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    Headed to Stockton/Truman

    Will be down there for a week beginning June 4th. Any idea what to expect as far as for lake conditions? Levels up? Levels down? Hotspots or community waypoints? LoL

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    Truman is 6’ high and falling. I would guess it to be back to normal pool (706) by the time you get here. The fish will be changing between now and then, so don’t get too hung up on what they are currently doing.

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    Stockton is 5’ high guys are flipping the bushes. Most fish are spawned out. Water temp is upper 60s.

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    Good stuff guys. Sounds like you've had some good rains down your way. Water levels have been down the past couple of years we've been there so looking forward to the possibility of fishing some new water. Thank you!

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    Stockton is coming up and we have rain most of the week. We’ve had 4” in the last two days at my house. The smallmouth are moving to summer habitat but the largemouth are in or close to the bush. All that is subject to change with the rising water.

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    Lake is high (Stockton), still some in the brush. Starting to catch more more offshore tho

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    Thanks again guys. Looking at next weeks forecast it appears that we will be fishing in the rain a few days.

    Last October we only got one day on Truman putting in at two different launches. The last in was at the Fairfield area as we were heading back to Stockton. Found some fish around the island and ran out of time before we could make our way in to the long stretch east past the 83 bridge. So much good looking water back there so we're definitely going to hit it and hopefully more than once this year. How far can a guy run on plane through the long arm of Pom-o-sa Heights to the southeast before needing to shut it down and being cautious? Also, when you say the smallmouth are already headed to or in their summer time haunts (offshore) what do we need to be looking for and at what depths? Certainly appreciate the comments and wise words of advice. Thank you