Lake Ozark sunrise

August 8, 2006

Fishing, at least the lazy way I do it, is an exercise in futility in August. The water is at 87 degrees, there is no oxygen below about 20 feet, and the bass disappear. I like to fish around the shoreline and the many boat docks, but until the schools of shad reappear in the coves in late September, the only bass around are a few disoriented one-year-olds, maybe twelve inches long at the most.

But I still go fishing for casting practice and because it’s just plain pleasant to be out on the water at sunrise, before the boat traffic gets worrisome. On a recent morning trip I laid down my rod and picked up my camera. Here are a few shots to commemorate a beautiful lake sunrise from the water,

The sunrise from 3 mile marker.