Combine an end of July heat wave with a lake that has been pulled down to facilitate repairs to the spillway and one gets a combination of difficult conditions to tackle.  With several consecutive days over the century mark, temps provided sweltering conditions for the fisherman … [Read more...]

If you're not fishing Lake of the Ozarks you are missing out!!!! 34 teams came out for the Motion Fishing 4th tournament of the year on Lake of the Ozarks. it was a beautiful start to the day with temps in the mid 70s with light rain for most of the day and then it got … [Read more...]

Smithville Lake is on Fire!!! It was a light rainey morning with air temps in the mid 70s at takeoff for the 34 teams that braved the Afternoon heat at the Burton’s Bait & Tackle Smithville Lake division 4th tournament of the year. Coming in HOT at first place with a … [Read more...]

Still Catching them at Mark Twain 35 teams showed up for the re-scheduled Mark Twain Division Joe Bass tournament (original date was July 24th). The weather leading up to tournament day was a mixture of HOT and HOTTER with a break in the temps on Saturday. Sunday morning was … [Read more...]

The Bite is on at Mark Twain Lake! 40 teams turned out Sunday to bid for the top spot in the 154 Marine sponsored Mark Twain division for Joe Bass Team Trail. Many of the teams reported that there was a good early summer bite that had been going on for the last 3 … [Read more...]

Scorching temperatures and the start of the summer boat crowd greeted the 40 teams that met at Ahoy’s for the fourth event in the Table Rock Division sponsored by Chompers. The stifling temperatures didn’t seem to affect the fishing in a negative way as it took over 17 pounds to … [Read more...]

Summer made a bold statement as 103 teams faced broiling conditions for the third event of the Truman Division sponsored by Everharts Outdoor Store.  With the lake well above normal pool, the AoCE continued a fairly steady and heavy pull which led to a lot of dock talk of fish … [Read more...]

Scorching temperatures greeted the 38 teams that gathered at The Harbor for the third event of the Pomme de Terre Division sponsored by TNT Quick Shop. With the lake level getting closer to normal pool and the discharge rate slowed from the high levels over the past month, … [Read more...]

A lake that’s eight feet high, dropping slowly, a mix of clouds, showers and intermittent sun combined with a post-spawn funk set the table for a tough Stockton tournament. The numbers proved that out, as 54 teams struggled to bring 30 limits to weigh-in with the average weight … [Read more...]

Torrential downpours occurred for the early portion of the day, the top finishers focused on the shallow bite for success. Overall, the conditions made for a good numbers day as 25 limits were brought to the scales as anglers vied for the winning bag of fish and valuable … [Read more...]

Stop number 3 for the Joe bass Team trail on Lake of the Ozarks Division sponsored by Motion Fishing was a beautiful yet cool start to the day. Our teams headed out this morning with Temps in the mid 40s then ended in the low 70s for a beautiful spring day. Most of the teams … [Read more...]

The 3rd stop for the Joe bass team trail on Smithville Lake division sponsored Burtons Bait and Tackle had some great light shows to start the day!! After a small delay with lots lighting and hard storms in the area the Smithville lake teams headed out to be what most would … [Read more...]