MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OLD BOB Lake level is 705.87 and water temp is 43 in the lower part of the lake.  The Grand remains stained while most of the rest of the lake is clear. Crappie fishing has been a little slow in the mid-lake area but there have been some "biguns" taken.  Steve Blake had a "toad" that by most measurement was almost if not a 3lb. Slab taken from 20 ft right off the bottom.  I have found tons of small fish in the trees about 25-30 feet deep on the bluffs....It's interesting that the Whitebass  are still hanging around on those deep bluffs also and if you drop in on a band of shad, you have not idea what is going to hit.... Cody's Bait & Tackle has a complete new supply of my 1/4 and 1/8 oz short shank jigs which have been the ticket for Steve Blake and I for crappie, whites, and even a walleye or two... I would like to take this opportunity

Lake level is 705.97 with the surface temperature at 45 warming in the afternoons to 48 in the Osage area near the dam. Crappie fishing is starting to look up in the mid-lake area.  The crappie are moving off the brush piles and onto the bluffs about 19-22 feet deep a foot off the bottom.  Upper lake areas are producing good fish.  Looks like the winter pattern  is about to begin as the water temperature drops the shad will move to deeper water and so will the fish.  I used 1/4oz white jig with a Swarmjig white/chartreuse body to catch some really nice crappie. This past week with the really nice weather the little crappie really moved in and took over.  It has been difficult to catch those 10-13 inchers in the mid lake area but if you're patient and weed through them the biggins will get a chance at your lure. White Bass and Hybrids have fallen off my scope for the year but every now and then a white will hit a crappie

Lake level is 704.48.  The water temp 53 degrees in the Osage and Grand.  The water is slightly colored in the Osage and slightly colored to stained in the Grand Arm.  Some of the coves on the north side of the lake are somewhat warmer. Crappie fishing is starting to look up in the mid-lake area.  The crappie are moving off the brush piles and onto the bluffs about 19-22 feet deep a foot off the bottom.  Upper lake areas are producing good fish.  Looks like the fall feed up is about to begin as the water temperature drops the shad will move to shallows and so will the fish.  I used 1/4oz white jig with a Swarmjig white/chartreuse body to catch some really nice crappie. White Bass  are on the windy banks using Sliders, shad raps and inline spinners. I caught a few nice ones on jigs crappie fishing. Hybrids were moving up to feed on shad in the windblown coves and shallow points.  Single blade 3/8oz spinner baits, sliders and shad raps are

Lake level is 704.22.  The water temp 55 degrees in the Osage and Grand.  The water is slightly colored in the Osage and slightly colored to stained in the Grand Arm. Crappie fishing is somewhat spotty in the mid-lake area.  The crappie are moving off the brush piles and onto the bluffs about 19 feet deep a foot off the bottom.  Upper lake areas are producing good fish.  Looks like the fall feed up is about to begin as the water temperature drops the shad will move to shallows and so will the fish.  I think maybe it is time to break out the jigs and start probing the bare bank bluffs. White Bass have really been on the scope this year with the bigger ones mixed in with last year's hatch.  We have had great success this year with 3/4 oz spoons and 1 oz spoons on the very shallow humps.   The Dam area has been the prime spot. Small whites have been chasing the small shad on top early and late.  If