Lake of the Ozarks Fall Bass & Crappie Report - Swimbaits, Jerkbaits, Finesse Jigs

Artificial Lure here, checking in with your November 1st, 2025 fishing report for Lake of the Ozarks. It's a crisp, classic fall morning with air temps kicking off in the mid-30s and warming to the low 50s by afternoon, skies staying clear, and a light southwest breeze—great for keeping the bite active without blowing you all over the lake. Sunrise hit at 7:39 AM, sunset’s landing around 6:11 PM. No tides here in Missouri, but with a first quarter moon overhead, fish activity should be decent, especially around the dawn and dusk major feeding windows—best bite times lining up around 5:30 to 7:30 this morning and 5:50 to 7:50 this evening, according to FishingReminder.

Word on the water: Bass remain the main ticket. Recent tourney results up and down the Osage and Gravois arms show largemouth and spots have settled into a late fall pattern. It's all about structure—the brush piles, deep docks, and secondary points are holding fish. Folks working the YUM YUMbrella Flash Mob Jr. loaded with 3.25 to 3.8-inch Strike King Rage Swimmer or Keitech Swing Impact FAT swimbaits have been hammering steady bags, some 20-plus pounds showing at weigh-ins. Don’t sleep on the jerkbait bite either; the Megabass Vision 110 series, especially in more subtle shad or pearl hues, put some kicker fish in the livewell for the top teams, especially around transition rock and deeper laydowns as water clarity’s stayed high.

If you’re fishing slower or working into mid-morning, now’s the time to downsize your presentation. As MLF pro David Walker notes, with cover thinning out and cooler, clearer water, a 1/4- to 3/8-ounce finesse jig with a natural craw trailer has been deadly, especially flipped in tight to shallow cover or skipped under those shady docks. Patience is key—sometimes those bigger bass need a few casts to finally commit as the mornings chill up.

A couple local hot spots to try today: First, the Gravois Arm—run out and target brush piles in 10 to 15 feet just outside spawning pockets. Second, the Niangua Arm between Larry Gale and the State Park Marina—work the channel swings and deeper bluff-ends, picking apart any isolated wood or rock you can see on your electronics. Both areas have kicked out steady fish for locals all week.

For you multispecies anglers or kids, crappie are also stacking around deeper docks and brush in 15 to 25 feet. Folks tightlining minnows or 1/32-oz jigs in chartreuse or white are filling limits. White bass and hybrids have been chasing bait in the creeks—watch for surface activity and keep a spoon or small swimbait handy near the backs of the larger coves.

Best baits right now:
- **Umbrella/A-rigs** with small shad-style swimbaits
- **Jerkbaits** (Megabass Vision 110 or similar)
- **Downsized jigs** with natural trailers
- **Small crappie jigs/minnows** for the slabs

Bite slows midday, but warm afternoons can push a few bonus fish shallow, so don’t be afraid to finish the day beating bank in creek pockets. Remember, clear water means light line will get you more bites.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lure here. Checking in with your November one, twenty
twenty five fishing report for Lake of the Ozarks. It's
a crisp, classic fall morning, with air temps kicking off
in the mid thirties and warming to the low fifties
by afternoon. Skies staying clear, and a light southwest breeze
great for keeping the bite active without blowing you all

(00:21):
over the lake. Sunrise hit at seven thirty nine am,
sunset's landing around six eleven PM. No tides here in Missouri,
but with a first quarter moon overhead, fish activity should
be decent, especially around the dawn and dusk major feeding windows.
Best bite times lining up around five thirty to seven
thirty this morning and five point fifty to seven fifty

(00:43):
this evening. According to Fishing Reminder Word on the water,
bass remain the main ticket. Recent turney results up and
down the osage and gravelare arms show large mouth and
spots have settled into a late fall pattern. It's all
about structure. The brush piles, deep docks and secondary points
are holding fish. Folks work in the young Umbrella flash

(01:04):
Mob Junior loaded with three point twenty five to three
point eight inch strike king rage swimmer or key tech
swing impact fat swing impact fast limbits have been hammering
steady bags some twenty plus pounds showing it. Weigh Ins
don't sleep on the jerkbait bite either. The Megabass Vision
one one zero series, especially in more subtle shatter pearl hues,

(01:25):
put some kicker fish in the live well for the
top teams, especially around transition rock and deeper laydowns, as
water clarity stayed high. If you're fishing slower or working
in the mid morning, now's the time to downsize your presentation,
as MLF pro David Walker notes, with cover thinning out
and cooler, clearer water, a one quarter to three eighth

(01:45):
out's finest jig with a natural crawl trailer has been deadly,
especially flipped in tight to shallow cover or skipped under
those shady docks. Patients is key. Sometimes those bigger bass
need a few casts to finally commit. As the morning's
chill up. A couple local hotspots to try today. First,
the Graveloi arm run out and target brush piles and

(02:07):
ten to fifteen feet just outside spawning pockets. Second, the
Neangla Arm between Larry Gale and the State Park Marina
work the channel swings and deeper bluff ends, picking apart
any isolated wood or rock you can see on your electronics.
Both areas have kicked out steady fish for locals all week.
For you. Multi species anglers or kids. Crappy are also

(02:29):
stacking around deeper docks and brush in fifteen to twenty
five feet folks, tight lining minnows or one thirty two
ounce jigs and chartruse are white are filling limits. White
bass and hybrids have been chasing bait in the creeks.
Watch for surface activity and keep a spoon or small
swim bait handy near the backs of the larger coves.
Best baits right now umbrella a rigs with small shad

(02:53):
style swim baits, the jerk baits, nagabass vision one to
one zero or similar downsized jigs with natural trailers, small
crappy jags, minnows for the slabs. Bite slow's midday, but
warm afternoons can push a few bonus fish shallow, so
don't be afraid to finish the day beating bank and
creek pockets. Remember clear water means light line will get

(03:15):
you more bites. Thanks for tuning in to your lake
of the Ozarks Fishing Report with artificial lure. Be sure
to subscribe so you never miss what's biting or where
to go next. This has been a quiet please production.
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