Season
Heading into peak angling March through about early August — tournaments, Welcome Back Weekend, Crappie spawn, then White Bass back from the rivers. Mid-May through June post-spawn is one of Jeff's favorite times if water isn't high and muddy.
Ponds tip
Local ponds warm faster than the lake — Crappie and Bass may already be spawning or close (often 2–3+ weeks ahead of the lake). Try a 2½" Knockout swimming minnow on 1/8 oz Fish Lucke head (pink-and-white favorite for spawning Crappie; 1/16 oz if very shallow). Don't forget the Scrounger: 1/8 oz with 2½" Lucky Bug is Jeff's most fun bank-spawn Crappie bait — plastic bill keeps it from sinking fast into rocks. Scrounger is Fish Lucke's top seller (mainly Bass sizes); for Bass, Live Motion minnows on 1/4 oz (3½") up to 1/2 oz (5").
Lake level
Grand Lake around 744 with full generation at the dam. Continued inflows should bring White Bass below the dam — a favorite bank/boat spot.
Rivers / Miami
Haven't been to Spring and Neosho at Twin Bridges; generation should pull clearer water back into them. Reports of boats around Miami — Tar Creek and Elm Creek — catching fish (Crappie or White Bass unclear). Above Miami gets muddy/currenty; jet boat helps. Spring River more forgiving but gravelly shoals above Ten Sea Highway. Peak White Bass in both rivers from now to mid-April. Tie2: 1/8 oz bottom, 1/16 oz top, Lucky Bug / swimming minnow mix. Main-lake schooling Crappie: same Tie2 combo, maybe Desert Hero Lucky Bug on bottom and thunderstorm on top.
Tournaments / community
Bass tournaments ongoing — share in the Grand Fishing Report Facebook group. Thanks GRDA and KGVE in Grove for decades of the report.
Dealers
Scrounger, Lucky Bug, Jimmy Houston Redman spinnerbait, Toby Keith Bass kit — fishlucke.com, Grove Walmart, Fish Lucke Amazon, area dealers.