I  always read the Missouri fishing reports and just do not get where this info is coming from . Almost 100 percent of the time  it is different from what I have recently experienced . The fishing can be fantastic the previous week and the report will call that week  slow and so on and so on . Other than current conditions the reports are ignored . How they get the info is beyond me , I have never been quizzed about it . Are your local reports accurate ?

They are all over the place here.  I don't place much weight in the report as I do in the person reporting.  There's some anglers that are better than others.

I don't pay much attention to the local reports in my area since most peoples reports are all over the place. Some say the fishing is good, some say the fishing is bad, but somehow I manage to consistently catch both quantity and quality when bass fishing.

The ones in the newspaper here are always about a month behind what is actually occurring 

A lot of the sources for the reports have canned reports for certain ranges of dates.  With the advent of Book Face and other Social Media, there are more up to date reports from people who are actually on the water.  

Some of the local reports on ksoutdoors don't change much all year. I haven't looked at it in a while but I'd bet I could look at one of my local lakes and it'll say something about bass good on jig and pig, slabs?, and silver crankbaits.

 

Had to look, I was close.

Good fishing but few anglers. Bass are in shallow water adjacent to structure, try  plastics, jig and Pig, slabs

A lot of our reports come from local fish camps and guides. I feel like they are often biased towards phony or exaggerated reports of good fishing to gerenerate more business. I used to listen to the report and go there and the results were nearly always poor. 

I cant remember them ever saying it was poor,unless it was an obvious weather event causing it, like a hurricane.

Its best to get to know some trusted sources, but I usually draw my own conclusions in my neck if the woods.

On 11/2/2017 at 9:51 AM, soflabasser said:

I don't pay much attention to the local reports in my area since most peoples reports are all over the place. Some say the fishing is good, some say the fishing is bad, but somehow I manage to consistently catch both quantity and quality when bass fishing.

Your just Superman!  Lol

Don't check out reports....I just want to go fishing so I go.  Fishing and catching is ever changing and addicting.

On 11/2/2017 at 9:51 AM, soflabasser said:

I don't pay much attention to the local reports in my area since most peoples reports are all over the place. Some say the fishing is good, some say the fishing is bad, but somehow I manage to consistently catch both quantity and quality when bass fishing.

It has been over a year since I posted this and I would not change a thing except adding that I did better in 2018 than I did in 2017. Last month I caught a bass that was 25.25 inches long with a 18 inch girth. Also caught other big bass in 2018 and my best 5 bass this year had a combined length of over 120 inches. Best 5 bass in one day had a combined length of over 115 inches. Best 5 bass in 1 month had a combined length of over 117 inches. Fished in 4 different states this year and caught both quality and quantity. Might post a end of the year report later on.

On 11/2/2017 at 9:11 AM, J Francho said:

They are all over the place here.  I don't place much weight in the report as I do in the person reporting.  There's some anglers that are better than others.

 I agree with you that some anglers are better than others and that is why I do not pay attention to negative fishing reports or reports I find useless such as reports of catching small bass in areas well known for big bass. A person should not compare their catches to other peoples catches and the best thing a person can do is focus on their own bass fishing game.