August 1, 2018
Things have been real busy here lately with so many families in town vacationing before school starts up in a few weeks. I've been running a lot of short 4 hour trips in the morning and evening, plus a few river trips in the afternoon. The osage river is a lot colder water since it comes out of the really deep lake so the bass are much shallower plus boat traffic is at a minimum. I can do afternoon trips down there with pretty short notice but you're going to have to book your morning or evening trips in advance. On the main lake the catfish bite has been strong all summer. It's best in the mornings but can be done any time. We've been jugging or drifting some cut bait finding some nice blues. Check out my Facebook page for some Fresh Fish Pics. Facebook Jack Uxa or Jack's Guide Service

Early Spring Report

March here in the Ozarks is the official start of the new fishing season. Hard core fishermen like my self fish though the winter but we're all glad to see the seasons start to change. First you'll hear the peeper frogs start peeping in late February. Yesterday I saw the first easter lilys which is the first flower to sprout. Then we started finding a bunch of crappie shallow on the gravel points. Signs that spring is just around the corner. Bass have been gravitating towards mixed rock banks for a while now. Banks with a little pea gravel mixed on transition banks that are receiving some sun light are the best. Depending on the conditions and customers I've got fishing we have been using either small HD Tackle finesse jigs, Berkley Cutter jerkbaits, Alabama rigs, Shaky head worms, crankbaits, ect. Bass are very fickle and change their moods a lot so you have to change also. Good to time to get out there even though spring can be cold and sometimes wet. Many of the biggest bass of the year can be caught this time of the year. You pull up to the right bank and load the boat if you're lucky. I had a Father and Daughter out this past weekend for a 6 hour. We had the sun warming the shallows in the afternoon near the horseshoe bend area of the lake. Just slowly crawling a jig out to deep water every now and then it would get sucked up by a big ole bass. We had 3 bass over 4 pounds with a few small ones too on that stretch. It was awesome, and that scenario can happen anytime in the spring. Book your trips now for the up coming spring season and I'll do my best to show you a good time. Crappie, bass, tournament prep, family trips, just fun fishing is fine too. Good luck everyone