Tradition
Outdoor Report lineage from Lee Jeffries with cassette recorder interviews for KGVE — now an MP3 email from a phone app.
Rivers / White Bass
Strong up Spring and Neosho. Moonshine (chartreuse/white) 2½" swimming minnow on 1/8 oz doing well (bought at Walmart). Fish staged from old railroad bridge below Twin Bridges up toward Ten Sea Bridge; Neosho deeper/harder but bigger/concentrated schools — Miami still a bit early for whites all the way up, but Crappie in Tar Creek and creeks back to Twin Bridges. Spring River clearer = more pressure.
Bass
Some square-bill reports this week.
Paddlefish
Still really good — Haydn mouth of Elk River to Shangri-La; cover water then Dipsy depth once found.
Catfish
As shad kill fades (about a week past the hard freeze; 2–3 weeks + warm wind ends it), blues move 2–5 feet shallow and smash — use a solid rod holder (Jeff’s longtime pick: Driftmaster Pro Duo ½" — 30° or flat; Sports Center may stock). Ask how he knows about splash-downs.
Crappie
South-end docks still affected by threadfin shad kill — turning soon. Rain/flow into rivers should pull more fish up.
Dealers
Ask for Fish Lucke — “stuff Toby Keith fished with”; fishlucke.com.