PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations may apply to designated portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all portions.
CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 68 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and topwater lures; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on cicadas and nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
(Report made on 5/24/2011)
Blind Pony Lake: 65 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good; sunfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow; the lake is closed to private boats, and bait held or transported in containers with water is prohibited. (Report made on 5/24/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 59 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass season opens May 28th, try worms, dark colored soft plastic worms; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails; crappie fair using crappie jigs and minnows; catfish good on cut shad, chicken livers and worms.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 64 degrees, muddy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastic worms, buzzbaits and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; crappie good on crappie jigs and minnows; catfish good on worms and cut baits.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 64 degrees, muddy; crappie fair; black bass fair; white bass slow; catfish good.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 64 degrees, muddy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastic worms, buzzbaits and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; crappie good on crappie jigs and minnows; catfish good on worms and cut baits.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 64 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastic worms, buzzbaits and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; crappie good on crappie jigs and minnows; catfish good on worms and cut baits.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Little Dixie: 60 degrees, high, muddy; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; all other species slow. Area closed to all activity between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Lamine: rising, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Missouri (Middle): rising, muddy; channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead catfish good on cut bait and live baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 55 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass season opens May 28th, try worms, dark colored soft plastic worms; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails; crappie fair using crappie jigs and minnows; catfish good on cut shad, chicken livers and worms.
(Report made on 5/25/2011)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 68 degrees, clear; full pool; bluegill, largemouth bass and redear sunfish good; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Montrose: 67 degrees, high, muddy; catfish fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 70 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good, all other species fair. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 71 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Truman: 66 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good using jigs; black bass fair using spinnerbaits and jigs; catfish fair using cut bait or shad; white bass and hybrid bass fair using jigs. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Truman Tailwaters: 66 degrees, dingy; releasing 22,300 cfs; crappie good; white bass and catfish fair. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, catfish fair using goldfish. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 75 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on Shad Raps and chicken liver; bluegill good on crickets; crappie good on Twister Tails; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Long Branch: 65 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; channel catfish and flathead catfish fair on live bait and liver; hybrid stripers fair on trotlines on artificial lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Mark Twain: 68 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on all types of jigs and minnows; channel catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Sever: 71 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; bluegill fair on crickets; channel catfish good on liver and stinkbaits; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Thomas Hill: 70 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish fair on setlines; small channel catfish fair on live bait; crappie fair on jigs and minnows in the rocks; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 61 degrees, high, muddy; river near flood stage; channel catfish fair on worms and live bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 72 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on cut bait; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and plastics; crappie, walleye and bluegill slow on live bait. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Mozingo: 68 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good in shallow water; crappie good on deep brush; bluegill fair in shallows with worms; channel catfish good on cut bait; walleye good on jigs or crankbaits. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Paho: 68 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and crayfish at the road tubes on the north end of the lake and at the spillway located at the southwest corner of the dam. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Pony Express: 71 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass good on topwater baits; bluegill good on worms; crappie good on jigs; channel catfish good on Sonny's doughbait; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Smithville: 67 degrees, the lake is muddy in the arms with clearer water on the main lake; crappie fair, the spawn is mostly over, so fish are moving back into deeper water and cover, try minnows and/or jigs in deeper tree cover near bay entrances; black bass fair in shallow water on a wide variety of lures, try spinnerbaits, stickbaits and jigs; catfish fair on nightcrawlers, shad, and prepared baits; white bass fair in the creek arms on jigs and Road Runners; walleye fair on jigs, worms, and rattle baits on flat lake points. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Grand: 58 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish and blue catfish good; flathead catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 65 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish and carp fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 68 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Norfork: 68 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 65 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Big Piney (Upper): 64 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Bryant Creek: 67 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Current: 64 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 65 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Gasconade (upper): 65 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Jacks Fork: 65 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
North Fork: 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Council Bluff: 67 degrees, high, clear; largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Cypress Lake: 72 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair in 2'-3' depths using minnows and jigs; bluegill fair in 1'-3' depths using crickets, small jigs, and worms; largemouth bass fair in 2'-3' depths on minnows and jigs, spinnerbaits and Rattle Traps; channel catfish fair in 2'-3' depths using crickets, worms, and stinkbait; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Duck Creek: 78 degrees, high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Lake Girardeau: 64 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; bluegill and redear sunfish fair on crickets and jigs; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/23/2011)
