Missouri Department of Conservation Statewide Fishing Report 5/09/2013

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Sorry guys for lacking on keeping these up to date. I crashed my laptop, transfer case went out on the truck, son broke his leg and spent a week in the hospital, working 50 hr per week and planning my trip to Jamaica has left a bit challenged for time. Hope everyone is leaving some scraps for me. I might be back on the water by mid summer.:D

Missouri Department of Conservation
Statewide Fishing Report

Attention Fishing Report Subscribers:

In most streams south of the Missouri River, black bass season will open May
25, 2013, until that date all black bass in those streams must be returned to
the water unharmed immediately after being caught. For details see Chapter 6
of the Wildlife Code.
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.
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Central

Binder Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 63?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie fair on jigs and minnows; largemouth bass fair; bluegill fair; all
other species slow.

Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass fair on soft plastics; crappie fair on jigs; all
other?species slow; the lake is closed to private boats and bait held or
transported in containers with water is prohibited.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 52?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish fair?on shad and?worms; crappie?fair?using minnows and?crappie
jigs; white bass fair?on light colored soft plastics and?crappie jigs;
black bass season closed.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass?fair?on dark colored soft plastics and?crankbaits; white bass
fair using?light colored soft plastics, Rooster Tails and?spoons; crappie
good?on crappie jigs?and minnows; catfish?fair?on?worms and?shad.?

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Crappie:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using crankbaits; catfish good, try using cut shad and
worms; crappie fair, try using minnows and soft plastic jigs; white bass
fair, try using light colored soft plastics with spinners.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using spinnerbaits and soft rubber worms; catfish good,
try using cut shad and live bait; crappie fair, try using minnows; white bass
fair, try using light colored soft plastics.

Lamine River Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
?2' high; channel catfish?good on a variety of baits from the mouth of the
Blackwater River upstream to Roberts Bluffs Access; blue catfish fair on cut
baits downstream from De Bourgmont Access;?all?other?species slow.

Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie?fair on?minnows; channel catfish fair on chicken liver; all other
species slow;?all use including fishing is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; blue catfish fair on minnows; all
other?species slow.

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 52?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish fair?on shad and?worms; crappie?fair?using minnows and?crappie
jigs; white bass fair?on light colored soft plastics and?crappie jigs;
black bass season closed.
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Kansas City

Atkinson Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 59?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all other species slow.

James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Slow
Temperature: 52?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on crankbaits; bluegill fair on worms around brush
piles; crappie fair on jigs 2' under a bobber near deep water brush.

Missouri River (Kansas City area) Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish good on worms and cut baits; shovelnose sturgeon good on worms
in slow moving waters; all other species slow.

Montrose Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
fishing pressure light.

Schell Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all other species fair.

Truman Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Fair Black Crappie:?Fair
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on jigs and minnows on bank in 6' - 8' of water; black bass fair
on spinnerbaits and minnows; catfish good on cut bait.

Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: White Bass:?Slow Black Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all other species fair.
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Northeast

Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
blue?catfish good using?chicken livers and earthworms; crappie fair using
Twister Tails; all?other species slow; the lake is closed to private boats
and bait held or transported in containers with water is prohibited.

Long Branch Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish good on worms, whole shad, and cut bait; all other species
slow.

Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
several?ramps are closed due to high water; all species slow.

Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: :?Good
Temperature: 52?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.?

Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all?species slow.

Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
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Northwest

Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
50 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish fair on cut bait; black bass fair
on jerkbaits; crappie fair on jigs.

Grand River Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
64 degrees, muddy; blue catfish and channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and
cut shad; flathead catfish slow on live bait; all other species fair.

Lake Paho Reported on: 5/7/13
54 degrees; recent substantial snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures have
limited both fishing pressure and fishing success; look for fishing on all
species to improve greatly this week due to improved weather conditions.

Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 5/7/13
46 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.

Mozingo Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Good
55 degrees, rising but still below normal pool level; dingy; largemouth bass
fair on jerkbaits and soft plastics; crappie fair in staging areas and
mid-depth brush piles; channel catfish fair on cut bait; black bass and
bluegill good; walleye fair; all other species slow.

Pony Express Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Bluegill:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair
56 degrees, clear; crappie good on jigs and minnows in shallows; bluegill
fair on worms in shallows; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms in shallows.

