Image via WikipediaPLEASE 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: 79 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures and plastic Gulps; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Blind Pony Lake: 75 degrees, low, dingy; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and topwater lures; 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 6/22/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 67 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on cut baits, stinkbaits, chicken livers and worms.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 83 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms, cut baits, and stinkbaits.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 83 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms, cut baits and stinkbaits.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 83 degrees, muddy; crappie slow, try minnows and jigs; white bass slow, try spinners; black bass slow, try plastic worms; catfish fair on cut shad and live bait.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 83 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms, cut baits and stinkbaits.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
Little Dixie: 73 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and topwater lures; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers; crappie fair on minnows; 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 6/22/2011)
RIVERS
Lamine: high, muddy; flathead catfish and channel catfish fair on setlines baited with live bluegill and small creek chubs upstream; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Missouri (Middle): high, muddy; flathead catfish fair in tributaries on live bait; blue and channel catfish fair on live bait and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 68 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on cut baits, stinkbaits, chicken livers and worms.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 82 degrees, clear; full pool; largemouth bass good; channel catfish, crappie, bluegill and redear sunfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Montrose: 74 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish and black bass fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 80 degrees, clear; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 83 degrees, clear; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Truman: 81 degrees, high, clear; crappie good on main lake points using jigs and minnows; black bass fair on main lake points using crankbaits and plastic worms; catfish fair using cut bait or shad; white bass and hybrid bass fair using spoons. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Truman Tailwaters: 81 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, the river is flooded; all species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 82 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on chicken liver and stinkbaits; bluegill fair on crickets and red wigglers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Long Branch: 75 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish and blue catfish good on rod and reel along rip-rap off Hwy AX using stinkbaits and leeches; channel catfish and blue catfish good on setlines using live baits and cut bait; flathead catfish fair on setlines using live baits and cut bait; crappie good using jigs and minnows near rocks, coves with flooded timber and trolling near dam; carp piping in the coves; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Mark Twain: 71 degrees, high, dingy; lake temperature taken at the dam; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; channel catfish fair on live sunfish; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; white bass good on small crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Sever: 78 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbait and liver; bluegill good on crickets; black bass fair on jig and pig; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Thomas Hill: 82 degrees, high, dingy; water temperature 90 degrees at warm water boat dock; channel catfish good on Stinking Creek arm off Hwy T with shad sides; largemouth bass fair using lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 74 degrees, high, muddy; above flood stage; access difficult due to flooding; drum fair on nightcrawlers; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; sturgeon fair on nightcrawlers; flathead catfish fair on live baits; blue catfish fair on cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 74 degrees, rising, muddy; water levels are fluctuating day to day; all species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 75 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on cut bait; black bass good on topwater lures; bluegill, walleye and crappie fair. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Mozingo: 80 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair; crappie fair on jigs over brush; bluegill fair on worms in shallow water; channel catfish good on cut bait; walleye good on crankbaits. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Paho: 72 degrees, normal, clear; an abundance of submerged vegetation has produced good trophy largemouth bass fishing with artificial plastic baits in shallows in low light conditions; channel catfish are being taken on stinkbaits fished at the edge of the flooded grasses and willows; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Pony Express: 72 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good using stinkbait and chicken livers; largemouth bass good on topwater baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Smithville: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair; spawn mostly over and are moving to deeper water and cover, biting on minnows and jigs in deeper tree cover near bay entrances; largemouth bass fair in shallow water on a wide variety of lures including spinnerbaits, stickbaits and jigs; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers, shad and prepared baits; white bass slow; walleye fair on jigs, worms or rattle baits on flat lake points. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
RIVERS
Grand: 72 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish and blue catfish fair; flathead catfish slow; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 70 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow; all recreational boating has been restricted by the U.S. Coast Guard from Iowa line to St. Joseph. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 84 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics; catfish fair on limb lines and trotlines. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Norfork: 84 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics; catfish fair on limb lines and trotlines. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on jigs and soft plastic baits. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Big Piney (Upper): 71 degrees, low, clear; black bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Bryant Creek: 73 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Current: 74 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on suspended rigs with soft plastic baits; all other species good on live baits and plastics. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and prepared baits; all other species good on natural baits. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits and jigs. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Gasconade (upper): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass, sunfish, and goggle-eye fair on nightcrawlers and soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Jacks Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on spinnerbaits; goggle-eye good on soft plastics. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
