Thursday, June 2, 2011

Missouri Department of Conservation Statewide Fishing Report 6/2/2011

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: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and topwater lures; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers; all other species slow.




 (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Blind Pony Lake: 67 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 6/2/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 64 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie fair using minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms, cut shad, and chicken livers.
 (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 72 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 using worms, cut baits and stinkbaits.
 (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 72 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cicadas; all other species slow.


(Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 72 degrees, muddy; crappie slow, try minnows; white bass fair on spinners; black bass slow, try plastic worms; catfish fair using cut shad.


 (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 72 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 using worms, cut baits and stinkbaits.

 (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Little Dixie: 63 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair 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 6/2/2011)

    RIVERS

Lamine: falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Missouri (Middle): falling, muddy; channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead catfish fair on cut bait and live baits; all other species slow.
 (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 56 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie fair using minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms, cut shad, and chicken livers.
 (Report made on 6/2/2011)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

    LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 74 degrees, clear; full pool; bluegill, largemouth bass and redear sunfish good; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Montrose: 74 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good; all other species fair; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 80 degrees, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 83 degrees, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Truman: 70 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair using jigs and minnows; 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 6/1/2011)

Truman Tailwaters: 70 degrees, dingy; releasing 29,000 cfs; all species fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

    RIVERS

Missouri River: high, all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)



NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

    LAKES

Hunnewell: 78 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on Rooster Tails and plastic worms; channel catfish good on doughbait; crappie fair on Little Cleos; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Long Branch: 66 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on jigs and minnows along rocks and flooded trees; channel catfish good on bluegill, leeches and worms; flathead catfish good on setlines with live bait; hybrid striped bass fair on artificial lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Mark Twain: 68 degrees, high, 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 6/2/2011)

Sever: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on jigs under bobbers around the dam; channel catfish fair on earthworms; bluegill good on crickets; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/1/2011)

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 6/2/2011)

    RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 67 degrees, high, muddy; river at flood stage; channel catfish good on crayfish and stinkbait; flathead catfish good on bluegill and sunfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 73 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on prepared baits; drum good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)



NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100

    LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on cut bait; largemouth bass fair; crappie and bluegill good on live bait; walleye fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Mozingo: 70 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on cut bait; bluegill good near shore; crappie good over deep brush; largemouth bass good near shore; walleye fair on main lake points. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Paho: 70 degrees, high, dingy; hybrid striped bass good on natural baits; largemouth bass good in vegetation; channel catfish good on natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Pony Express: 70 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on jigs; bluegill good on worms; catfish good on chicken livers; all other species fair.  (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Smithville: 69 degrees, muddy; crappie fair, fish are moving back into 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 spinners, stickbaits and jigs; channel catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, shad, and prepared baits; white bass are fair in the creek arms of the lake on jigs and Road Runners; walleye fair on jigs, worms, and rattle baits on flat lake points. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

    RIVERS

Grand: 59 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish and blue catfish good; flathead catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 67 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)



OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

    LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Norfork: 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

    RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 68 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Big Piney (Upper): 65 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Bryant Creek: 68 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Current: 67 degrees, normal, clear; all species good on soft plastic baits and worms. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, high, dingy; rainbow trout fair on corn and prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 68 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits; channel catfish and drum fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Gasconade (upper): 69 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on live bait and soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Jacks Fork: 66 degrees, falling, clear; all species good on soft plastic baits. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

North Fork: 62 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)



SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

    LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 79 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Council Bluff: 72 degrees, high, clear; largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics and topwater lures during low light; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Cypress Lake: 78 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair in 3' depths using minnows and jigs, mostly smaller fish being caught; bluegill fair in 1'-3' depths using crickets, small jigs, and small pieces of worms; largemouth bass fair in 2'-3' depths on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair in 2'-3' depths using crickets, worms, and stinkbait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Duck Creek: 78 degrees, high, clear; warmouth sunfish and redear sunfish fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lake Girardeau: 64 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass and channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Perry County Lake: 80 degrees, normal, clear; redear sunfish good on crickets; channel catfish good on worms; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Robert DeLaney Lake: high, dingy; bluegill fair on crickets; channel catfish fair on livers, stinkbaits and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Wappapello: falling, crappie good on minnows and jigs in the spillway; bluegill good on crickets; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; all other species slow.  Call the Wappapello Lake Recreation Hotline for updates at 573-222-8139. (Report made on 6/2/2011)



RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 74 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on plastic baits or live minnows; bluegill fair on live worms; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Castor River (above Zalma): normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye fair on minnows; all other species slow.   (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): No report available.

Mississippi (below Charleston): high, muddy; channel catfish good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): 63 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; channel catfish fair on large minnows drifted in deeper holes; goggle-eye and redear sunfish fair on red worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 67 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits, worms, and liver; flathead catfish fair on live bait, small bluegill, and goldfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)



SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

    LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 68-70 degrees, high, dingy; Dam/Swan Creek area, black bass good on jigs and nightcrawlers; walleye good on jigs and nightcrawlers; Beaver Creek area, black bass good on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, high, clear; trout good on black or white marabou jigs, black/chrome and blue/chrome Rogues and black or white Rooster Tails, bubblegum or orange Power Baits are working well also. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Pomme de Terre: 71 degrees, water level is 7' high, upper stretches dingy with lower portion of the lake clear; largemouth bass good on plastic baits in submerged vegetation around shore; catfish good on limb lines, trotlines and pole and line using hotdogs, cut shad, and live bait; crappie fair on minnows or jigs over deep structure in 15' to 20' of water; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

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 slow, best with tube jigs near the bank in brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/31/2011)

Table Rock (James River arm): 70 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 6/2/2011)

Table Rock (main lake): 70 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 6/2/2011)



RIVERS

Big Niangua: 57 degrees, high, dingy; water levels still high; black bass slow, 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 5/31/2011)

James River (lower): 70 degrees, high, muddy; black bass and smallmouth bass good on nightcrawlers and plastic worms at morning and dusk; catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; goggle-eye fair on black spinners and minnows. (Report made on 5/31/2011)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

    LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 75 degrees, falling, 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 6/2/2011)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 74 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 6/2/2011)

    RIVERS

Big River: 66 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on liver and worms; black bass slow on minnows; carp good on dough balls; crappie slow on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 69 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on cut bait, worms and blood bait; black bass slow on minnows and crankbaits; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow on worms.
 (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 67 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good on natural baits; crappie slow; carp good on doughbait; drum good on worms; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Meramec (below Eureka): 68 degrees, falling, muddy; black bass slow; channel catfish good on natural baits; crappie slow; carp good on doughbait; drum good on worms. (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Missouri (below New Haven): 66 degrees, falling, muddy;  channel catfish  fair on worms and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/2/2011)



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,  red and black colored, red and white colored and black and yellow 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: white with glitter colored and yellow with glitter colored Power Baits, Trout Nip and salmon eggs.   Fishing hours for June are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Weed cutting is planned for June 21 and 22.  We will start around 8 a.m. and finish by 3 p.m.  We will start in Zone 3 and work our way upstream. (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Maramec Spring Park: 56 degrees, falling, dingy; 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 June are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.  (Report made on 6/2/2011)

Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, the river level is 6 inches higher than normal. The water is a little dingy. The river is very 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. June fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.


For up-to-date stream conditions check  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?07064440 (Report made on 6/1/2011)

Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, falling, dingy; 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 6/1/2011)

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