Headed to Stockton/Truman

[RipRapRanger]

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

[boat dreamin]

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.

[Jig_Man]

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

[RipRapRanger]

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!

[Jig_Man]

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.

[Moose21]

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

[RipRapRanger]

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

[RipRapRanger]

Not gonna lie it's been a tough 3-4 days of fishing. Lake level is way up about 13' higher than our previous two trips here. Most bites (few and far between) are coming from flipping flooded brush on main lake points or shoreline. A few in the backs of coves. Haven't been able to locate or catch any offshore fish headed for summer time haunts in channels drops offs or flats. Headed to Truman today. Hoping for better results with numbers and quality

[RipRapRanger]

Well Missouri trip was a bust. Several days of fishing in the rain. Several days of having to wait until thunderstorms passed to get on the water and one day of having to get off the water for the same. Best I could tell water was up 12-14'. 20' higher than our last two trips down there. Couldn't put a pattern together for nothing and couldn't locate any concentrations of post spawn fish. I think we had three keepers in seven days of fishing with a half dozen dinks. One of the toughest trips I've been on in years. The fellowship and bourbon and steak nights with friends made it all worth it though. Still counting my blessings

[RipRapRanger]

I love threads I've started where I end up talking to myself

Any reply confirming "yeah it's been tough" or even "you just suck at fishing" would have been better than nothing

I talked to several anglers on the water and at the gas pumps during the week as well as watched those fishing around us and all pretty much confirmed that no one was catching. Talked to one guy with a sponsorship wrap on his boat (figured he knew what he was doing) and he said the biggest fish he caught after two days on Stockton was a 13"er. Oh well. There was a reason I had 12 combo's on deck which didn't pay off