CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 91 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on liver and stinkbaits; bluegill good on crickets and worms; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
Blind Pony Lake: 85 degrees, dingy; 2' low; all species slow; the lake is closed to private boats, and bait held or transported in containers with water is prohibited. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 72 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try worms, soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; catfish fair using stinkbaits, worms, chicken livers, raw chicken and cut shad.
(Report made on 7/27/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 90 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; black bass fair using dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; catfish fair on worms, bluegill and hot dogs.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 90 degrees, dingy; catfish fair on cut baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/27/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 90 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; black bass fair using dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; catfish fair on worms, bluegill and hot dogs.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 90 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; black bass fair using dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics; catfish fair on worms, bluegill and hot dogs.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
Little Dixie: 88 degrees, low, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and cut bait; 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 7/28/2011)
RIVERS
Lamine: muddy; 7'-8' high between the I-70 bridge and the Missouri River; little to no fishing activity during the past week; 6' high from the I-70 bridge upstream to the mouth of Clear Creek; little to no fishing activity during the past week; water level is normal in the Otterville area where all species are slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Missouri (Middle): high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try worms, soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass fair on light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; catfish fair using stinkbaits, worms, chicken livers, raw chicken and cut shad.
(Report made on 7/27/2011)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 92 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Montrose: 92 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 94 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 92 degrees, low, dingy; crappie fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Truman: 89 degrees, low, dingy; crappie and black bass fair using crankbaits and plastic worms; catfish fair using cut bait or shad; white bass and hybrid bass fair using spoons. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Truman Tailwaters: 89 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, the river is flooded; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 85 degrees, low, clear; bluegill good on red worms; crappie good on Little Cleos; channel catfish fair on chicken liver; largemouth bass fair on buzzbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Long Branch: 85 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish good on setlines using live bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Mark Twain: 86 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on assorted jigs and minnows; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Sever: 91 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish fair on dip baits; crappie fair on minnows in the brush; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Thomas Hill: 88 degrees, high, clear; 92 degrees in warm water arm; channel catfish fair on liver and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 85 degrees, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; flathead catfish good on live bait; blue catfish good on cut bait; drum good on nightcrawlers; carp good on doughbait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 78 degrees, clear; smallmouth bass fair on chartreuse spinners; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 85 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on topwater lures and crankbaits; channel catfish good on liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Mozingo: 85 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good in low light hours; crappie fair on jigs over deeper brush; channel catfish good on cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Paho: 85 degrees, dingy; channel catfish fair on prepared baits and liver in the evening; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/25/2011)
Pony Express: 86 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on stinkbait; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Smithville: 84 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
RIVERS
Grand: 76 degrees, falling, muddy; all species fair. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 85 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 88 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Norfork: 89 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 83 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on jigs and soft plastic baits. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Big Piney (Upper): 78 degrees, low, clear; black bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits and live baits in early morning and late evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Bryant Creek: 82 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastics. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Current: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on plastics; all other species good on soft plastics and live bait. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Eleven Point: 62 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 85 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastic baits and spinners; channel catfish fair on live bait. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Gasconade (upper): 87 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Jacks Fork: 79 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics and Beetle Spins. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
North Fork: 69 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 88 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Council Bluff: 89 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on liver and worms after dark; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Cypress Lake: 89 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good in 2'-3' depths using crickets, worms, and stinkbait; crappie slow 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 slow in 2'-3' depths on spinnerbaits and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2011)
Duck Creek: 89 degrees, falling, clear; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; bluegill, redear sunfish and warmouth sunfish good on crickets. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Lake Girardeau: 86 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on worms; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Perry County Lake: 88 degrees, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Robert DeLaney Lake: 86 degrees, normal, channel catfish fair on worms, liver, stinkbait and live sunfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2011)