Smithville Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
53 degrees, 1' low and slowly rising with an outflow of 8 cfs; crappie fair,
fish being taken from both shallow and deeper waters, try assorted jigs and
minnows, black/chart and purple/chart seems to be working the best; catfish
fair on cut shad with a few being caught on liver, nightcrawlers and crappie
sized minnows; largemouth bass fair on suspended baits, jigs and
spinnerbaits; white bass fair with some being reported up the Little Platte
Arm of the lake, shad and colored lures/jigs working the best; walleye fair,
begin fishing large lake points with Rattle Traps and crankbaits to catch
post spawn fish.
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Ozark

Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
goggle-eye good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits.?

Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 60?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
all species slow.

Bryant Creek Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Bull Shoals Lake (East) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
white bass fair on jigs or minnows.

Current River Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.

Eleven Point River Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
goggle-eye good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
sunfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.

Jacks Fork River Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 59?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Norfork Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 63?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
white bass fair on jigs or minnows.

North Fork of the White River Reported on: 5/7/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
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Southeast

Black River (above Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.

Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on minnows and assorted jigs with Crappie Nibbles under a float
below spillway in deeper water; white bass fair on minnows and assorted jigs;
all other species slow.

Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.

Clearwater Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on jigs at the mouth of Logan Creek; all other species slow.

Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 63?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on minnows and dark colored soft plastics;?crappie fair on
minnows and jigs; all other species slow.

Cypress Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Redear
Sunfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on minnows, goldfish and jigs in 1' - 3' of water; bluegill and
redear sunfish fair in 1' - 3' of water on jigs, crickets and worms;
largemouth bass slow in 1' - 3' of water on minnows, jigs, plastic worms and
crankbaits; channel catfish slow in 2' - 8' of water on worms, crickets and
stinkbait; all other species slow.? NEW CRAPPIE REGULATION: no length limit
on crappie on Cypress Lake, the daily limit of 15?remains in effect.

Duck Creek C.A. Pool #1 Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair Warmouth:?Fair
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass fair on spinners; bluegill fair on crickets;?warmouth
sunfish fair on crickets; all other species slow.

Lake Girardeau Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Crappie:?Slow Redear
Sunfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass, bluegill and redear sunfish?good on?worms; channel catfish
fair on worms and stinkbait;?all other species slow.

Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish, flathead catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms, cut
baits?and stinkbaits; all other species slow.

Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Slow
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all?species slow.

Perry County Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Sunfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on white jigs; sunfish fair on red wigglers; largemouth bass
fair on spinnerbaits; all other species slow.

Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good; all other?species fair.? NEW CRAPPIE REGULATION: no
length limit on crappie on DeLaney Lake, the daily limit of 15 remains in
effect.

St. Francis River (above Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all?species slow.? REMINDER: black bass season remains closed on the Upper
St. Francis River until May 25, 2013.

St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish?good using pole and line and trotline with chicken liver,
stinkbaits and worms; flathead catfish good on small bluegill and
goldfish;?all other species slow.

Wappapello Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 59?
Water Level: high
channel catfish good using nightcrawlers and live bait near rocky areas at
night;?crappie fair using minnows and jigs; all other species slow. Anglers
should note the 9" minimum length limit regulation for crappie on Wappapello
Lake. Recorded lake level and other infomation can be received by calling the
Wappapello Lake Information Hotline at?573-222-8139 or 1-877-lake-info.
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Southwest

Bull Shoals Lake (West) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good White Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good
Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 59?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits on windy points, also try soft
plastics, and jigs; white bass good on Alabama Rig (three hooks only) with
white plastic grubs, white swimming minnows, and?small Rapalas, also try
trolling?in the main lake, Swan Creek,?and Beaver Creek; crappie?good on
minnows and 1/16th oz. jigs near brush piles; walleye fair on jerkbaits; all
other species slow.?

James River Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
catfish good on nightcrawlers; goggle-eye good on small plastic white
spinnerbaits or live bait; black?bass?slow, males are showing up on beds
around structure?on football jigs in pumpkin seed colors; crappie?slow,
best?on jigs and minnows over brush piles.

Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 50?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
trout good on marabou jigs while drifting with the current, Rooster Tails and
Rapala type crankbaits also working well, try orange, chartreuse, white/pink
Power Bait in the lower portion of the lake or corn and nightcrawlers; all
other species slow.

Niangua River Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?fair on live minnows and soft plastics; goggle-eye fair on
minnows and soft plastics; trout fair on bright colored Power Baits.?

Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good Walleye:?Slow White
Bass:?Slow Muskellunge:?Slow
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
black bass good on?spinnerbaits?in brush; crappie?good on?in 12' - 15' of
water around structure; all other species slow.?

