Here is the letter we received regarding the meeting this coming Tuesday evening.
Hopefully some of you can attend to support the idea as I am sure there will be plenty
of people in attendance to oppose it. Get there if you can.

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To Whom It May Concern:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be hosting a meeting on
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 6:30 pm at the Harbor Inn, 18522 Harbortown
Road, Monroe City, Missouri.   The topic of the meeting will be the Mark Twain
Lake Water Control Plan, particularly the portion of the plan that deals with
the moderation of lake levels concerning the annual fish spawn.  

The Corps of Engineers thanks you in advance for your attendance at
this meeting.  To RSVP or make inquiries about this event, please contact
the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at 573-735-4097.

Sincerely,
Maggie Queen

Mark Twain Lake Project Office
20642 Hwy J
Monroe City, MO 63456
PH: 573/735-4097
FAX: 573/735-2750
EMAIL: Clara.M.Queen@usace.army.mil

On Saturday, March 21 the Corp will again be dropping Christmas trees into areas of the lake for structure. Anyone wishing to help can report to the John Spalding Recreation area at 9:00 am. If you can bring a boat that would help, but is not necessary. We will be more than happy if you just bring yourself as the more help we have the easier it will be and the sooner we will get done. Besides the obvious benefits of helping the fish out you will also know where the trees are dropped for future reference. Thats a win-win for sure. Call us here at the resort if you have any questions.

The ice is gone from the lake! I was just at the ramp at Southfork and 107 and they are open and I didn’t see any ice anywhere. Lots of waves, but no ice. We received about 1.25″ of rain since last night so the water level should be on the rise. The level is just over 604 right now. By the looks of the weather it won’t be any kind of heat wave this weekend, but no rain either. As long as the wind isn’t blowing to beat the band a person could actually get out on the water. According to Bill (see the comments in the last post) the crappie are biting pretty good over on Thomas Hill. I did some research on the Crappie Rockets mentioned in a previous post as well. I like the looks of them and talked with C.W. and liked what I heard from him so we have added them to our tackle inventory and should receive our first shipment soon. Take a look at them here or even on-line if you want to see them. There is a link to them on our “links” page. I can’t wait to try them out. — On another note, I would like to review the procedure for posting comments to these posts  just to make sure everyone that has the desire to do so can do it easily. Under the post you will see the word “comments” in blue. It will either say no comments or it will have a number in front denoting how many comments have already been made to that post. Just click on the word, type in your comments and click on “submit”. Thats all there is to it. We really enjoy reading the comments and I believe they are what makes these posts and this blog work. I will always do my best to get answers to any questions.

The spring season for turkey has been set. The youth season is April 4-5. The regular season is April 20-May 10. The fall season is Oct 1-31. The spring season only allows for 2 bearded birds with not more than 1 taken during the 1st week of the season and not more than 1 on any day. Please make sure you read the regulations for all the details. We are taking reservations here at the resort and part of the season is already full so please plan early. I have seen quite a few birds this winter. For the latest on area fishing please read the comments section from the last post. Hopefully we are done with the worst of the winter weather. Not likely, but hey, I can dream right?

We really do like water don’t we. The lake looks like it crested today at about 630.5′.

• The start time for the Bud Lite Tournament this weekend has been pushed back to 8:00 AM for both days of the tourney. There is some junk floating about. Be Careful Out There!! The new hours according to the Chamber of Commerce website is 8-4 Saturday and 8-3 on Sunday.
• The crappies have been pretty tough this week with people catching lots of smaller fish, but not to many big ones, although one guy did come in and told Mary he caught one that went 16.5″. That is one big fish. We are hoping to get a picture from him. Till then it’s just a rumor.
• The weather is supposed to be fantastic all weekend so get out there and enjoy it, or better yet come here and enjoy it.

I don’t care what the St. Louis Post Dispatch says, the lake is NOT open only during the daylight hours(the lake is open for normal use), the water is NOT all muddy, and the fishing is NOT slow. Any of you that are following these posts know that the folks that are coming to the lake and fishing are doing pretty good with the fishing. The crappies are still biting just fine. Look at the pictures I just posted from a couple of guys staying here at the resort. We have no reason to think the fishing will slow down soon as fall is just around the corner and we know what that does for fishing. The water is at 612′ and still going down about a foot per day. No idea how far down they will draw it, but I will try to find out.

• Crappies: Good on Minnows. Find the wood under the water and move around
• Catfish: Good to great. Goldfish, crawlers, Shadsides
• White Bass: ok, not sure where they are finding the nice ones, but they are.
• Black Bass: Good. Again, not sure what they are doing, but there are a lot of nice ones being caught.