James A. Reed morning fishing 4/29/11

Five of us fished James A. Reed Wildlife area in Lee's Summit Friday, April 29th - Ray, Jim, Kyle, Al Bauer and myself.  (Al fished his first fly rod for the first time!). We fished 3 lakes - Bluestem & Nell which were very muddy and Gopher which was a little clearer. The water temperature was still in the 50's so the fish weren't too active. We caught around 15 - 20 fish or so, being small blue gill, black crappie, and a small bass. Best flies were woolly buggers and similar weighted flies mostly on the bottom. All the fishing was from shorelines. We ended up eating lunch there on what ended up being a windy day. They have now opened the new entrance to the north of the old entrance, and will open the new building / headquarters in a few more weeks. We're guessing they'll be some decent fishing when it warms up a little.

Terry

Kyle & Crappie

Al

Jim

Ray