Thursday, June 16, 2011

Weekly Fishing Report, 6/16/2011 MDC

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.  
Link to Regs:
http://mdc.mo.gov


    LAKES

Binder: 79 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms or frogs; bluegill good on crickets and river worms; all other species slow.




 (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Blind Pony Lake: 75 degrees, low, dingy; sunfish fair on nightcrawlers; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and topwater lures; 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 6/15/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 66 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms, dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits;
white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and light colored Rooster Tails; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using cut shad, worms, chicken livers and stinkbaits.

 (Report made on 6/15/2011)




 Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 82 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics, crankbaits and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good using cut baits and stinkbaits.
 (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 82 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cicadas; all other species slow.




 (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 82 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 6/16/2011)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 82 degrees, dingy; 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 6/16/2011)

Little Dixie: 71 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows; bluegill good on worms and crickets; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut baits; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; 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 6/15/2011)


RIVERS

Lamine: high, muddy; flathead catfish and channel catfish fair on setlines baited with live bluegill and small creek chubs upstream from the I-70 bridge; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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 6/16/2011)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 66 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try worms, dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits;
white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and light colored Rooster Tails; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using cut shad, worms, chicken livers and stinkbaits.
 (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

    LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 78 degrees, clear; full pool; largemouth bass good; channel catfish, bluegill and redear sunfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Montrose: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish and black bass fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 82 degrees, clear; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 85 degrees, clear; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Truman: 78 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on main lake points using jigs and minnows; black bass good 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 6/16/2011)

Truman Tailwaters: 78 degrees, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

    RIVERS

Missouri River: high, the river is flooded; all species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

    LAKES

Hunnewell: 78 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; channel catfish good on chicken liver; crappie fair on Little Cleos; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Long Branch: 76 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; flathead catfish fair on setlines using live baits; crappie good using jigs and minnows next to bank; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Mark Twain: 76 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows 15-17' in timber; channel catfish fair on goldfish and live sunfish; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Sever: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on hotdogs and Sonny's dip bait; black bass fair on Texas and Carolina rigged baits; bluegill fair on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Thomas Hill: 78 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on setlines using live bait and chicken liver; crappie fair in deeper water near brush piles using minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

    RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 75 degrees, high, muddy; above flood stage; access difficult due to flooding; flathead catfish good on live sunfish and goldfish; channel catfish good on stinkbaits; blue catfish good on cut bait; carp fair on worms; drum fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 74 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on cut bait and worms; carp good on worms; buffalo good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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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 6/16/2011)

Mozingo: 75 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good near shore; bluegill fair on worms; crappie good on jigs; channel catfish good on cut bait; walleye good on nightcrawlers and crankbaits. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Paho: 72 degrees, high, clear; fishing pressure light; largemouth bass and channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Pony Express: 74 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good using stinkbait and chicken livers; largemouth bass good on topwater baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Smithville: 75 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie fair, the spawn is mostly over so 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 shallows on a wide variety of lures including spinners, stickbaits and jigs; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers, shad, and prepared baits; white bass slow; walleye fair on jigs and rattle baits on flat lake points. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

    RIVERS

Grand: 70 degrees, falling, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 70 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

    LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 84 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on soft plastics; catfish fair on limb lines. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Norfork: 84 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on soft plastics; catfish fair on limb lines. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

    RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on jigs and soft plastic baits.  (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Big Piney (Upper): 70 degrees, normal, clear; black bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Bryant Creek: 74 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Current: 71 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on worms and soft plastic baits. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and prepared baits; all other species good on natural baits. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on jigs and soft plastic baits; channel catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Gasconade (upper): 79 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass, sunfish, and goggle-eye fair on live bait and soft plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Jacks Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on spinnerbaits; goggle-eye good on soft plastics. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

North Fork: 67 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

    LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 81 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Council Bluff: 80 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics and topwater lures during low light periods; bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms and crickets in 4'-5' depths; channel catfish fair on liver and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Cypress Lake: 81 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 fair 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 6/15/2011)

Duck Creek: 83 degrees, high, clear; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Lake Girardeau: 77 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass and channel catfish good on worms; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Perry County Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; redear sunfish good on crickets; channel catfish good on worms; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; crappie fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Robert DeLaney Lake: 73 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and worms; black bass good on crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Wappapello: falling, crappie good on minnows and jigs near creek and river channels; bluegill good on crickets; channel catfish fair on trotlines at night using live bait and nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair early and late using spinnerbaits.  Call the Wappapello Lake Recreation Hotline for updates at 573-222-8139. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

    RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 74 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on crayfish colored plastic baits; bluegill fair on live worms or crickets; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; smallmouth bass fair on minnows; all other species slow.   (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and live bait; black bass fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Mississippi (below Charleston): 70 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on pole and line using worms and cut bait or on trotlines using cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): rising, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, dingy; black bass good on topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 75 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and chicken liver; flathead catfish good on live bait; bluegill good on crickets and artificial bait; crappie fair on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

    LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 70-75 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 6/16/2011)

Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, high, clear; trout good on black/white marabou jigs, Rooster Tails, black/chrome and blue/chrome Rogues, and orange and bubblegum Power Baits, floating nightcrawlers and corn are also working well. (Report made on 6/15/2011)

Pomme de Terre: 84 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 6/16/2011)

Stockton: 75 degrees, high, clear; black bass good on rubber worms and jigs in 5' to 10' of water off points; catfish good on nightcrawlers and shrimp; crappie slow, best on minnows or tube jigs in 10' to 15' of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/14/2011)

Table Rock (James River arm): 80 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, and cut baits using pole and line, also good on live bait such as 2" to 3" perch or goldfish using limb lines and trotlines; black bass good while dragging jigs on points in 6' to 10' of water with green 1 oz. jigs with a purple/brown trailer, also try crankbaits that dive 6' to 14' deep; white bass fair on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors in the evening; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Table Rock (main lake): 80 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, and cut baits using pole and line, also good on live bait such as 2" to 3" perch or goldfish using limb lines and trotlines; black bass good while dragging jigs on points in 6' to 10' of water with green 1 oz. jigs with a purple/brown trailer, also try crankbaits that dive 6' to 14' deep; white bass fair on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors in the evening; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/16/2011)

    RIVERS

Big Niangua: 65 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair, best on soft plastics; trout fair, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; goggle-eye slow, best on soft plastics and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

James River (lower): 83 degrees, normal, clear; black bass and smallmouth bass good on nightcrawlers and topwater lures in the morning and at dusk; catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers using trotlines and limb lines; crappie good on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

    LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 78 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; catfish fair on stinkbaits and chicken liver; limit 4; crappie slow; please remove litter. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and chicken liver; limit 4; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; limit 4; please remove litter.


 (Report made on 6/16/2011)

    RIVERS

Big River: 72 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on liver and shrimp; black bass slow on minnows; carp fair on dough balls; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on cut bait, worms and blood bait; black bass slow on minnows; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow on worms.
 (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 72 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on prepared baits; black bass slow on dark plastic baits; all other species slow.  (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Meramec (below Eureka): 72 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair; channel catfish fair on natural baits; crappie fair; carp good on doughbait; drum good on worms. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Missouri (below New Haven): 72 degrees, rising, muddy;  channel catfish  fair on worms and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/16/2011)

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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,  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 6/16/2011)

Maramec Spring Park: 56 degrees, 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 6/16/2011)

Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, the river level is 3 inches higher than 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/nwis/uv?07064440 (Report made on 6/16/2011)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, the river is clear and running normal; 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 are good in Zone 3.

 (Report made on 6/15/2011)





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