Post by Whiskers on Jul 13, 2007 8:21:58 GMT -6
CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 79 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastic
worms; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets; channel catfish good on
livers and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, rising, dingy;
black bass slow but responding to worms, plastic worms and buzzbaits; white
bass slow on light-colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; catfish
slow on worms and cut shad; crappie slow on minnows and crappie jigs.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 84 degrees, muddy; black bass fair on
plastic worms and crankbaits; white bass slow on light-colored soft
plastics; catfish fair on chicken livers, cut shad, worms and hotdogs; crappie
fair on minnows and crappie jigs. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair; catfish good on chicken livers; white bass good on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair at night on 11 inch black Power Worms off secondary points; crappie
fair when fishing brush in 15 to 20 feet of water using minnows; catfish
good on stinkbaits off main channel coves. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 84 degrees, dingy; black bass fair at night
on 11 inch black Power Worms off secondary points; crappie fair when
fishing brush in 15 to 20 feet of water using minnows; catfish good on
stinkbaits off main channel coves. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Little Dixie: 79 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good in deep water on
jigs; bluegill and redear sunfish good on earthworms; channel catfish
good on chicken livers; all other species slow; area closed from 10 PM -
4 AM. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 79 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish
good on live baits and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good on
cut baits and dip baits; flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, rising, dingy; catfish fair on
cut shad; all other species slow due to the high volume of water being
released into the river. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish,
largemouth bass and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Montrose: 80 degrees, muddy; 1' high; catfish fair; all other species
slow; fishing pressure moderate. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): no report available; area is flooded from
Osage River. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): no report available; area is flooded from
the Osage River. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Smithville: 83 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair using minnows in 15
to 20 feet of water along the dam, in the trees and around the bridge
pillars; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs, topwater lures along
flooded grass and off main lake points; catfish good on a variety of baits
in the shallows in the coves; walleye fair using deep diving crankbaits
or jigs tipped with live bait on the flats; white bass slow but with
some success using crankbaits and pepper spoons fishing the points;
Smithville Lake Spillway: fishing is fair but slowing down due to reduced
releases; some catfish can be caught using a variety of baits. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Truman: 77 degrees, muddy; 24' high; catfish good; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 77 degrees, muddy; releasing 55,000 cfs; catfish
good on cut shad; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and
limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken
livers and cut baits; bluegill fair on Beetle Spins; largemouth bass
good on jig & pig; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Long Branch: 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on plastics; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Mark Twain: 83 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on jigs and minnows;
largemouth bass fair on plastics; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers
and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Sever: 79 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair when fly fishing with
popping bugs; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in
deeper water; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Thomas Hill: 81 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in
deeper water; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 81 degrees, normal, muddy; channel
catfish fair on limb lines and trotlines using sunfish; drum good on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good in
evening, crappie, bluegill and walleye fair, bass good in early morning
and at dusk on topwater lures. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Mozingo: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, crappie and
walleye fair; bluegill good on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Paho: 82 degrees, falling, clear; catfish, largemouth bass and black
bass good; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Pony Express: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on worms;
largemouth bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 83 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish and flathead catfish
good; all other species good. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 77 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish
good on worms; flathead catfish good on live baits and worms; blue
catfish good on cut baits; carp good on worms, fair on corn. (Report made
on 7/12/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 85 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on trotlines
and jug lines. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Norfork: 86 degrees, high, dingy; white bass good on small spinnerbaits
and shallow running crankbaits; catfish fair on trotlines and jug
lines. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
good on soft plastic lures and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on soft
plastic grubs and minnows; channel catfish fair on minnows and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 76 degrees, normal, clear; sunfish good on soft
plastics and live baits; black bass good on topwater lures and soft plastic
baits. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Bryant Creek: 77 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
good on soft plastic baits; catfish good on live baits. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
Current: 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft
plastics; suckers good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and
spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; sunfish,
goggle-eye, and black bass fair on crankbaits, plastic grubs, and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on jigs
and soft plastic lures; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs; channel
catfish fair on nightcrawlers and chicken livers. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Jack's Fork: 76 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft
plastic baits; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
North Fork: 73 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
good on soft plastic baits; rainbow trout and brown trout fair on
artificial lures and fair on live baits downstream of Patrick Bridge. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 87 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 7/11/2007)
Council Bluff: No report available.
