Fishing Crystal Blue Lake in Marion County, Missouri

• Overview

  You will find Crystal Blue Lake in Marion County, Missouri. The bank gives way to rolling hill. This is a pocket water of some 15 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Nearest town is Hannibal, 6.6 miles off. For a city, Columbia is 67 miles off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here. The road to Hannibal runs southwest.

• Where to Fish on Crystal Blue Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Marion County records list green sunfish, johnny darter, orangethroat darter and bluegill among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Crystal Blue Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 77°F in July and bottoms out near 26°F in January. Most months fish reasonably, given the right weather. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. On Crystal Blue Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Charles Ransdell Lake is 0.4 miles distant. The position on Crystal Blue Lake is worth confirming on the day.