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(?)I’ve never caught an Alligator Gar here, or anywhere for that matter. But I have seen, on about a dozen occasions, fish that highly resemble the Alligator Gar. The biggest one I’ve seen was probably 4 feet long and it’s a safe bet that if I’ve seen one that size there’s an 6-8 footer around somewhere. I’ve seen them in the middle of the channel, in wide...
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As I write this everything has a fine coating of ice from the ‘ice pellets’ last night. The trees were crackling and sparkling in the sun this afternoon. Yes, our mild weather pattern did snap here at the Lake of the Ozarks. Last week was a setting completely apart, peaking in the mid 50′s by my measure. Friday I was at mm10 visiting a friend and he had caught and released a 5...
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If you’re on the west side and you don’t want to cross the bridge for a fishing license, there are a couple choices in Laurie, MO. that I know of. One is Buster’s Bait & Tackle, just north of the lights in Laurie, on the southbound side of highway 5. I know one of the owners and they’re really nice people in there. The other is Osage Outfitters which is on the north...
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I’ve noticed huge balls of shad out in the cove for the last week or so and the stripers and whites have been having a field day… though I couldn’t care less about them, I want to catch large-mouth. Good news, the water temp has gone way down and though the water level is lower than normal, the big mouths are back in the shallow water. I caught a 16″ yesterday on a...
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Well the lake is pretty much full and the water is near 80 in most of the west side coves so the Bass have gone down. I haven’t caught a Bass with a top-water lure in a couple weeks and talking with a local fishing tackle shop owner I learned that neither has anyone else. So I guess it’s time to pull out the diving lures or the weights and plastics. Rumor has it that 4-8′ depth...
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