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Fishing Report, Lake Conditions
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 15, 2005 Dylan Bendler of House Springs, MO hoisting a few Flatheads and an oversized Drum.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 4, 2005 Gracie and Liam Hermes admiring their catch.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 4, 2005 Holly holding a nice largemouth bass caught by Nicole.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 4, 2005
"This is a 27LB flathead caught the morning of Sept 4 in South Fork.. Hope you can use it .. It stuck me as kind of neat fresh out of the water!"
Great picture, Sent in by Aaron Nolan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 4, 2005 Bill and brother Tony almost had 2 limits of very nice crappie.
"Larry & Terra, these are the two pictures I showed you of the fish Tony and I caught (you know when we where gloating). We caught them on the south end of the lake along the shoreline and near points. We were between 18 & 20 feet down using the minnows from you. This was Friday the second. We got on the lake late. We caught them in about between the hours noon to three."
Sent in by Bill Chrum.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 13, 2005 Wayne Braun (pictured), Jim Braun and Ben Bock caught this 32 lb. flathead using goldfish on a limb line.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 13, 2005 (left) Nick Wampler, with dad Doug, caught this bass out of the pond. (right) Sarah Wampler with her 'bait' fish.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 13, 2005 Jug fishing. A small flathead caused all kinds of commotion when it got caught up in some structure in the pond. It was a group effort to get it freed and then retrieved. In the picture on the right, these kids all had fun with it. Left to Right; Anthony and Melissa Grasso, Alex Burgess, Zach Nixon, Sarah Wampler, Emily Burgess, Casey Mullin and Nick Wampler.
The parents had as much fun with it as the kids!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 13, 2005 Alex Burgess' catfish, and brother Zach.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 5, 2005 John holding daughter Becca's first fish, caught out of the pond. From St. Charles, MO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 21, 2005 Lisa Dey and Rachel Baker, both of Jeff City, with crappie, catfish and bass.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 16th, 2005 Tyler Olson of Grand Mound, IA, with a 2 1/2 lb. flathead caught out of the resort pond.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 16th, 2005 Drew Faust with a 2 1/2 lb. largemouth. He's becoming quite the bass fisherman.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 4th weekend, 2005 Photos courtesy of Sandy Freeman.
"Pictures attached of Jim Duncan and sister Sandy Freeman fun fishing over the 4th of July weekend. Sandy's fish weighed 6 lbs and Jim's was a 4 lbs. I know Jim's looks bigger, I zoomed in on him. ha ha ha" Sandy Freeman
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 7, 2005 Lew Alwardt of Hoopeston IL, with a white bass and a largemouth.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 6, 2005 Bev and Lew Alwardt of Hoopeston IL, with a few of their crappie.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 2, 2005 Josh Stross with his first legal size bass caught on a plastic worm, and his grandpa Rich with a good eating size channel cat.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 2, 2005 DuWayne Azotea and son Adam with a 7 lb. flathead.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 27, 2005 Ron Messner of St. Charles with a nice 3.5 lb largemouth. Nothing but catch and release for Ron.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pictures from the Eberlin Tournament. 71 Boats and some impressive weights. June 18, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 12, 2005 Auston Crites of Hallsville and Jason Taylor of Columbia with a couple of walleye, the largest is 3.1 lbs., and a few white bass thrown in for good measure.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 12, 2005 Drew Foust with a 2 lb Largemouth.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 12, 2005 Dennis Riegel, Royce Engermann and Dennis Riegel had a good haul of cats. The largest is a 36 lb Flathead, all caught using perch on a trotline.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 12, 2005 John and Chris Ackerman caught this 17 lb Blue cat on a trotline baited with perch.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 11, 2005 Kiarra had fun catching this crappie out of the pond. Grandma Carleen had fun spending time with her granddaughter.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 11, 2005 John, Dave and Brandy Farris of Jeff City, MO with a few of their catch, and enjoying a family get away.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 10, 2005
Charles Matthew of Lynn MO and Greg Monroe of Loose Creek MO, with several days of nice cats.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 7, 2005
Brandon Graupman with a nice 30 lb Flathead.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 5, 2005
Chris Shoffner and Mike Martin got into the white bass. The top two pictures are Saturdays catch, 24 whites and Mike with his 20 1/2 inch walleye. The bottom pictures are Mike and Chris with Sundays catch. They caught and released countless others over the weekend.