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CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 87 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on liver and stinkbaits; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Blind Pony Lake: 82 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 8/18/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 79 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try crankbaits or worms; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms, cut shad and chicken livers.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 85 degrees, dingy; black bass fair using dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and Rooster Tails;
crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on stinkbaits and cut baits.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 85 degrees, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 85 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cut shad; crappie good on minnows; black bass slow, try topwater lures; white bass slow, try spinnerbaits.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 85 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cut shad; crappie good on minnows; black bass slow, try topwater lures; white bass slow, try spinnerbaits.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Little Dixie: 89 degrees, the water level is down about 3' so it may be hard to get a boat launched off the boat ramp; catfish fair on liver and minnows; crappie and bluegill slow on jigs and crankbaits in deep water. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Lamine: 6' high from the Missouri River to the I-70 bridge; all species slow. 3' high from the I-70 bridge to Clear Creek; all species slow. Normal water level above Clear Creek to Otterville; flathead catfish fair on setlines baited with bluegill; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Missouri (Middle): high, muddy; all species good on live baits. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 79 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass slow, try crankbaits or worms; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms, cut shad and chicken livers.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 76 degrees, clear; water level 1' low; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Montrose: 84 degrees, low, dingy; catfish fair; black and white bass fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 84 degrees, low, clear; all species fair; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 83 degrees, low, clear; all species fair; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Truman: 85 degrees, low, dingy; black bass slow; crappie good using jigs and minnows in 20' of water; catfish fair using cut bait or shad; white bass and hybrid bass fair using spoons. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Truman Tailwaters: 85 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, the river is flooded; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 79 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on chicken liver; largemouth bass good on jerkbait; crappie fair on Little Cleos; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Long Branch: 80 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish fair on setlines using live bait; crappie fair on minnows off fishing dock; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Mark Twain: 82 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 8/18/2011)
Sever: 77 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on minnows 4' - 6' beneath bobbers; black bass good on Texas and Carolina rigged plastic worms and topwater baits at dawn and dusk; bluegill fair on natural baits; channel catfish fair on dead shad and herring; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Thomas Hill: 85 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair along rocks using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; flathead catfish good on live baits; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; sunfish good on nightcrawlers; carp good on corn and doughbait; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass fair on Texas rigged plastic worms; drum good on nightcrawlers; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 80 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair; channel catfish good; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Mozingo: 80 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on plastic baits or crankbaits; crappie good on jigs or minnows; channel catfish and walleye fair. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Paho: 82 degrees, normal, full pool; channel catfish good on crayfish, prepared baits and nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on soft plastics in the flooded vegetation during low light conditions; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/17/2011)
Pony Express: 80 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on chicken liver; bluegill good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Smithville: 84 degrees, falling, dingy; crappie fair in 10'-12' of water near brush piles; catfish fair on shad and prepared baits; walleye fair. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Grand: 74 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish; blue catfish and flathead catfish good. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 84 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2011)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 88 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Norfork: 87 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 83 degrees, rising, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on crankbaits and soft plastic baits; channel catfish slow on live bait. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Big Piney (Upper): 78 degrees, low, clear; all species good on soft plastic baits and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Bryant Creek: 73 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Current: 80 degrees, normal, clear; all species good on plastic worms. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Eleven Point: 62 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 84 degrees, rising, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits and crankbaits. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Gasconade (upper): 83 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Jacks Fork: 79 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics and Beetle Spins. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
North Fork: 68 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 82 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on crankbaits and Road Runners early in the day or late evenings; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Council Bluff: 83 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on dark colored soft plastics during low light periods; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and liver after dark; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Cypress Lake: 81 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good in 2'-3' depths using worms and stinkbait; crappie slow using minnows and jigs in 3' depths; bluegill and redear sunfish fair in 2'-3' depths using crickets, small jigs, and small pieces of worms; largemouth bass slow on spinnerbaits, jigs, and plastic worms in 3' depths or greater. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Duck Creek: 76 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; bluegill, redear sunfish and warmouth sunfish good on crickets and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Lake Girardeau: normal, clear; channel catfish and largemouth bass fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Perry County Lake: 84 degrees, clear; channel catfish good on liver; black bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Robert DeLaney Lake: 77 degrees, normal, channel catfish fair on worms, liver, stinkbait, and live sunfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Wappapello: normal, black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms early and late in the day; bluegill good on crickets and worms along shoreline; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in the lake in the river channel; channel catfish fair on trotlines and jug lines at night using live bait and nightcrawlers. 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 8/17/2011)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 77 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): normal, black bass fair on topwater lures late evenings and early morning; channel catfish fair on stinkbait and live bait; white bass fair on grub jigs; crappie fair on minnows and tube jigs; bluegill fair on tube jigs and worms; all other species slow.