Stockton Lake Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 51?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
walleye fair on jigs tipped with nightcrawlers; black bass fair on jigs and
deep crankbaits; catfish fair on nightcrawlers.

Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good White Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on deep diving crankbaits, green or brown jigs and soft
plastic green crayfish; crappie good on live minnows, also try soft plastic
minnows and jigs near the bank; white bass good below Galena on spinnerbaits,
white Vibric Rooster Tails or small crankbaits, purple, smoke and blue
swimming minnows with 1/16 or 1/18 oz. jigs are also working well, fish just
before dark or after dark for best results; all other species slow.?

Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock
Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth and smallmouth bass?good on?pumpkin colored?grubs on 1/4 oz.
jig head in 10' - 18' of water;?goggle-eye fair on?grubs and tube baits;
crappie fair on jigs and floaters around brush piles in 8' of water.
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St. Louis

Big River Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
catfish fair on cut bait; bluegill fair on crickets.

Bourbeuse River Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; bluegill fair on
worms.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish fair on natural bait; please remove your litter.

Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
All species slow.

Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Catfish good on limb lines.

Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Blue catfish fair on cut shad and skipjack near channel ledges.

Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 55?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Blue catfish fair on cut shad and skipjack near channel ledges.
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Trout Parks

Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 5/6/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Zone 1 and 2 best lures: gingersnap colored marabou jigs;?blue colored and
green colored, and gold colored Cracklebacks; John Deere colored and
bedspread colored?mini-jigs;?brown glittered colored and solid black
colored Rooster Tails; tan colored scuds; original colored glo balls; Zone 3
best lures: white colored Power Bait; white floating salmon eggs; black and
yellow colored and orange and black colored Beetle Spins. May fishing hours
are from 6:30 a.m. until 8:15 p.m. We will be cutting weeds May 14 and 15. We
will begin by 8:00 a.m. and finish by 3:00 p.m. each day. Sorry for any
inconvenience.

Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 5/9/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Slow
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: dingy
fishing is good; the spring branch is?slowly?falling and?has good flow;
recent rains have made the water dingy; remember to use light weight line and
tackle; fish are holding in areas of deeper water and near submerged habitat,
target these areas for best success;?feather jigs in black and red, white,
and brown/yellow?colors are producing good numbers of fish; trout worms in
orange/white, green/white and yellow are good choices; tightlining doughbait
is producing fish in the late afternoon; fishing hours for the month of
May?are?6:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.? Kid's Free Fishing Day is Saturday, May
18th.? For more information call 573-265-7801.

Montauk State Park Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 56?
the river level is normal, the water is clear; 2 lb. test fishing line or
lighter is recommended; fishing is good on most baits; white, brown and
yellow scented dough and putty baits are working well in the bait zones; most
flies, Rooster Tails and jigs in black and yellow, olive colors and other
dark colors are working well; the best fishing is in the mornings and
evenings.? May fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.? For up-to-date
stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?07064440

Roaring River State Park Reported on: 5/7/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
Water Type: dingy
the stream level is falling and most of the holes are very deep this spring;
more weight is needed in a lot of these holes and you will need at least one
3/0 and maybe 2 of them to get to the bottom; best colors on the soft
plastics have been, pink, orange peal, orange, white and chartreuse; when the
water is high, black, brown and skunk colored Rooster Tails will always catch
a few trout;?fluorescent orange and fluorescent pink are doing well; orange,
white, cheese, fluorescent yellow power eggs and power worms are working
well; hatch brown works very well in the hatchery area; jig fishing with tan,
black/yellow, white, olive green and dark brown are working well; flies
working well are black wooly buggers, dark brown, and olive wooly buggers are
also working well; nymphs to use would be copper johns, pheasant tails, sow
bugs, prince nymphs, and burlaps; in Zone 3 use nightcrawlers, corn, Power
Bait paste and nuggets with heavy weight.

Fish Management Notice
Trout Stocking

The Conservation Department stocks trout in each of the trout parks every
evening from the day before the March 1 opener through Oct. 30. Tag sale
estimates determine a daily stocking rate average of 2.25 fish per expected
angler. Except on opening day, three fish are stocked for every expected
angler. From March 1 to Oct. 31, the parks will collectively sell more than
400,000 tags and stock more than 900,000 fish. These fish will average about
12 inches long over the season, but some variation occurs. Dozens of lunkers
weighing upwards of 3 pounds are stocked each year. A few tip the scales at
more than 10 pounds.