banks of the dam area produce best for Franko and his clients in the early spring.
Franko finds pre-spawn Bass along secondary points and gravel banks near the main channel and tempts the fish with a shad-pattern or chartreuse-and-white suspending stickbaits, Carolina-rigged Green Pumpkin Zoom Brush Hogs and red crank baits.
The Lake of the Ozarks guide notices bass usually start spawning around mid-April on his home waters. He finds nesting bass along pea gravel banks where he skips finesse worms on wacky rigs behind the docks
Read more: http://www.gameandfishmag.com/fishing/missouri-bass-fishing-outlook-2018/#ixzz5AjRxPAK8