We had a Truman Lake tourney switched to my part of LOZ, the Nianguas, due to high water. I was not going to fish the Truman one, but just had to fish the LOZ tournament. I could not find a partner. At least 15 people could not make it. This is a team tournament with individual standings for Federation and AOY. So I was forced to fish the 1st half alone.

Conditions were a little tough but I got on a pattern and my team (me) was in about 4th place, maybe 3rd. Then for the night shift, Jaskoh (from this site) was able to join me. He is just getting started when it comes to bass fishing and he had never been fishing in a bass boat before, much less a tourney. He didn't get skunked, but he didn't have any keepers. But I think he had fun. He definitely is a good partner to fish with. I got on another nice pattern right before dark, but the night bite shut down for everyone. I ended up finishing 2nd as a team and 90% sure I finished 1st as an individual. The results for the individual standings aren't out yet but will be soon.

One of the neat things that happened to me and Jaskoh happened in front of this 4 story condominium. I caught about 5 bass, 2 were barely short and one was 3lbs and the other was about 4.5lbs. After I caught the first bass, to my surprise a few people started cheering. Before I knew it, I had a crowd on shore and people up on there balconies watching and cheering as I caught the others. It was quite exciting.

In 7 tournament I have fished, I have four top 10s and possibly two 1st places (pending results from this one). Most importantly, I have the best fishermen in the club wanting to fish with me. Not bad for a novice tourney angler;)

That's pretty good considering the conditions; ya think Jaskoh is hooked  

I think so. He said he had fun. I'm sure he will answer for himself though.

Yeah, it was pretty awesome.  At the condos it reminded me of seeing a bassmaster elite series event on espn2.  Not to mention Ive never seen bass stacked up like that.  It was a blast and now I know its something I want to do a lot more of.  Good job once again Needemp.  

Congradulations.

What were you catching them on and how deep?

The water was stained up the Nianguas, but no where near as muddy as the Osage. In the morning, I started off fishing the flats by deep water with no fish. Then I tried the flooded buck brush where deep water was adjacent and found them. The buck brush that received the wind and/or boat waves were the effective banks. I only had 3 areas that fit that criteria.

The evening shift, I started back at the flooded brush. They were not there, so I moved to steep ledges adjacent to the flats. That is where I found them. They were staging at the bottom of the ledge getting ready to move on the flats.

Because the water was so stained, they were not deep and there was no night bite. A lot of guys fished deep brushpiles with very little success. Over the last couple of weeks, the Wed and Fri tourneys have not produced like usual. The Glaize area is the only clear water area I have heard of.

It sounds like you've got them figured out on LOZ. I'm always impressed when someone can elimanate water and find a pattern like you did. I've never fished that part of the lake but I'm planning to this fall or next spring.