Missouri fishing report 9/27/07

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9/27/2007 at 09:47:01

***This is the last fishing report until April 2008***

CENTRAL REGION [phone]

LAKES

Binder: 79 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits
and plastic worms; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets; all
other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 76 degrees, dingy; crappie fair
on minnows and jigs; black bass slow on worms and dark-colored plastic
worms; catfish slow on hotdogs, worms and stinkbaits; white bass slow
on light-colored soft plastics. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 79 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows
and jigs; black bass fair on worms and dark-colored plastic worms;
catfish slow on hotdogs, worms and stinkbaits; white bass slow on
light-colored soft plastics. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 79 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good;
crappie fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 79 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass
good on spinnerbaits; crappie good on jigs and minnows under docks and at
about 15 feet deep; catfish good in the main channel 20 to 25 feet deep
on shad or bluegill. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 79 degrees, dingy; black bass good on
spinnerbaits; crappie good on jigs and minnows under docks and about 15 feet
deep; catfish good in the main channel 20 to 25 feet deep on shad or
bluegill. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Little Dixie: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on livers
and stinkbaits; bluegill good on crickets and worms; all other species
slow. Area closed 10PM-4AM. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 78 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish fair on livers and
stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, low, muddy; flathead catfish fair on
live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 76 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on
minnows; catfish good on cut shad; white bass good at high flows using
silver and yellow spinnerbaits; black bass fair. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

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KANSAS CITY REGION [phone]

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 76 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish, crappie
and largemouth bass good; bluegill and redear sunfish fair; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Montrose: 75 degrees, low, clear; black bass good; catfish and crappie
fair; fishing pressure moderate. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 74 degrees, low, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 73 degrees, low, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

Smithville: 74 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on minnows, jigs and
Pepper Spoons 8 feet down in main lake brush and trees along the
channels; largemouth bass fair on plastic frogs and buzzbaits over the flooded
grass early and on Senkos, jig & pig, plastic worms and Brush Hogs
along laydowns and in the brush; catfish good on stinkbaits off the main
lake points and back of coves; walleye fair using deep diving crankbaits
or jigs tipped with live bait on the flats; white bass fair using
jigging spoons off the main lake points, also look for the fish breaking
the surface in the early morning and late evenings; Smithville Lake
Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Truman: 76 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair using jigs and minnows;
catfish fair using shad; all other species fair. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 76 degrees, clear; white bass fair; catfish fair
using cut shad; crappie slow; all other species fair. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: Catfish fair using goldfish. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

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NORTHEAST REGION [phone]

LAKES

Hunnewell: 75 degrees, low, clear; crappie fair on marabou jigs;
bluegill fair on nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Long Branch: 71 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish fair on prepared
baits and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
9/27/2007)

Mark Twain: 72 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on lures;
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; crappie fair on minnows and
Crappie Nibbles in deeper water; all other species slow. (Report made on
9/27/2007)

Sever: 74 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits;
bluegill good on nightcrawlers; muskie fair on deep water crankbaits;
channel catfish good on cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made
on 9/27/2007)

Thomas Hill: 73 degrees, dingy; largemouth bass fair on lures; channel
catfish fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 71 degrees, normal, muddy; channel
catfish good on liver, nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; drum good on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 70 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish fair
on stinkbaits; bluegill good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
(Report made on 9/27/2007)

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NORTHWEST REGION [phone]

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 70 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good;
crappie good in deep brush on minnows; all other species fair. (Report made
on 9/26/2007)

Mozingo: 70 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good; channel catfish
fair; bluegill good; crappie good in deep brush on minnows. (Report made
on 9/26/2007)

Paho: 72 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Pony Express: 65 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair in
submerged brush; catfish fair on cut and prepared baits; all other species
slow.

(Report made on 9/27/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 81 degrees, falling, clear; all species good. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 72 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish
fair on worms; flathead catfish good on live bait and fair on worms;
blue catfish good on cut bait and carp fair on worms and corn. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

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OZARK REGION [phone]

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good on jug lines;
all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Norfork: 79 degrees, low, dingy; white bass fair on artificial baits;
all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 70 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth
bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 72 degrees, low, clear; all species slow; extensive
aquatic vegetation. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Bryant Creek: 76 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Current: 75 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass fair on jigs. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

Eleven Point: 62 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 71 degrees, falling, dingy; smallmouth
bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 68 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

Jack's Fork: 82 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

North Fork: 72 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

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SOUTHEAST REGION [phone]

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 84 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

Council Bluff: 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on
livers and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Cypress Lake: dingy; black bass fair; all other species slow.

