Legacy Lake Fishing Report

 

Last night, the middle school fly fishing club that I sponsor had our last fishing trip of the year at Legacy Lake in Lee's Summit, Missouri.  This lake is a little bit of a hidden gem and if you would like more details about the lake, just click here for to read a previous post about the lake.  The lake has crappie, chunky green sunfish, a good bass population, bluegill, and catfish.  I haven't fished here in a couple of years but the lake really hasn't changed much.  We weren't able to fish much of the shoreline because of aquatic vegetation but small boats are allowed on the lake if you can get them from the parking lot to the water.  One of our only options was to fish along the dam and that proved to be extremely productive.  

We ended up catching A LOT of 6-7 inch crappie but would occasionally hook a largemouth or oversized green sunfish.  The kids had a lot of fun with anything on the end of their line which was fun to see and listen to.  I was also fortunate to catch a 12 inch crappie as well as a largemouth that went 3 pounds, 6 ounces.  Every fish was caught on a 1/80 ounce jig under a float and most were caught on a Standard.  Between this fly and a lunch money, these flies have really produced this spring and landed some memorable fish.  Speaking of memories, I will appreciate the fact that a bass over three pounds felt inclined to bite a fly that small, stay hooked, and gooseneck my four weight rod!