Wappapello: normal, black bass fair early and late on plastic worms and crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in the river channel above Chaonia Landing; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair at night on live bait and nightcrawlers on trotlines and jug lines. Anglers should note the 9" minimum length regulation for crappie on Wappapello Lake. All areas around the lake are now open since the lake water level has dropped. Call the Wappapello Lake Recreation Hotline for updates at 573-222-8139. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 80 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; black bass good on Rapalas and Beetle Spins; sunfish good on jigs and jigs with spinners. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): normal, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on worms and topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2011)
Mississippi (below Charleston): normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on live frogs and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2011)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): high, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish good on cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2011)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbait and chicken liver; flathead catfish good on live bait, sunfish and goldfish; bluegill fair on waxworms; black bass fair on artificial bait and spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 80-84 degrees, high, clear; Dam/Swan Creek area: black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics, and nightcrawlers; striped bass fair on large swimbait, jerkbait, and shad; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbaits; Beaver Creek area: catfish good on nightcrawlers; black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbait; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Lake Taneycomo: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; trout good on sculpin and scud type flies, black/olive marabou jigs, bubblegum/chartreuse Power Baits, corn and nightcrawlers, Rooster Tails and crankbaits also working well. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Pomme de Terre: 86 degrees, low, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic baits on points and around structure in 15' of water; catfish good on trotlines and jug lines using live bait; bluegill good on nightcrawlers in 10' of water; crappie fair on minnows in 15' of water around structure; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Stockton: 86 degrees, low, clear; catfish good while fishing over brush piles and flats in 15' - 20' of water; crappie fair on minnows in 15' - 20' of water over brush piles and while trolling; walleye fair on gigs and nightcrawlers in 18' of water around points and on flats; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/27/2011)
Table Rock (James River arm): 85 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill good on live crickets, nightcrawlers or mealworms in 20'-25' of water around bridge piers and standing timber in clear water; black bass fair dragging soft plastic crayfish on points, Carolina or Texas rigged are best in at least 25' of water; white bass fair in evenings using topwater lures or shallow diving lures, bright colors best; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Table Rock (main lake): 85 degrees, high, dingy; bluegill good on live crickets, nightcrawlers or mealworms in 20'-25' of water around bridge piers and standing timber in clear water; black bass fair dragging soft plastic crayfish on points, Carolina or Texas rigged are best in at least 25' of water; white bass fair in evenings using topwater lures or shallow diving lures, bright colors best; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 75 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on soft plastics; goggle-eye fair on soft plastics and jigs; trout fair on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
James River (lower): 85 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on crankbaits off points and Texas rigged with live worms and dark colored soft plastic baits; catfish good on cut bait and nightcrawlers, use trotline at night; crappie fair around brush piles on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 87 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on minnows; channel catfish good on doughbaits and blood baits; please remove your litter. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 88 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on doughbaits and blood baits; limit 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
RIVERS
Big River: 82 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on cut bait, 4" bluegill and worms; black bass slow on minnows; crappie slow on minnows; bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms and blood baits; black bass slow on plastic worms; bluegill good on worms and crickets; carp slow; all other species fair on natural baits.
(Report made on 7/28/2011)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 85 degrees, falling, clear; black bass fair on plastic worms; channel catfish fair on stinkbait and worms; goggle-eye, bluegill and sunfish good on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Meramec (below Eureka): 85 degrees, falling, clear; channel catfish fair on natural baits; black bass fair on plastic worms; goggle-eye, bluegill and sunfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Missouri (below New Haven): 83 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on worms and prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 56 degrees, clear; the spring level is near normal; Zone 1 and 2 best lures: red colored and red with green head colored brassies, 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: salmon peach colored and yellow colored Power Baits, pink colored and fluorescent orange colored worms, and salmon eggs. Fishing hours for July are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. August fishing hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. We will be cutting weeds on August 2 and 3. We will begin around 8:00 a.m. and finish around 3:00 p.m. Thank you for your patience during our weed cutting operation! (R
eport made on 7/28/2011)
Maramec Spring Park: 57 degrees, fishing is excellent; the water is clear with good flow; weed cutting has been completed and the spring branch is much more clear of aquatic vegetation; throughout the spring branch feather jigs in black/yellow, olive, white, and pink are producing good numbers of fish; dough and putty baits are producing good numbers when fished free floating or underneath a float; fishing hours for the month of July are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. August hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Women's Free Fishing Day is Saturday, September 10th. (Report made on 7/28/2011)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, the river level is normal; the water is clear; fishing is good on most baits; scented dough and putty baits are working well, as are flies, Rooster Tails and jigs, black and yellow, white, and olive colors are working well. The best fishing is during the morning and evening hours. Fishing hours for July are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. August fishing hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For up-to-date stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/
Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, the water is clear and normal; fishing has been very good early in the day, late in the evening and shady spots during the day; dry fly fishing is excellent right now; cheese yellow, white fluorescent, orange and brown colors in plastic eggs and worms working well; black, brown, olive and white spinners working well; small crankbaits are working well; marabou and micro jigs are good; olive, white, black/yellow and tan are good; in Zone 3: nightcrawlers, minnows and corn, white, orange or fluorescent yellow Power Bait paste is working well.
(Report made on 7/27/2011)
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