Can a bass still be caught with all the cold weather?  yes

What's the water temp?  38-9 by the dam.

Is the water falling?  yes, it's about 4 feet below power pool now.

Pattern? Jerkbaits with longer pauses up to 10 seconds.  Most fish are still in the back 1/3 of coves, but do not fish any farther back in a creek where the deepest point is less than 15 feet. No bait, no bass there. Steeper banks are beginning to pay off.  The fish have left the flatter pea gravel type banks. Best banks are 20 feet deep below boat when craft is one good cast off the shore.

By jerkbait standards the bite is not that light.  Strikes are easy to detect for the average angler.

Good fish? Some, not spectacular, but 10-15 bass per day is very doable if you have a clue. Probably 3-5 keepers in the mix. (3-5 pounds)

Best time of day.  Both  early and late with the bite getting real tough at mid day.

What jerks were they eating? Did you try any jigs/shakey heads/jigging spoons? I think I'm going to head down there late Feburary and give it a try.

Thanks for the update.  We're covered in ice so I'm living through the fishing reports in this forum  :'(    Have you noticed water temps for any other part of the lake or have you just been by the dam?

Jig bite will also work if that's your cup of tea so to speak.

There was no predominant color or model jerkbait for us.  We used char. shad, ayu, and milky white sided baits mostly in the clear water.  All successful to a degree. We had sun and light winds.

I don't think I would want to try upstream too much.  The upper Gravois is iced, and I think the same is true for the Niangua. Got a reliable report that on Saturday, the channel in the lower lake had a thin film of ice on it. Probabloy because the winds were calm.

After this blizzard, it may take awhile for the lake to warm a little.

We would probably be going out of PB2 the third week of Feb. so hopefully the snow will have stopped by then and we can get some warm weather. They're talking about a foot and half around here today  .

Camdenton got 21 inches. Hate to think about all the docks that could have collapsed again. Safe to say the bass are seeing many jerkbaits this week!