Going fishing here soon, anyone have $.02 ?

Good,Bad,Ugly?

I have only fished there once, about a year ago, maybe more.  I know there is a daily fee to fish there as this is the city water supply.  With that said the lake is idle speed only for the same reason.

The day I fished there we concetrated on the structure surrounding the lake, just basically fished the outer edges, didn't have a fish finder so looking for underwater structure was out of the question.  I think it was early summer and there were a lot of snakes on the water.

We brought in for weight at the end of the day, best 5 in the boat, between 12 and 15 lbs.  I'll admit it I didn't throw alot of stuff I should have and regret it.  I don't remember throwing any soft plastic's at all.  Oops!  LOL

Good luck.  When you headed there?

Jon

I used to fish there as much as I could.  I think I was on that lake about 20 times 2 years ago but just twice last year.  Ten years ago it was as good a lake as you could fish.  

I caught my personal best on the lake about this time 9 years ago.  There were days  when you could catch a bunch of quality fish (5 for 25 or so).  Since then, there seems to be a lot more pressure on it and the fishing hasn't been nearly as good.  Raytown Bass Club has even had some tournaments on it.

A guy who fishes with me quite a bit caught one over 9 there and I've heard that some over 10 have been shocked in it.  

You'll have to buy a permit (though I've only been checked once in probably well over 50 trips) from the city - available at various places in Concordia and at the Ace in Knob Noster.

Water is never clear on that lake and will probably be fairly high and muddy.  Conservation department has some maps of brush piles they sank in there about 15 years ago.  They were supposed to be putting more in the last year or so but never checked to see if they did.  Lots of laydowns along the bank, some broken concrete on the side of the dam and chunk rock on the bridge and dam. Whole back of it is pretty shallow - 10' or less.  The south bank closest to the dam drops very quickly - pretty much a ledge.  Never caught much off there  though.