Artificial Lure coming to you on a cool late fall Sunday, November 9th, 2025, with the latest fishing report from Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. The sun rose at 6:43 this morning and you’ll see it set tonight just after 5:00 PM. We’re fishing under a waning gibbous moon, with the major bite windows running early—best action right around sunrise, between 6:20 and 8:20 AM, with another flurry near dusk, 6:36 to 8:36 PM according to FishingReminder.

Weather’s classic autumn Ozarks—highs topping out in the mid-60s, low 40s by evening, mostly clear skies and just a whisper of a northwest breeze ruffling the main lake. Water temps are sitting in the upper 50s. No tide out here, folks; it’s all wind and moon.

Bass remain the main target as the late fall transition sets in. Local tournaments this week reported plenty of keepers, with several boats catching limits in the 12 to 16-pound range, including a few chunky largemouths over 4 pounds. Crappie are biting, mostly mid-depth on brush piles near secondary points and docks—good slabs coming in between 10 and 14 inches. Anglers working deeper creek channels are still finding scattered schools of hybrids and white bass, and the occasional walleye.

Right now, the hot baits for bass are wakebaits and crankbaits in shad patterns, plus green pumpkin soft plastics fished Texas-rig or free rig, especially creature baits and worms. Major League Fishing highlighted the wakebait bite—slow retrieve with natural or sexy shad colors, especially where the wind puts a chop over clear water. If it clouds up or gets windy, reach for the brighter colors. Top pros are running 7-foot medium to medium-heavy rods, throwing mono for topwater or fluorocarbon for cranks.

Crappie anglers are using 1/16 oz jigs tipped with minnows, focusing on brush piles in 10–20 feet. Night bite’s still good around dock lights near Jennings Branch Cove and Watson Hollow Cove. The biggest slabs were landed with chartreuse and purple tubes.

Hot spots worth hitting today:
- Bagnell Dam tailwaters—early AM for white bass and hybrids, live shad best.
- Jennings Branch Cove—brush pile crappie, active until mid-morning.
- Osage River arm docks, especially behind blue springs, are loaded with largemouth and spotted bass chasing shad.

Don’t overlook the brush piles between Lotell Hollow and Pogue Hollow—local sticks keep hauling in quality crappie and spotted bass all week. If you’re after numbers, the Grand Glaize arm is producing steady action on bass and crappie.

Remember, fish slow and deliberate as water cools. Spinnerbaits, jigs, and small swimbaits are putting bigger bass in the boat near midday. And don’t forget to check your electronics for shad balls—where there’s bait, there’s bites.

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