Banger68

There are place like this all over the north end of the lake.

I recently had the opportunity to go down to Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. I know … it’s not Ontario, but thought you might enjoy the report anyways. A buddy of mine has a place on the lake and asked me if I wanted to try Bass spawn fishing … sure!!! Well, a cold front went through the week before and I missed by probably a week and the fish were just starting to come into the shallows. So it was a search for warmer water. It was sunny and real windy so we started fishing the back of the coves on the downwind side … success! I was throwing a wacky rigged Senko and my buddy was throwing white spinner baits. He starting the morning with a 5lber in the 1st 5min ... look like it was going to be a good day. He was catching 3 fish to my one so I thought I would make the switch. My second cast, the line started coming towards me faster then I was reeling so I set the hook … got one! My friend asks me if it’s a decent one. I start to answer “ I think s… Holy crap! She hit the top of the water and took off. “yeah …it’s a good one. She was 7lbs on the button. I put her back in and we eagerly went searching for more. There was a tournament on the lake that weekend (tons of them down there) so we we started to keep a track of our catch. He checked after I went home .... looks like we could of won. We caught over 80 fish in 4 days, with many over 4lbs. Made for quite the trip. I'll also attach a few pics of around the lake. This lake is packed with houses and boats ... big boats! The lake in the summer gets so rough from boat traffic it drives boats under 17' off the lake. You have to see it to beleive it.

I'm in the valley in a area with 6-7 cottages. I have a small cabin on one side and a larger one across the river. It came with an old Massey tractor for moving stuff around. I bought it about 8 years ago. There are not many cottages in the area and I feel fortunate to have got this one when I did. The conservation authority isn't allowing new cottage construction any longer. I've never tried fishing at night. Have to make sure I don't snag the resident beaver. She swims around the pools in the evening with the young ones.

I have found several deep holes, actually have a spot in front of the cottage that is 12' deep. But has never produced trout. I found a couple larger fish upstream a bit but they ignore the Panther Martins I'm using mostly. I caught a few 6" specks downstream a bit, but haven't caught another out of that hole again. The river changes a fair bit from year to year. I tried walking the river, but that usually spooks up the fish when I'm 40' away. These fish are certainly a challenge. I'm thinking of putting my inflatable pontoon upstream and float down on the spots. Maybe I'm not being finesse enough for these fish.

I'va had a slow spring. Other then the trip to Lake of the Ozarks it's been pretty crappy. Might be just bad timing with the weather though.

Hello everybody. I'm new to the board and thought I would introduce myself. I have a place on the Saugeen River between Hanover and Durham. Now I'm usually a Bass/Panfish/Toothy Critter fisherman, but I've heard that there is supposed to be good Trout fishing in this part of the river. I've caught Smallmouth and Rock Bass and the kids enjoy the Chub fishing but I can't get close to the Trout. They are easily spooked and the few that stick around are not biting. Anybody fish this portion of the river?