(Report made on 9/26/2007)

Duck Creek: 76 degrees, clear; black bass good on topwater lures;
bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 78 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

Perry County Lake: 84 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, channel catfish fair on natural baits and
stinkbaits; bluegill fair on natural bait and jigs; all other species
slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Wappapello: 80 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits;
crappie fair on minnows and jigs around brushpiles; bluegill fair on
crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on live bait and nightcrawlers;
white bass fair on small spinnerbaits. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 78 degrees, normal, clear; all species
slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made
on 9/26/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): low, channel catfish fair on natural
baits and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; black bass good on
spinnerbaits and topwater plugs; goggle-eye fair on small spinnerbaits;
green sunfish fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on worms at
night. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): low, dingy; flathead catfish good on
live baits; channel catfish good on worms and cut baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

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SOUTHWEST REGION [phone]

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 77-80 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
jigs, nightcrawlers and soft plastics; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and
Swimming Minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 52 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek):
rainbow trout fair on olive and white colored marabou jigs and orange
glo balls; brown trout fair on black or olive colored wooly buggers and
Rapalas at night; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout
fair on orange and chartreuse colored Power Bait and corn; brown trout
fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 67 degrees, normal, clear; muskie good; all other
species fair. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Stockton: 79 degrees, high, clear; white bass good on flats with shad;
crappie good in 12-14 feet of water around brush; black bass fair near
shad schools up in the rivers; all other species slow. (Report made on
9/26/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 80 degrees, normal, clear; black bass
good on large minnows or nightcrawlers, try fishing around docks or brush
piles along the bank; catfish fair on stinkbaits and chicken livers,
try fishing the mouth of a large cove with nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 80 degrees, low, clear; black bass fair on
jigs, soft plastic baits and spoons; bluegill fair on live baits. (Report
made on 9/26/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 77 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye good;
crappie fair around cover in some holes; all other species slow.
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

James River (lower): 80 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on
watermelon-colored soft plastics; all other species fair. (Report made
on 9/26/2007)

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ST. LOUIS REGION [phone]

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 71 degrees, low, dingy;
largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and soft plastics; all other species
fair.
(Report made on 9/27/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 71 degrees,
low, dingy; catfish fair on prepared baits; catfish limit: 4; please
remove litter.



(Report made on 9/27/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 71 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on crickets and
worms; smallmouth bass fair on crankbaits and minnows; channel catfish
fair on livers and worms; flathead catfish fair on live bluegill 4-5
inches long. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 71 degrees, normal, dingy;
bluegill fair on crickets and worms; black bass fair on minnows and
spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers, blood baits and cut
baits; all other species fair but some success on worms. (Report made on
9/27/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 71 degrees, normal, dingy;
channel catfish fair on worms and blood baits; black bass fair on plastic
worms and minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 71 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on
spinnerbaits, channel catfish fair on worms and blood baits; all other
species fair. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 72 degrees, low, muddy; catfish fair on
natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

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TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 56 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good;
successful lures are: marabou jigs (black and yellow and white),
mini-jigs (white floss and John Deere); glo balls (easter egg 3 color and
peppermint); dry flies: cracklebacks and renegades; other successful lures
are white brassies and wooly buggers with spinners; zone 3: white
Power Bait and yellow Power Bait.

Bennett Spring experienced a flood event on August 20, 2007. This
event caused some minor fish loss. However, it will not affect stocking at
Bennett Spring for the remainder of the year or next year. MDC's
coldwater hatchery system was able to cover the limited mortality associated
with this event. (Report made on 9/26/2007)

Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, stream is normal with cloudy water
conditions; fishing has been productive throughout the overcast days; fish
early morning or late evening for best results; white scented
doughbaits have been effective early; try green and white rubber legged jigs
with a 2 pound test leader later in the day; other lures to try include
marabou jigs (orange and yellow), small plastic orange or lime green
worms, jigs and scented glo balls (try various colors).
(Report made on 9/26/2007)

Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good; the river
continues to be clear and low; 2 lb. test line or less is recommended;
in the natural and artificial bait area: doughbaits in pink, yellow,
orange and white and garlic scented are producing good numbers of fish;
in the flies only area: small flies are doing well throughout the day;
marabou and mini jigs are good choices, colors to try are white,
black/yellow, green and brown. (Report made on 9/27/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, rising, water flow has increased
with recent rains and is slighty dingy; 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 9/27/2007)