Post by Whiskers on Aug 10, 2007 10:53:44 GMT -6
CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, dingy; catfish fair
on cut shad and shad guts; black bass slow but responding on worms and
plastic worms; crappie slow but responding on minnows and crappie
jigs; white bass slow but responding on light-colored soft plastics.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 85 degrees, dingy; black bass slow with
some success using dark-colored plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows;
white bass slow but responding on light-colored soft plastics; catfish
slow with some success on hotdogs, chicken livers, cut shad and worms.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 85 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair; catfish fair on chicken livers; white bass slow on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 85 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass
slow on 10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20 feet of
water on minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks; catfish
good on cut shad in the main channel using jug lines and trotlines.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 85 degrees, dingy; black bass slow but
responding on 10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20
feet of water on minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks;
catfish good on cut shad in the main channel on jug lines and trotlines.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Little Dixie: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow; area closed
from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 84 degrees, normal, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 82 degrees, falling, muddy; flathead catfish fair
on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/7/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, high, 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 8/8/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 89 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish,
largemouth bass and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Montrose: 90 degrees, clear; full pool; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/8/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 85 degrees, dingy; full pool; all species
slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 84 degrees, dingy; full pool; all species
slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Smithville: 85 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair using minnows in
15-20 feet of water along the dam, in the trees and around the bridge
pillars; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs and jigs along the tree
lines and using topwater lures in the early morning and late evening along
flooded grass; catfish good on a variety of baits off the main lake
points and back of coves using trotlines; walleye fair using deep diving
crankbaits or jigs tipped with live baits on the flats; white bass fair
using jigging spoons off the main lake points; Smithville Lake
Spillway: catfish slow with some success using live baits and Mister Twisters;
all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Truman: 86 degrees, high, clear; catfish fair using shad; black bass
fair using worms and spinnerbaits; crappie fair at 8-10 feet of water
using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 86 degrees, clear; releasing 22,400 cfs; catfish
fair using shad; white bass fair using spoons and jigs; crappie fair on
jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and
limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 86 degrees, low, clear; largemouth bass good on Rapalas;
channel catfish good on stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Long Branch: 82 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Mark Twain: 83 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows and
jigs; largemouth bass fair on plastics; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Sever: 81 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastics;
channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Thomas Hill: 84 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 83 degrees, normal, dingy; channel
catfish fair on prepared baits; drum fair on nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 82 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish
good on prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 84 degrees, falling, clear; all species fair; little
activity until dusk or dawn. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Mozingo: 84 degrees, falling, clear; all species fair; little activity
during the heat of the day. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Paho: 80 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass and crappie good; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Pony Express: 81 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass, bluegill, and
redear sunfish slow; channel catfish good on worms prepared baits and
cut baits; carp fair using prepared baits and corn. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 85 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish, blue catfish and
flathead catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish
good on worms; flathead catfish good on live baits and worms; blue
catfish good on cut baits; carp good on worms. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 88 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug
lines and trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Norfork: 88 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug lines and
trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 81 degrees, low, clear; black bass good
on soft plastic lures and jigs; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs
and minnows; channel catfish fair on chicken livers and minnows.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 82 degrees, low, clear; sunfish fair on live baits;
black bass fair on topwater lures in early morning and late evening.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Bryant Creek: 78 degrees, low, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
fair on soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Current: 79 degrees, low, clear; suckers fair on worms; smallmouth bass
fair on plastic worms. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Eleven Point: 62 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/8/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 83 degrees, low, dingy; channel
catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; black bass fair on soft plastic
tubes and worms; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs; large amounts
of aquatic vegetation in shallow areas. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 82 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/8/2007)
Jack's Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye
good on soft plastics. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
North Fork: 72 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass fair on soft
plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 88 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Council Bluff: 86 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on
topwater lures and worms; channel catfish fair on livers and worms; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Cypress Lake: dingy; channel catfish good at night; black bass fair
early morning and late afternoon on plastic worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Duck Creek: 86 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets and jigs in 4
feet of water; black bass good on topwater lures; all other species
slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Perry County Lake: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Wappapello: 87 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and
plastic worms; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish
fair on trotlines and jug lines at night using live baits; all other
species slow; anglers should note the 9 inch minimum length limit regulation
for crappie. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 82 degrees, low, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): low, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early
morning and late evening on topwater lures, buzzbaits, large minnows
and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): low, dingy; channel catfish good on
worms and cut baits; flathead catfish good on live baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 81-84 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
nightcrawlers; bluegill good on crickets and worms; catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 53 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek):
rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls and white
colored marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair
on orange and bubblegum pink colored Power Bait and nightcrawlers; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 84 degrees, normal, clear; catfish, black bass,
crappie, muskie and walleye fair; all other species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Stockton: 85 degrees, normal, clear; white bass good on small spinners
near schools of shad at dusk; bluegill good on worms; catfish fair on
cut baits; crappie fair on minnows 12-15 feet deep over brush piles or
in standing timber; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 86 degrees, normal, clear; black bass
good, try using large size steelback minnows Carolina rigged, also try
soft plastic crayfish with slider hooks; spotted and largemouth bass good
using live shiners or crankbaits that resembles an injured shad, try
fishing gravel points in 20-30 feet of water; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 86 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
soft plastic baits and spoons; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair
on live and prepared baits. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 86 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye
fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
James River (lower): 83 degrees, low, clear; catfish good on limb
lines; smallmouth bass good on live shiners and soft plastics; all other
species fair. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 84 degrees, normal, dingy;
all species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 84 degrees,
low, dingy; catfish fair at low light hours on all lakes; all other
species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: 81 degrees, low, clear; all species slow but responding on
worms. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 75 degrees, low, clear;
bluegill good on crickets and worms; black bass fair on plastic worms and
minnows; channel catfish slow on livers and cut baits; all other species
fair on worms. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 81 degrees, low, clear; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 81 degrees, low, dingy; carp fair on corn and
doughbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good on
natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good;
water levels have dropped and the stream is low: successful lures are:
marabou jigs (ginger), mini-jigs (white floss); glo balls (Easter egg 3
color); dry flies: #12 cracklebacks; other successful flies are brown
wooly buggers with gold spinner; zone 3: orange Power Bait.