Cypress Lake: 72 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good early
morning and late evening on cut baits; bluegill and black bass fair;
crappie slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Duck Creek: 86 degrees, clear; bluegill and redear sunfish good on
crickets and jigs; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; channel catfish
good on chicken livers and Doughbaits. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on
worms and stinkbaits; bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
Perry County Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 7/11/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural
baits; crappie fair in deeper water using jigs and Crappie Nibbles; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Wappapello: 85 degrees, black bass good on Road Runners, spinnerbaits
and buzzbaits; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good
on trotlines and jug lines using nightcrawlers, livers, and live
baits; white bass good on small spinnerbaits and minnows in the channel
above Chaonia Landing; crappie fair on minnows and jigs. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 75 degrees, normal, clear; all species
slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early and
late day on topwater lures and buzzbaits as well as tube jigs and large
minnows in deeper holes; goggle-eye good in deeper holes using small
minnows; all others slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): rising, dingy; channel catfish fair on
jug lines; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early
and late day on topwater lures and buzzbaits as well as tube jigs and
large minnows in deeper holes; goggle-eye good in deeper holes on small
minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 82 degrees, normal, flathead catfish
good on live baits; channel catfish good on stinkbaits, worms and livers;
black bass fair on artificial baits; bluegill fair on wax worms and
red wigglers; all others slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 78-80 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on
jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on swimming minnows and
nightcrawlers; bluegill good on nightcrawlers and crickets; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek):
rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls, black/chrome
Rapalas and Marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow
trout fair on orange colored Power Bait and corn; brown trout fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 83 degrees, normal, clear; white bass, crappie and
black bass fair to good; catfish fair. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Stockton: 80-85 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair on main lake in
standing timber and brush piles; walleye fair trolling flats 20 to 30 feet
deep; white bass good early and late day near schools of shad; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 80 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good,
try using medium sized shiners Carolina rigged and fished at least 18
feet deep; spotted bass are being caught using nightcrawlers in 18 to
20 feet of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 84 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on
soft plastic lures; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair on live and
prepared baits. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
James River (lower): 83 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good on
nightcrawlers; smallmouth bass good on soft plastics in eddies below riffles;
all other species fair. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 82 degrees, normal, clear;
largemouth bass slow on plastic worms; bluegill good on worms; carp fair
on corn; all other species slow; please pick up litter! (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 82 degrees,
normal, clear; channel catfish slow on prepared baits and worms; please
pick up litter! (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: No report available.
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 74 degrees, high, dingy; black
bass good on jigs, plastic crayfish and buzzbaits; bluegill good on
crickets and nightcrawlers; catfish good on trotlines with prepared baits
and chicken livers; all other species fair on nightcrawlers. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 76 degrees, normal, dingy;
black bass fair on minnows and plastic baits; bluegill good on crickets and
worms; channel catfish fair on worms and cut baits; all other species
fair on worms. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 76 degrees, normal, dingy; carp good on corn;
channel catfish good on livers; drum good on worms; all other species
fair. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 74 degrees, falling, muddy; catfish good on
natural baits, jug lines and pole & line; all other species fair.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, high, clear; fishing is good;
successful lures are: Marabou jigs (black/yellow, ginger and hot
pink/white), mini-jigs (white floss, John Deere,); glo balls (original 3 color,
white); dry flies: #18 renegade, #12 cracklebacks; other successful
flies are; red brassies and Super Dupers; zone 3: white Power Bait;
fishing hours for July 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, clear; fishing is good; We will be
cutting aquatic weeds July 17th and 18th; try using scented Doughbaits,
white plastic worms; yellow or orange Marabou jigs; try Rooster Tails
after midday; if fish quit biting, experiment with colors and use
lighter line for a leader; fishing hours: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; 2lb
test or lighter line is recommended; natural and artificial bait area:
prepared and garlic scented Doughbaits, red and white Power Baits are
producing good numbers; flies only area: Rooster Tails in dark colors are
good choices early in the morning, midges, cracklebacks, brassies,
Marabou jigs in black/yellow, white, brown, and green/yellow are good
choices throughout the day; fishing hours: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; water flow is
about the same as last week; 2 to 4 lb. test line is recommended; trout are
striking on Marabou jigs (1/32) in olive, black/yellow, brown and
white; plastic power eggs in brown, white, and yellow; plastic worms in
cheese yellow, white, orange, and chartreuse; and Rooster Tails in black,
skunk, brown, and olive; check locally to see what flies work best; for
more information on current fishing conditions call 417-847-2430.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
LAKES
Binder: 79 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastic
worms; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets; channel catfish good on
livers and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, rising, dingy;
black bass slow but responding to worms, plastic worms and buzzbaits; white
bass slow on light-colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; catfish