North Fork: 68 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 81 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Council Bluff: 81 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics; channel catfish fair on liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Cypress Lake: 80 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good in 2'-3' depths using crickets, worms, and stinkbait; crappie fair in 3' depths using minnows and jigs; bluegill and redear sunfish good in 1'-3' depths using crickets, small jigs, and small pieces of worms; largemouth bass fair in 2'-3' depths on spinnerbaits and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Duck Creek: high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lake Girardeau: 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Perry County Lake: 82 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on plastic worms; sunfish good on crickets; channel catfish good on worms. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Robert DeLaney Lake: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill and warmouth fair on crickets and waxworms close to the bank; channel, blue and flathead catfish fair on worms, live sunfish and stinkbait; crappie slow on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Wappapello: high, black bass fair early and late on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on trotlines using live bait. Call the Wappapello Lake Recreation Hotline for updates at 573-222-8139. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 74 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye slow on plastic baits. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on minnows; all other species good. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): high, muddy; channel catfish fair on live bait; black bass fair in backwater areas on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Mississippi (below Charleston): rising, muddy; blue and channel catfish good on worms in the river and backwater chutes; crayfish good in backwater ditches and floodplains; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): high, muddy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and chicken livers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, dingy; channel catfish good on large minnows and nightcrawlers; black bass good on topwater lures early morning and late evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 72 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits, worms and chicken liver; flathead catfish good on live bait; bluegill fair on waxworms and red wigglers; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; black bass slow. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 78-81 degrees, high, clear; Dam/Swan Creek area: black bass good on jigs, soft plastics, and nightcrawlers; white bass fair on swimming minnows; walleye fair on jerkbaits; Beaver Creek area: black bass good on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; trout good on flies and black, white, and olive colored marabou jigs or fluorescent orange, chartreuse, and bubblegum colored Power Baits, nightcrawlers and corn. (Report made on 6/22/2011)
Pomme de Terre: 85 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic baits around submerged structure and points; crappie good on minnows and jigs around structure in 15' of water; catfish good on live bait using trotlines. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Stockton: 78 degrees, high, clear; catfish good on liver and nightcrawlers; crappie good on minnows and tube jigs in 10' to 15' of water near brush piles; walleye good on jigs and minnows while jigging on bottom off main points and brush piles; black bass good on jigs and Critter Craws on points in the evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Table Rock (James River arm): 83 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill good on live crickets, nightcrawlers or mealworms in 10' to 15' of water around bridge piers and standing timber in clean water; black bass fair while dragging 1 oz. jigs with a purple/green trailer on points in 6' to 10' of water, also try crankbaits that dive 6' to 14' deep; catfish fair on nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, and cut baits on pole and line or on live bait on limb lines and trotlines; white bass fair on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors, best time is in the evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Table Rock (main lake): 83 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill good on live crickets, nightcrawlers or mealworms in 10' to 15' of water around bridge piers and standing timber in clean water; black bass fair while dragging 1 oz. jigs with a purple/green trailer on points in 6' to 10' of water, also try crankbaits that dive 6' to 14' deep; catfish fair on nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, and cut baits on pole and line or on live bait on limb lines and trotlines; white bass fair on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors, best time is in the evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 66 degrees, high, dingy; trout fair, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; black bass slow, best on soft plastics; goggle-eye slow, best on soft plastics and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/21/2011)
James River (lower): 85 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye good on minnows and spinners and on Road Runners in the streams; black bass fair on nightcrawlers and crankbaits off the points; catfish fair on cut baits and nightcrawlers using trotlines and limb lines; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on natural baits; black bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; please remove your litter. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on blood baits; limit 4; bluegill fair on natural baits; black bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; please remove litter.
(Report made on 6/23/2011)
RIVERS
Big River: 78 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on worms; black bass fair on worms; crappie slow on minnows; bluegill fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 75 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish slow on cut bait, worms and blood bait; black bass slow on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; bluegill fair on worms; all other species slow on worms.
(Report made on 6/23/2011)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 78 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on blood bait, bluegill and doughbait; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; crappie slow on jigs; bluegill fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Meramec (below Eureka): 72 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on blood bait, bluegill and doughbait; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; crappie slow on jigs; bluegill fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Missouri (below New Haven): 72 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, the spring level is near normal; 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, red and black colored, pink and white colored and salmon and brown colored marabou jigs, green and black with a gold spinner and black colored with a silver spinner Rooster Tails, shrimp colored, chartreuse colored and red and white colored glo balls, red colored and olive colored brassies; Zone 3 best lures: white with glitter colored and yellow with glitter colored Power Baits, white colored Trout Nip and salmon eggs. Fishing hours for June are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Due to heavy weed cover we will finish cutting weeds Tuesday, June 28, and possibly Wednesday, June 29. Sorry for any inconvenience. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Maramec Spring Park: 56 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; the water is slowly falling and 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 June are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Report made on 6/23/2011)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; the river level is normal; the water is clear; fishing is good on most baits; dough and putty baits are working well, as are flies and jigs; the best fishing is during the morning and evening hours. June fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
For up-to-date stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/
Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, the river is clear and running normal; fishing has been very good; 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; nightcrawlers and minnows are good in Zone 3.
(Report made on 6/22/2011)
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