MDC Fishing Report 4/16/2014

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MO. Fishing Report Officer
Joined
Jul 23, 2010
Location
Lebanon, MO
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Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize)

Information: 573-346-2210
Water Surface Temp: 51º
Water Level (Range): low
Water Type: dingy
Fish Reported:
Crappie: Good
Black Bass: Fair
White Bass: Slow
Catfish: Slow
crappie good on minnows and jigs; white bass slow, try light colored soft plastics and spoons; catfish slow on worms, chicken livers, stinkbaits and cut baits; black bass fair on soft plastic worms and crankbaits.
(Reported on: 4/16/14)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois)

Information: 573-346-2210
Water Surface Temp: 51º
Water Level (Range): low
Water Type: dingy
Fish Reported:
Crappie: Fair
Black Bass: Fair
White Bass: Slow
Catfish: Fair
crappie fair on jigs in deeper water; black bass fair on plastic worms; white bass slow; catfish fair on cut bait.
(Reported on: 4/16/14)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua)

Information: 573-346-2210
Water Surface Temp: 51º
Water Level (Range): low
Water Type: dingy
Fish Reported:
Black Bass: Fair
Crappie: Good
Catfish: Good
White Bass: Fair
black bass fair on crankbaits; crappie good, try using light colored jigs with Crappie Nibbles; catfish good, try using cut shad; white bass good, try using spinnerbaits; white bass fair using spinnerbaits.
(Reported on: 4/16/14)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage)

Information: 573-346-2210
Water Surface Temp: 51º
Water Level (Range): normal
Water Type: dingy
Fish Reported:
Black Bass: Fair
Crappie: Good
Catfish: Fair
White Bass: Fair
black bass fair, try using soft plastics or crankbaits; crappie good, try using light colored jigs; catfish fair, try using cut shad; white bass fair, try using light colored plastics or spinnerbaits.
(Reported on: 4/16/14)
Pomme de Terre Reservoir

Information: 417-895-6880
Water Surface Temp: 53º
Water Level (Range): normal
Water Type: clear
Fish Reported:
Crappie: Good
Black Bass: Good
Walleye: Good
black bass good on crankbaits while casting along the shoreline and around points; walleye good on yellow and chartreuse jigs or Rogues on shallow points; crappie good on chartreuse jigs around brush piles in 4' - 15' of water and backs of coves; all other species slow.
(Reported on: 4/14/14)

Stockton Lake

Information: 417-895-6880
Water Surface Temp: 51º
Water Level (Range): rising
Water Type: muddy
Fish Reported:
Catfish: Slow
Walleye: Slow
Black Bass: Fair
Crappie: Good
crappie good on minnows and white plastic grubs with 1/8 oz. heads in 10' - 12' of water; black bass fair on jerkbaits in various colors, mainly chartreuse on flats and off points in 6' -15' of water; catfish slow, best on liver from banks of coves and points; walleye slow, best on plastic worms and minnows at the edge of bluffs and up into the lake arms; all other species slow.
(Reported on: 4/15/14)

Table Rock Lake

Information: 417-895-6880
Water Surface Temp: 50º
Water Level (Range): normal
Water Type: clear
Fish Reported:
Black Bass: Fair
Crappie: Fair
black bass fair on stickbaits and Wiggle Warts around secondary points; crappie fair on smoke or white colored swimming minnows in 8' of water; all other species slow.
(Reported on: 4/15/14)

Table Rock Lake (James River arm)

Information: 417-895-6880
Water Surface Temp: 55º
Water Level (Range): normal
Water Type: dingy
Fish Reported:
Black Bass: Fair
Crappie: Good
White Bass: Good
Walleye: Fair
white bass good on white sliders, pearl white swimming minnows, and X-raps that dive to at least 6', live minnows and Alabama Rigs with three hooks are also working well; crappie good on small jigs and minnows; black bass fair on swimbaits and spinnerbaits, Alabama Rigs with three hooks also working well, try smoke or shad colored baits that mimic a small school of fish and cast along rocky bluffs that have some submerged tree tops; walleye fair on spinnerbaits, shad crankbaits and live minnows; all other species slow.
(Reported on: 4/14/14)