slow on worms and cut shad; crappie slow on minnows and crappie jigs.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 84 degrees, muddy; black bass fair on
plastic worms and crankbaits; white bass slow on light-colored soft
plastics; catfish fair on chicken livers, cut shad, worms and hotdogs; crappie
fair on minnows and crappie jigs. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair; catfish good on chicken livers; white bass good on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair at night on 11 inch black Power Worms off secondary points; crappie
fair when fishing brush in 15 to 20 feet of water using minnows; catfish
good on stinkbaits off main channel coves. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 84 degrees, dingy; black bass fair at night
on 11 inch black Power Worms off secondary points; crappie fair when
fishing brush in 15 to 20 feet of water using minnows; catfish good on
stinkbaits off main channel coves. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Little Dixie: 79 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good in deep water on
jigs; bluegill and redear sunfish good on earthworms; channel catfish
good on chicken livers; all other species slow; area closed from 10 PM -
4 AM. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 79 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish
good on live baits and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good on
cut baits and dip baits; flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, rising, dingy; catfish fair on
cut shad; all other species slow due to the high volume of water being
released into the river. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish,
largemouth bass and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Montrose: 80 degrees, muddy; 1' high; catfish fair; all other species
slow; fishing pressure moderate. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): no report available; area is flooded from
Osage River. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): no report available; area is flooded from
the Osage River. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Smithville: 83 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair using minnows in 15
to 20 feet of water along the dam, in the trees and around the bridge
pillars; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs, topwater lures along
flooded grass and off main lake points; catfish good on a variety of baits
in the shallows in the coves; walleye fair using deep diving crankbaits
or jigs tipped with live bait on the flats; white bass slow but with
some success using crankbaits and pepper spoons fishing the points;
Smithville Lake Spillway: fishing is fair but slowing down due to reduced
releases; some catfish can be caught using a variety of baits. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Truman: 77 degrees, muddy; 24' high; catfish good; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 77 degrees, muddy; releasing 55,000 cfs; catfish
good on cut shad; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and
limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken
livers and cut baits; bluegill fair on Beetle Spins; largemouth bass
good on jig & pig; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Long Branch: 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on plastics; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Mark Twain: 83 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on jigs and minnows;
largemouth bass fair on plastics; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers
and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Sever: 79 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair when fly fishing with
popping bugs; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in
deeper water; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Thomas Hill: 81 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in
deeper water; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 81 degrees, normal, muddy; channel
catfish fair on limb lines and trotlines using sunfish; drum good on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good in
evening, crappie, bluegill and walleye fair, bass good in early morning
and at dusk on topwater lures. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Mozingo: 84 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, crappie and
walleye fair; bluegill good on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Paho: 82 degrees, falling, clear; catfish, largemouth bass and black
bass good; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Pony Express: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on worms;
largemouth bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 83 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish and flathead catfish
good; all other species good. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 77 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish
good on worms; flathead catfish good on live baits and worms; blue
catfish good on cut baits; carp good on worms, fair on corn. (Report made
on 7/12/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 85 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on trotlines
and jug lines. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Norfork: 86 degrees, high, dingy; white bass good on small spinnerbaits
and shallow running crankbaits; catfish fair on trotlines and jug
lines. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
good on soft plastic lures and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on soft
plastic grubs and minnows; channel catfish fair on minnows and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 76 degrees, normal, clear; sunfish good on soft
plastics and live baits; black bass good on topwater lures and soft plastic
baits. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Bryant Creek: 77 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
good on soft plastic baits; catfish good on live baits. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
Current: 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft
plastics; suckers good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/11/2007)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and
spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; sunfish,
goggle-eye, and black bass fair on crankbaits, plastic grubs, and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on jigs
and soft plastic lures; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs; channel
catfish fair on nightcrawlers and chicken livers. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Jack's Fork: 76 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft
plastic baits; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
North Fork: 73 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
good on soft plastic baits; rainbow trout and brown trout fair on
artificial lures and fair on live baits downstream of Patrick Bridge. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 87 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 7/11/2007)
Council Bluff: No report available.