Perry County Lake: 77 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on worms; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Robert DeLaney Lake: high, dingy; crappie fair along the bank on jigs and minnows; bluegill fair on crickets, worms, and waxworms. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Wappapello: high, muddy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; all other species slow. Wappapello Lake is still very high and most of the access points are still closed. Highway T just below the emergency spillway was destroyed when the water topped the spillway. Call the Wappapello Lake Recreation Hotline for updates at 573-222-8139. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 68 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on minnows and artificial bait; all other species slow. Black bass season closed until May 28, 2011. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Castor River (above Zalma): normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye fair on minnows; all other species slow. Black bass season opens May 28. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): high, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms and live bait; crappie fair on minnows; black bass fair on minnows and jigs (prohibited from harvest until the fourth Saturday in May); all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Mississippi (below Charleston): falling, muddy; channel catfish fair in floodwaters on worms and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): 61 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): high, dingy; water levels extremely high; fishing limited due to levees being closed; all accesses remain closed. (Report made on 5/23/2011)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 65 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on brown/watermelon colored jigs, brown Shakey Head worms and crayfish type soft plastics in 15'-20' of water; white bass good on white sliders and purple or white swimming minnows below Powersite Dam; walleye good on Rogues below Powersite Dam. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, high, clear; a flow advisory is in effect; trout good on white marabou jigs, Rooster Tails, and crankbaits. (Report made on 5/25/2011)
Pomme de Terre: 69 degrees, high, dingy; water level is 8.7' high; largemouth bass good on spinning baits and plastic baits in submerged vegetation and around points in 12' of water or less; crappie good on minnows or jigs in 3'-8' of water along outside edges of vegetation staged 2' below a bobber or in deeper water over established fish attractors; catfish good on limb lines using hotdogs, shad, liver, crayfish or worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Stockton: 65 degrees, high, clear; black bass good on crankbaits off banks in 12' of water and Texas rigged in 8' of water; catfish good on nightcrawlers and shrimp; crappie good with tube jigs near the bank in brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Table Rock (James River arm): 66 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on white or white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, also try gray or white grubs on a 1/22 oz. jig; Carolina rigging plastic worms is also producing bites on plum, purple, motor oil or watermelon colored baits; catfish good on pole and line using Yellow Fins, creek chubs, nightcrawlers, stinkbaits and cut bait, trotlines also working well; smallmouth bass good on white or shad colored Super Flukes or Slug-Go; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Table Rock (main lake): 66 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on white or white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, also try gray or white grubs on a 1/2 oz. jig; Carolina rigging plastic worms is also producing bites on plum, purple, motor oil or watermelon colored baits; catfish good on pole and line using Yellow Fins, creek chubs, nightcrawlers, stinkbaits and cut bait, trotlines also working well; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 56 degrees, high, dingy; water levels still high; black bass slow, catch and release only until May 28, best on soft plastics; goggle-eye slow, best on soft plastics and jigs; trout slow, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/24/2011)
James River (lower): 65 degrees, high, muddy; black bass and smallmouth bass (catch and release until May 28) good on nightcrawlers and plastic worms at morning and dusk; catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 73 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; catfish fair on stinkbaits and chicken liver; limit 4; crappie good on tube & curly tail jigs and minnows; please remove litter. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 73 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and chicken liver due to recent stocking; limit 4; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; limit 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 5/26/2011)
RIVERS
Big River: 65 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on liver, cut bait and worms; catch and release only black bass (until May 28) slow on minnows; carp slow on dough balls; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 69 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on cut bait, worms and blood bait; all other species slow on worms.
(Report made on 5/26/2011)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 64 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow due to recent high water. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Meramec (below Eureka): 63 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow due to heavy rains. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Missouri (below New Haven): 66 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, the spring level is near normal and still clearing; Zone 1 and 2 best lures: John Deere colored mini jigs, ginger colored and brown colored bead head Cracklebacks, gingersnap with 8 oz. gold head colored, pink and white colored and black and yellow colored and yellow and chartreuse colored marabou jigs, black colored with a silver spinner and white colored with a silver spinner Rooster Tails, shrimp colored, chartreuse colored and easter egg colored glo balls; Zone 3 best lures: orange colored and orange with sparkles colored Power Baits, yellow corn and salmon eggs. Fishing hours for May are 6:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. Fishing hours for June are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Maramec Spring Park: 55 degrees, fishing is good; the water is within the banks and dingy due to rains in the area but is slowly clearing up; dough and putty baits are producing good numbers; fish free floating or underneath a float; feather jigs in black/yellow, olive, white, and pink are producing good numbers of fish; fishing hours for the month of May are 6:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. (Report made on 5/26/2011)
Montauk State Park: 56 degrees, due to recent rain the river level is higher than normal. The water is dingy. The river is fishable. Fishing is good on most baits and flies with bright colors and scented baits working the best. The best fishing is during the morning and evening hours. May fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.
For up-to-date stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/
Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, the stream is off color and above normal; the river is dropping and should get to a good level by the weekend; plastic worms and power eggs are working very well; use scented baits in zones allowed; spinners are good; Rooster Tail-type spinners in black, brown, olive and bright orange have all been good.
(Report made on 5/26/2011)
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