Easter Weekend

With the weekend looking as good as it is I thought I would give you the forcast for this weekend and a list of some of my favorite spots to fish in the area, Happy Easter Everyone.

•  BLUE SPRINGS: 64 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows along the riprap and in the timber.
•  SMITHVILLE: 65 degrees, clear, 11/2 feet low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows near the mouths of the coves (fish are staging for the spawn); walleyes fair on jerkbaits, shallow-running crankbaits along the dam (spawn is coming to an end); black bass fair on spinnerbaits, jigs in the coves; channel catfish fair on night crawlers in the back of coves.

JACOMO: 64 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks (fish are staging for the spawn); catfish fair on night crawlers off points.

• STOCKTON: 65 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies good to very good on jigs, grubs in 7 to 8 feet of water along spawning areas; walleyes good on jigs, grubs in 10 to 12 feet of water in rocky areas; bass good on soft plastic lures, jigs in 2 to 6 feet of water along spawning banks.
•  HILLSDALE: 70 degrees, clearing, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows in 5 feet of water (fish are moving in to spawn); white bass good on Road Runners off rocky banks; catfish fair on cut bait, night crawlers.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/04/3536872/fishing-report-for-april-5.html#storylink=cpy