Hi, lots to talk about this morning and some pictures for you. I'm getting some reports that the fishing is slowing down. It may but last Friday night, I caught some great bass at a farm pond north of Cameron, Missouri and the Missouri department of Conservation reports fair to good fishing for Crappie, Bass, bluegill & Catfish. Water temps have cooled a bit this week so the fishing may pick up again if it is slowing down in your neck of the woods. By the way, topwater lures and plastic worms seem to be a hit for bass. My friend Aaron caught some nice Crappie last week with something called "Powerbaits"
Got this email from John King who went fishing with his brother David and nephew Theo. Check out the pictures after the e-mail.
"Theo and I got up early (5:00 a.m.) on July 29th and were on the water before sun-up. We caught several crappie, bluegills and bass. We kept a few and around ten went in for a break and I got to cleaning fish. Then Dave shows up and wants to take Theo out for some more fishing. After I got done cleaning fish they came and got me and we caught a bunch more.
Although it was hot as blazes we still caught a bunch of fish. 40+ crappies and some bass, bluegills and perch all told. We only kept about a dozen or so however because this old man is only willing to do so much cleanin'!
It was great for Theo who lives in Arizona and was up here on a visit. He doesn't get to fish much down there as they live in Phoenix where fishin' holes are pretty scarce."
Blogger Adam sent me this side note,
"I called down to a fishing guide that I go with down in Branson, and taneycomo is almost unfishable because of the flooding. He said that we might be able to catch some trout in the parking lot!!!!"
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks reports most area lakes are experiencing slow to fair fishing.
Good Luck this weekend,
Brett