There have been some instances of paddlefish being caught and hooked in the mouth while using traditional fishing methods as of late. Paddlefish are closed to taking by any method in the Black River except from March 15 through April 30. If a paddlefish is caught outside of those specified dates it must be released immediately. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Mississippi (below Charleston): normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): 79 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish fair on cut baits and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 83 degrees, normal, channel catfish good on chicken liver and stinkbait; flathead catfish good on live bait, goldfish, and small green sunfish; black bass fair on plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 85 degrees, high, clear; Dam/Swan Creek area: walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbaits; black bass fair on nightcrawlers and soft plastic baits; Beaver Creek area: catfish fair on nightcrawlers; black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Lake Taneycomo: 60 degrees, normal, clear; trout good on flies, doughbaits, nightcrawlers, corn, black/chrome, blue/chrome, olive, black or white marabou jigs, orange glo balls and Rooster Tails are working well when the dam is generating. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Pomme de Terre: 83 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on minnows and jigs in 15' of water; largemouth bass slow, best on plastic baits in 15' - 20' of water around structure and near points; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Stockton: 79 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on minnows in 15' - 20' of water over brush piles; catfish good while drifting over flats in 15' - 20' of water; black bass good on large worms, Texas rigged in 15' - 20' of water over brush piles; white bass good on Rooster Tails and small spinners over flats and around points; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Table Rock (James River arm): 83 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair while dragging soft plastic crayfish around points; white bass fair in the evening on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors, also try vibrating spin baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Table Rock (main lake): 83 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair while dragging soft plastic crayfish around points; white bass fair in the evening on topwater lures or shallow diving lures in bright colors, also try vibrating spin baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 74 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on soft plastics; goggle-eye fair, best on soft plastics and jigs; trout fair, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
James River (lower): 85 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye good on minnows, spinners and Road Runners in the streams around rootwads and rocky structures; black bass fair on crankbaits and Texas rigged worms or dark colored soft plastic worms off of points; crappie fair on green jigs over brush piles; catfish fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers using trotlines and limb lines at night. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on plastic worms; channel catfish slow on blood baits; please remove your litter. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on blood baits; limit 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 8/18/2011)
RIVERS
Big River: 81 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on cut bait and worms; black bass fair on minnows; crappie slow on minnows; bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish slow on worms; black bass fair on spinnerbaits; bluegill fair on worms; all other species fair on natural baits.
(Report made on 8/18/2011)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 82 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on pumpkin seed and plastic worms; channel catfish slow on cut bait and blood bait; goggle-eye, bluegill and sunfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Meramec (below Eureka): 82 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; black bass fair on plastic worms; goggle-eye, carp, bluegill and sunfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
Missouri (below New Haven): 81 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on worms and prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/18/2011)
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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, red and white colored worms, and salmon eggs. August fishing hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, fishing is excellent; the water is clear with good flow; 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; fish are holding in deep holes and below the falls; fishing hours for the month of August are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ladies Free Fishing Day is Saturday, September 10th. (Report made on 8/17/2011)
Montauk State Park: 59 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. Fishing has been slow during the hotter parts of the day. The best fishing is during the morning and evening hours. 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, Kid's Fishing Day is Saturday August 20th, the upper part of the stream is reserved for kids 15 and under all day; the water is clear and normal; fishing has been very good early in the day, late in the evening and in 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 8/18/2011)
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