We are planning to cut weeds on August 22; cutting will begin around 9
AM and finish by 2 PM.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good; fish
early in the morning or late in the evening for the best results; try using
brown or white floating doughbaits early in the day; green and white
rubber legged jigs with 2 pound test later in the day; other lures to
try include marabou jigs, small plastic worms, and Rooster Tails.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; fishing is good; 2 lb
test or lighter line is recommended; the river is a few inches lower
than last week; in the natural and artificial bait area: prepared
doughbaits in white, yellow and orange are producing good numbers of fish;
flies only area: Rooster Tails, marabou and mini jigs are all good choices,
good colors are white, black, green and brown; midges, brassies and
other small flies are doing well throughout the day. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 59 degrees, falling, clear; water flow
continues to decrease; 2-4 pound 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; back to
school kids' fishing day is Aug. 18 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM; free to kids 15
and younger; lots of activities, prizes, and contests; fish will also
be stocked through out the day. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
LAKES
Binder: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, dingy; catfish fair
on cut shad and shad guts; black bass slow but responding on worms and
plastic worms; crappie slow but responding on minnows and crappie
jigs; white bass slow but responding on light-colored soft plastics.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 85 degrees, dingy; black bass slow with
some success using dark-colored plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows;
white bass slow but responding on light-colored soft plastics; catfish
slow with some success on hotdogs, chicken livers, cut shad and worms.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 85 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair; catfish fair on chicken livers; white bass slow on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 85 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass
slow on 10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20 feet of
water on minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks; catfish
good on cut shad in the main channel using jug lines and trotlines.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 85 degrees, dingy; black bass slow but
responding on 10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20
feet of water on minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks;
catfish good on cut shad in the main channel on jug lines and trotlines.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Little Dixie: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow; area closed
from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 84 degrees, normal, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 82 degrees, falling, muddy; flathead catfish fair
on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/7/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, high, 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 8/8/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 89 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish,
largemouth bass and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Montrose: 90 degrees, clear; full pool; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/8/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 85 degrees, dingy; full pool; all species
slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 84 degrees, dingy; full pool; all species
slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Smithville: 85 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair using minnows in
15-20 feet of water along the dam, in the trees and around the bridge
pillars; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs and jigs along the tree
lines and using topwater lures in the early morning and late evening along
flooded grass; catfish good on a variety of baits off the main lake
points and back of coves using trotlines; walleye fair using deep diving
crankbaits or jigs tipped with live baits on the flats; white bass fair
using jigging spoons off the main lake points; Smithville Lake
Spillway: catfish slow with some success using live baits and Mister Twisters;
all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Truman: 86 degrees, high, clear; catfish fair using shad; black bass
fair using worms and spinnerbaits; crappie fair at 8-10 feet of water
using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 86 degrees, clear; releasing 22,400 cfs; catfish
fair using shad; white bass fair using spoons and jigs; crappie fair on
jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and
limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 86 degrees, low, clear; largemouth bass good on Rapalas;
channel catfish good on stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Long Branch: 82 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Mark Twain: 83 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows and
jigs; largemouth bass fair on plastics; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Sever: 81 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastics;
channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Thomas Hill: 84 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 83 degrees, normal, dingy; channel
catfish fair on prepared baits; drum fair on nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 82 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish
good on prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 84 degrees, falling, clear; all species fair; little
activity until dusk or dawn. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Mozingo: 84 degrees, falling, clear; all species fair; little activity
during the heat of the day. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Paho: 80 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass and crappie good; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Pony Express: 81 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass, bluegill, and
redear sunfish slow; channel catfish good on worms prepared baits and
cut baits; carp fair using prepared baits and corn. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 85 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish, blue catfish and
flathead catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish
good on worms; flathead catfish good on live baits and worms; blue
catfish good on cut baits; carp good on worms. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 88 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug
lines and trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Norfork: 88 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug lines and
trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 81 degrees, low, clear; black bass good
on soft plastic lures and jigs; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs
