Truman Tailrace
Truman Tailrace
Fishing season has officially begun in The Ozarks. While it is by no way in full swing yet, the old familiar faces are starting to show up at The Tailrace and we are glad to see you one and all. Truman continues just shy of normal pool at 705.58 which is far better than many of our neighboring lakes. Hopefully the spring rains will come this year taking this dust down and give the COE some more water to run. They have actually been running generators a couple of hours most weekday mornings and occasionally in the evening. This has been helpful in bring the walleye up into our neck of the woods. I have started to hear of quite a few caught, more in the evening than mornings. Crappie are hit and miss as usual, with some days being real good. A few whites starting to show, but not a lot to speak of yet. Catfish have started to pick up. This time of year traditionally being the beginning of "Big Cat" time. A couple of days ago I heard Steve Brown of www.CatfishSafari.com caught one 78 lb as well as several more in the 30-40 lb. range. Locating the shad can be a bit tricky this time of year though. With the warm-up promised this week, the water temp. will be creeping up and a degree or two should really kick things in gear as far as fishing goes. So dust off the old rod and reel, clean out that tackle box and enjoy the fishing fever as you do so, for another season is upon us. See you at the Tail Race!