Trip Details: Where: Blue Springs Lake When: 5-10-2020, afternoon/evening Air temp: low to mid 60s Water temp: 62 degrees Water clarity: 20-25 inches Weather conditions: Mostly cloudy turning into sunny skies, south wind switching to north in evening Target species: white bass, wipers (hybrids), crappie Baits used: For whites/wipers – swimbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, crappie jigs …
For those that aren’t on Facebook in the Lee’s Summit Area Fishing group, you should know that trout fishing is on at James A. Reed! Trout are regularly stocked at James A. Reed and other urban lakes across the metro. Be sure to read regulations ahead of time as some don’t allow you to keep …
When the winter months roll around, many anglers are forced to retire the fishing equipment to the garage. But if you’re like us, you always like tinkering around with your fishing toys. The off season is a great time for some TLC on your fishing gear! Thomas Wicker, contributor to Mahoney Outdoors and Lee’s Summit …
If you’re looking for a perfect stocking stuffer, look no further than the Lee’s Summit Area Fishing outdoor/indoor stickers. The stickers are priced normally at $5, but are now on sale for $2.50 each. This pricing will last through December 15th at midnight. Remember, each sticker you buy will qualify you for the fishing trip …
Lunkerhunt, a company known for making outrageous, or at the very least – “unique” – fishing lures has outdone itself again. They recently released a spider imitation lure that they call the “Phantom Spider”. Check out the following video recorded by Thomas Wicker testing the lure at James A. Reed in Lee’s Summit, MO. Subscribe …
We are currently running a contest through September in the Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook group to win a fishing trip to the private Mahoney Lake near Clinton, MO. The trip will be a 4-5 hour trip for 3 people fully guided by me! You’ll have a chance to catch jumbo crappie, nice bass, catfish, …
Trip Details: When: 8-1-19 from 5:45pm to 8:45pm on Prairie Lee Lake Air temp: low to mid 80s Water temp: 84.5 degrees Water clarity: Stained, 10-12 inches of visibility Weather conditions: between storm fronts moving in and out of area, mostly cloudy, slight E/NE wind for most of evening Target species: Largemouth bass Baits used: …
Trip Details: When: 7-30-19 from 5:30pm to 9pm on Blue Springs Lake Air temp: upper 80s Water temp: 86.4 degrees to start, 84.5 degrees at end of night Water clarity: Stained, 10-12 inches of visibility Weather conditions: Pre-storm front (scattered showers), sunny, little to no wind Target species: Largemouth bass Baits used: Topwater: frog, whopper …
Trip Details: When: 7-22-19 from 6pm to 9pm Air temp: low to mid 80s Water temp: 83-84 degrees Water clarity: Stained, 10 inches of visibility, lake is high with water going out spillway Weather conditions: Post storm front (big rain), sunny, NW wind 10-15 mph Target species: Bass and White bass Baits used: Topwater: spooks, …
My good friend, Thomas Wicker, and I called an audible Wednesday night and headed to Prairie Lee instead of Jacomo. We didn’t want to deal with the tournament guys all over the lake and figured we’d have a little more to ourselves. It was the right call! Here’s how we did! Details: When: July 10, …