Cypress Lake: 72 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good early
morning and late evening on cut baits; bluegill and black bass fair;
crappie slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Duck Creek: 86 degrees, clear; bluegill and redear sunfish good on
crickets and jigs; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; channel catfish
good on chicken livers and Doughbaits. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on
worms and stinkbaits; bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
Perry County Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 7/11/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural
baits; crappie fair in deeper water using jigs and Crappie Nibbles; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Wappapello: 85 degrees, black bass good on Road Runners, spinnerbaits
and buzzbaits; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good
on trotlines and jug lines using nightcrawlers, livers, and live
baits; white bass good on small spinnerbaits and minnows in the channel
above Chaonia Landing; crappie fair on minnows and jigs. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 75 degrees, normal, clear; all species
slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early and
late day on topwater lures and buzzbaits as well as tube jigs and large
minnows in deeper holes; goggle-eye good in deeper holes using small
minnows; all others slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): rising, dingy; channel catfish fair on
jug lines; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early
and late day on topwater lures and buzzbaits as well as tube jigs and
large minnows in deeper holes; goggle-eye good in deeper holes on small
minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 82 degrees, normal, flathead catfish
good on live baits; channel catfish good on stinkbaits, worms and livers;
black bass fair on artificial baits; bluegill fair on wax worms and
red wigglers; all others slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 78-80 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on
jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on swimming minnows and
nightcrawlers; bluegill good on nightcrawlers and crickets; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek):
rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls, black/chrome
Rapalas and Marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow
trout fair on orange colored Power Bait and corn; brown trout fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 83 degrees, normal, clear; white bass, crappie and
black bass fair to good; catfish fair. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
Stockton: 80-85 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair on main lake in
standing timber and brush piles; walleye fair trolling flats 20 to 30 feet
deep; white bass good early and late day near schools of shad; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 80 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good,
try using medium sized shiners Carolina rigged and fished at least 18
feet deep; spotted bass are being caught using nightcrawlers in 18 to
20 feet of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 84 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on
soft plastic lures; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair on live and
prepared baits. (Report made on 7/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair.
(Report made on 7/11/2007)
James River (lower): 83 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good on
nightcrawlers; smallmouth bass good on soft plastics in eddies below riffles;
all other species fair. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 82 degrees, normal, clear;
largemouth bass slow on plastic worms; bluegill good on worms; carp fair
on corn; all other species slow; please pick up litter! (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 82 degrees,
normal, clear; channel catfish slow on prepared baits and worms; please
pick up litter! (Report made on 7/12/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: No report available.
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 74 degrees, high, dingy; black
bass good on jigs, plastic crayfish and buzzbaits; bluegill good on
crickets and nightcrawlers; catfish good on trotlines with prepared baits
and chicken livers; all other species fair on nightcrawlers. (Report
made on 7/12/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 76 degrees, normal, dingy;
black bass fair on minnows and plastic baits; bluegill good on crickets and
worms; channel catfish fair on worms and cut baits; all other species
fair on worms. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 76 degrees, normal, dingy; carp good on corn;
channel catfish good on livers; drum good on worms; all other species
fair. (Report made on 7/12/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 74 degrees, falling, muddy; catfish good on
natural baits, jug lines and pole & line; all other species fair.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, high, clear; fishing is good;
successful lures are: Marabou jigs (black/yellow, ginger and hot
pink/white), mini-jigs (white floss, John Deere,); glo balls (original 3 color,
white); dry flies: #18 renegade, #12 cracklebacks; other successful
flies are; red brassies and Super Dupers; zone 3: white Power Bait;
fishing hours for July 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, clear; fishing is good; We will be
cutting aquatic weeds July 17th and 18th; try using scented Doughbaits,
white plastic worms; yellow or orange Marabou jigs; try Rooster Tails
after midday; if fish quit biting, experiment with colors and use
lighter line for a leader; fishing hours: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; 2lb
test or lighter line is recommended; natural and artificial bait area:
prepared and garlic scented Doughbaits, red and white Power Baits are
producing good numbers; flies only area: Rooster Tails in dark colors are
good choices early in the morning, midges, cracklebacks, brassies,
Marabou jigs in black/yellow, white, brown, and green/yellow are good
choices throughout the day; fishing hours: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on
7/12/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; water flow is
about the same as last week; 2 to 4 lb. test line is recommended; trout are
striking on Marabou jigs (1/32) in olive, black/yellow, brown and
white; plastic power eggs in brown, white, and yellow; plastic worms in
cheese yellow, white, orange, and chartreuse; and Rooster Tails in black,
skunk, brown, and olive; check locally to see what flies work best; for
more information on current fishing conditions call 417-847-2430.
(Report made on 7/12/2007)