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Fischer, with a 24lb Blue caught with a perch on a trotline. June 5, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ottis Lawson, Corey Bolles, Adam Proctor and Larry Bolles. caught these big boys (Flatheads) using perch on a trotline. The biggest is 57 lbs, the other one weighed 51lbs. Adam is from Hallsville MO, the rest are from Sturgeon MO. June 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis Smith and Jim Spires, hauled in this hefty 60lb Flathead. Perch on a trotline. June 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe, Cole, Sam, Lisa and Sydney Neuner, of Bonnots Mill had a fun family outing going after the catfish. June 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Melissa and Chris Finch with a very respectable 41lb Flathead. June 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John and Randall Fischer, with a 35lb Flathead caught on a trotline baited with perch. June 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blake, John, David, Randall and Brooke had quite a haul of catfish. May 14, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pat Scott, his daughter Carolyn and granddaughter Ruthann had an enjoyable day at the lake. This was Ruthann first catfish. May 30, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These kids enjoyed fishing out of the resort pond. They had fun with this small flathead. May 30, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Francis Buckholz hoists a respectabe 50 lb. Flathead. May 23, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roger Gascan and Richard Nolan landed this 59lb. flathead caught with a carp minnow. May 22, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shelby caught this 10 lb. flathead out of the resort pond, using a Scooby Doo pole, a nightcrawler, and 6lb. test line. The line broke, the flathead got choked, and she pulled it in by hand..!! Sister Aly is looking on. May 20, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jane and Steve Knaebel of Taos, MO, caught their limits of crappie. They had a little help from guide DuWayne Azotea. May 20, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gene Hall, Fred Hoffman, Mike Huff, Carson Hanner, Max Hanner, and Randy Ellis of Kansas and Oakland IL, had a fun first trip to Mark Twain Lake, They will be back! May 17, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Bonnots, of Bonnots Mill, MO, thought this was a little one, till they got it close to the boat! This 'little one' which they named Walter, weighed in at a whopping 59 lbs. It was caught on a jug baited with perch. (left picture) Greg Bonnot, Paige Kempker, Skeezix, Michael Bonnot, "Walter", Kelly Porter, Anna Bonnot, Clayton Kempker, Dillon Boss, Donna Bonnot and Cap Bonnot. May 14, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Miranda (left), Rhonda and Chloe Epstein (right) enjoyed a fun day fishing and being with the family. May 7, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Odie Milner of Hoopeston, IL with a few of his better catches for the day, these crappie measured 14 inches and better. May 5, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brent Salfen, of Lake St. Louis MO, put together a nice stringer of crappie. May 5, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doug Delaney and Stuart Clark caught these flatheads on a trotline, baited with perch. The biggest is 42 lbs., also a 26 lb'r and a 20 lb'r., and a few smaller ones. May 5, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Vaughn, Darren Vaughn and Mike Mallory hauled in this 56 lb flathead using perch on a trotline. May 5, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Farris and Bill Farris caught these four very nice crappie while trolling jigs. The smallest was 15 inches, the biggest was 15 3/4 inches and weighed 2.4 lbs. The second biggest weighed 2.2 lbs. May 4, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the picture on the left, Tonya Shaw, Jeff Shaw, Jim Ferguson, Luther Ladner and Lenore Ladner hauled in 4 nice catfish, the biggest one weighed 55 lbs, with the next biggest weighing 44 lbs. In the pictures on the right the biggest one weighed in at 60 lbs. All, except Jim, are from Poplarville, MS Great Job Guys and Gals!! May 4th and 5th, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amber Backes, Barb Dudenhoeffer, Wes Backes and Steve Dudenhoeffer enjoyed a couple of fun days catfishing. The Backes are from Linn MO, and the Dudenhoeffers are from Bonnots Mill. The picture of them on the left was their catch on May 2, while the picture on the right was their catch the following day, May 3 2005.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Detwiler of Wateroleit, MI was proud of this nice 14 inch crappie. "Eat your heart out Ron" May 2, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rick Henkelman, Dave Brumleve, Rick Pals, Kenny Woltmann and Mark Thies,enjoyed another great day on the lake, catching their 5 limits of crappie for the 2nd time this week. They insisted I get in the picture on the right, as if I had something to do with catching the fish. April 22, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Jacobs with a healthy 14 inch beauty. April 22, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale Wagenecht, Ron Jacobs and Marc Looker with their almost 3 limits of crappie. April 21, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Brumleve, Rick Pals, Mark Thies, Rick Henkelman and Kenny Woltmann enjoyed a great day on the lake, catching their 5 limits of crappie, including a few 13 inches and over. April 20, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Distler and Joe DeLisle enjoyed the season by getting a nice turkey and then going out and catching some crappie. April 18, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ed and Chris Steinkraus of Glen Carbon IL, with some healthy Mark Twain Lake crappie. April 18, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lisa and David Patrick of Mexico MO, caught this hefty 54 pound flathead on a jug, using perch. The picture of it on the right is the last thing the perch saw. April 17, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guide Lynn Tharp, with a couple of clients, and the best of 3 limits of crappie. These were caught in the South Fork on jigs 4 feet deep. April 16, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marian and Dave of Perry MO, found the white bass and a couple of large mouths to their liking, way up one of the Salt River Forks, out of the lake boundaries. April 14, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Kolkmeier and Tom Schoen of St. Charles had a blast hooking into the white bass. This was about a third of what they caught, in the (mumble) area of the lake. :-)) There are also a few crappie and a large mouth bass thrown in for good measure. No doubt a fun day on the lake. April 10, 2005
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ernie Turner of Montgomery City MO with a 30 lb. flathead, and David Patrick of Mexico MO with a 44 lb. flathead, caught on jugs. April 10, 2005
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