Fishing near Sedalia, Missouri

Look for Sedalia in the Pettis County part of Missouri. There are about 21,516 people here. Sorted by how far you drive: Lake Alcolac (3.0 miles), Lake Bubida (3.6 miles) to the south-east, Hermora Lake (5.9 miles) with Lake Tebo (7.6 miles) to the south-west. Standing timber shows on Lake Alcolac when the level falls, and it holds fish. Most of this was built rather than formed. Where two depths meet, work the seam between them. Ice comes and goes from one winter to the next. Some winters give nothing at all in the way of a lid. Lake Alcolac, the closest, runs to roughly 21 acres. Break-up on local water lands around early March. Across Pettis County, recorded fish include orangethroat darter, green sunfish, longear sunfish, bluegill and johnny darter. What you have close by is mostly dammed water. All of the above sit within reach of Sedalia, which is the practical point....