and minnows; channel catfish fair on chicken livers and minnows.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 82 degrees, low, clear; sunfish fair on live baits;
black bass fair on topwater lures in early morning and late evening.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
Bryant Creek: 78 degrees, low, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass
fair on soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Current: 79 degrees, low, clear; suckers fair on worms; smallmouth bass
fair on plastic worms. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Eleven Point: 62 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/8/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 83 degrees, low, dingy; channel
catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; black bass fair on soft plastic
tubes and worms; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic grubs; large amounts
of aquatic vegetation in shallow areas. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 82 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/8/2007)
Jack's Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye
good on soft plastics. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
North Fork: 72 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass fair on soft
plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 88 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Council Bluff: 86 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on
topwater lures and worms; channel catfish fair on livers and worms; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Cypress Lake: dingy; channel catfish good at night; black bass fair
early morning and late afternoon on plastic worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Duck Creek: 86 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets and jigs in 4
feet of water; black bass good on topwater lures; all other species
slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Perry County Lake: 85 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Wappapello: 87 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and
plastic worms; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish
fair on trotlines and jug lines at night using live baits; all other
species slow; anglers should note the 9 inch minimum length limit regulation
for crappie. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 82 degrees, low, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made
on 8/9/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): low, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/9/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early
morning and late evening on topwater lures, buzzbaits, large minnows
and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): low, dingy; channel catfish good on
worms and cut baits; flathead catfish good on live baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 81-84 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
nightcrawlers; bluegill good on crickets and worms; catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 53 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek):
rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls and white
colored marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair
on orange and bubblegum pink colored Power Bait and nightcrawlers; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 84 degrees, normal, clear; catfish, black bass,
crappie, muskie and walleye fair; all other species slow. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Stockton: 85 degrees, normal, clear; white bass good on small spinners
near schools of shad at dusk; bluegill good on worms; catfish fair on
cut baits; crappie fair on minnows 12-15 feet deep over brush piles or
in standing timber; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 86 degrees, normal, clear; black bass
good, try using large size steelback minnows Carolina rigged, also try
soft plastic crayfish with slider hooks; spotted and largemouth bass good
using live shiners or crankbaits that resembles an injured shad, try
fishing gravel points in 20-30 feet of water; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 86 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
soft plastic baits and spoons; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair
on live and prepared baits. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 86 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye
fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/8/2007)
James River (lower): 83 degrees, low, clear; catfish good on limb
lines; smallmouth bass good on live shiners and soft plastics; all other
species fair. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 84 degrees, normal, dingy;
all species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 84 degrees,
low, dingy; catfish fair at low light hours on all lakes; all other
species slow.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: 81 degrees, low, clear; all species slow but responding on
worms. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 75 degrees, low, clear;
bluegill good on crickets and worms; black bass fair on plastic worms and
minnows; channel catfish slow on livers and cut baits; all other species
fair on worms. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 81 degrees, low, clear; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 81 degrees, low, dingy; carp fair on corn and
doughbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good on
natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 8/9/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good;
water levels have dropped and the stream is low: successful lures are:
marabou jigs (ginger), mini-jigs (white floss); glo balls (Easter egg 3
color); dry flies: #12 cracklebacks; other successful flies are brown
wooly buggers with gold spinner; zone 3: orange Power Bait.
We are planning to cut weeds on August 22; cutting will begin around 9
AM and finish by 2 PM.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good; fish
early in the morning or late in the evening for the best results; try using
brown or white floating doughbaits early in the day; green and white
rubber legged jigs with 2 pound test later in the day; other lures to
try include marabou jigs, small plastic worms, and Rooster Tails.
(Report made on 8/9/2007)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; fishing is good; 2 lb
test or lighter line is recommended; the river is a few inches lower
than last week; in the natural and artificial bait area: prepared
doughbaits in white, yellow and orange are producing good numbers of fish;
flies only area: Rooster Tails, marabou and mini jigs are all good choices,
good colors are white, black, green and brown; midges, brassies and
other small flies are doing well throughout the day. (Report made on
8/9/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 59 degrees, falling, clear; water flow
continues to decrease; 2-4 pound 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; back to
school kids' fishing day is Aug. 18 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM; free to kids 15
and younger; lots of activities, prizes, and contests; fish will also
be stocked through out the day. (Report made on 8/8/2007)
