# Lake of the Ozarks Fishing Report – December 3rd, 2025
Well hey there, folks, this is Artificial Lure bringing you your early winter fishing update from right here on Lake of the Ozarks. We're in that transition period where things are starting to heat up, and I've got some solid intel to share with you today.
**Current Conditions & Fish Activity**
Winter bite is firing on all cylinders out here right now. We just wrapped up an incredibly tough tournament week where conditions were downright brutal – we're talking major shad kill, frigid water, and fish that didn't want to cooperate. But here's the thing: the anglers who figured it out absolutely crushed it. Cole Breeden just took down the Toyota Series event with a 40-pound-13-ounce total, and get this – he was the only pro to catch a limit three days straight. That tells you something about consistency and pattern recognition.
**What's Working**
Breeden was absolutely dialed in with a Berkley Stunna 112+1 jerkbait in that worn-out Table Rock colorway. He was fishing brush in 12 to 18 feet of water, letting those suspending jerkbaits sink on long casts. Most of the bass were hugging the bottom of brush piles, and he had to coax them up as a school to trigger bites.
On day three, he switched things up and threw a float-and-fly setup – basically a homemade jig with bucktail on a slip bobber – and that's what sealed the win with a key 5-pounder.
**Hot Spots & Strategy**
Focus on flat, secondary points and creek mouths. Breeden was running new water throughout the event, targeting pockets in creeks and flat banks where brush was congregating. These shallow secondary structures are holding numbers of fish right now.
The lake is in good condition at a solid level for winter fishing. With snow in the forecast, fishing should really pick up as conditions stabilize.
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