Showing posts with label lake of the ozarks fishing report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lake of the ozarks fishing report. Show all posts

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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