Missouri Department of Conservation Statewide Fishing Report 6/27/2013

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MO. Fishing Report Officer
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Missouri Department of Conservation
Statewide Fishing Report

Attention Fishing Report Subscribers:


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.
If an area is missing, please contact the appropriate regional MDC office or
trout location for details: Central 573-815-7900, Kansas City 816-622-0900,
Northeast 660-785-2420, Northwest 816-271-3100, Ozark 417-256-7161, Saint
Louis 636-441-4554, Southeast 573-290-5730, Southwest 417-895-6880, Bennett
Spring State Park 417-532-4418, Maramec Spring Park 573-265-7801, Montauk
State Park 573-548-2585, Roaring River State Park 417-847-2430.
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Central

Binder Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass fair; bluegill fair; crappie fair; channel catfish good; all
other species slow.

Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass?good on soft plastics and topwater lures early and late in
the day; bluegill and channel catfish good on worms; 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: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try light colored soft plastics, crappie jigs and Rooster Tails; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on cut shad, worms and
stinkbaits.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Fair
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow
on light colored soft plastics and spoons; crappie fair on crappie jigs and
minnows; catfish fair on cut shad, chicken livers and cut bluegill.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow; crappie fair on minnows; white bass slow; catfish fair on
cut bait.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try using plastic worms; crappie slow, try using minnows;
catfish good?using live bluegill; white bass good using spinnerbaits.??

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try using spinnerbaits; crappie slow, try using minnows;
catfish good using cut shad; white bass good using crankbaits.

Lamine River Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good
Water Type: muddy
normal?water?level above the mouth of the Blackwater River; all species
slow in that area; 3' above normal water?level below the mouth of the
Blackwater River; blue catfish good on setlines baited with goldfish in this
area; all other species slow.

Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Redear
Sunfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie?fair on minnows and jigs; channel catfish good on chicken liver;
bluegill good on earthworms; redear sunfish good on crickets; largemouth bass
good on topwater lures; all other species slow;?all use including fishing is
prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish?good on cut carp; flathead catfish good on goldfish; all other
species slow.

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
black bass slow, try worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try light colored soft plastics, crappie jigs and Rooster Tails; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on cut shad, worms and
stinkbaits.
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Kansas City

Atkinson Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.

James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 6/25/13
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
full pool; channel catfish good on chicken liver and cut baits; largemouth
bass good on crankbaits; bluegill fair on worms around brush piles and
spawning beds; redear sunfish fair on small jigs on spawning beds; crappie
slow with some success on jigs 2' under a bobber near deep water brush.

Missouri River (Kansas City area) Reported on: 6/25/13
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
blue and flathead catfish improving on worms and goldfish; all other species
slow.

Montrose Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
All species slow; fishing pressure light.

Schell Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.

Truman Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 6/26/13
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
All species slow.
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Northeast

Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass fair on nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers; all
other species slow.

Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good using earthworms and chicken livers; largemouth bass
good using Rooster Tails; crappie fair using Little Cleos; all other species
slow; the lake is closed to private boats, and bait held or transported in
containers? is prohibited.?

Long Branch Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on leeches and nightcrawlers along causeway of Hwy. AX;
channel catfish fair on setlines using bluegill; all other species slow.

Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
crappie fair on jigs close to shoreline; blue catfish fair on goldfish; all
other species slow.

Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish good on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; flathead catfish good
on live baits; blue catfish good on cut baits; all other species slow.

Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Freshwater Drum:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
drum good on nightcrawlers; channel catfish good on cut baits; all other
species slow.

Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass fair on lures; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and
stinkbaits; all other species slow.
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Northwest

Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Good
Channel Catfish:?Good
74 degrees, muddy; channel catfish good on liver and cut bait; black bass
good on the dam and in shallow water; crappie slow; bluegill good on worms,
but small.

Grand River Reported on: 6/26/13
the river is high and muddy from the current flooding; all species slow.

Lake Paho Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
76 degrees, visibility of 27"; channel catfish continue to be caught, but the
bite is slow on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits, most are in the 1 - 2 lb.
range; black bass and crappie slow.

Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
76 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish good on live bait (goldfish) and on
worms; channel catfish good on worms and fair on dip baits; blue catfish good
on on cut bait and fair on worms; carp good on worms; all other species slow.

Mozingo Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Good
Bluegill:?Good
76 degrees, normal, cloudy; channel catfish good; crappie fair; black bass
good; walleye fair; bluegill good; natural baits such as chicken livers,
nightcrawlers and cut shad are working best.

Pony Express Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good
74 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good on liver and stinkbait; largemouth
bass good on topwater baits; all other species fair.

Smithville Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
74 degrees, crappie fair on minnows and jigs with fish being caught in 10'
plus water; catfish good on cut shad and nightcrawlers; recent rains have
caused water levels of incoming creeks and river to rise, which in turn seems
to have increased the channel/blue catfish bite; largemouth bass fair on a
variety of plastic baits; white bass fair on lake points with shad
imitations; walleye fair with some fish being taken on larger points with
nightcrawlers or Rattle Traps.
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Ozark

Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live bait.

Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on soft plastics and live bait; goggle-eye fair on soft
plastics, live bait and spinnerbaits; all other species fair.

Bryant Creek Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics.

Bull Shoals Lake (East) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on topwater lures.

Current River Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good :?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on soft plastics;?all other species?good on live bait.

Eleven Point River Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Smallmouth Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
rainbow trout good on Power Baits; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics.

Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live baits.

Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: low
Water Type: dingy
black bass and sunfish fair on live bait.

Jacks Fork River Reported on: 6/26/13
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on soft plastic baits.

Norfork Lake Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastics and topwater lures.

North Fork of the White River Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and google-eye good on soft plastic baits.
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Southeast

Black River (above Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill good on live worms; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and
chicken liver after dark; smallmouth bass and google-eye slow on?plastic
baits; all other species slow.

Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?black bass fair on soft plastic lures; all other species
slow.

Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Good
Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass and google-eye good on minnows and soft plastics; all other
species slow.

Clearwater Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on worms; crappie slow on assorted jigs?around brush
piles?and off of points;?all other species slow.

Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Good
Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics during low light
periods;?channel catfish good on liver; all other species slow.

Cypress Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Redear
Sunfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish fair in 1' - 3' of water on jigs, crickets and
worms; largemouth bass fair in 1' - 3' of water on minnows, jigs, plastic
worms and crankbaits; channel catfish fair in 2' -?8' of?water on worms,
crickets and stinkbait; crappie slow on minnows and jigs in 1' - 3' of water;
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: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Warmouth:?Good
Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
bluegill, warmouth and redear sunfish good on crickets and jigs; largemouth
bass fair on weedless spoons; all?other species slow.

Lake Girardeau Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms;?all other species slow.

Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms, cut baits?and
stinkbaits;?all other species slow.

Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow Blue Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and worms; all?other species slow.

Perry County Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Sunfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on liver; black bass fair on crankbaits; all other
species slow.

Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill fair on crickets and waxworms;?channel catfish fair on chicken
livers and stinkbait; all other?species slow. 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: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on cut bait and
nightcrawlers;?black bass fair on hard and soft plastic lures; all other
species slow.?

St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish?good?on pole and line and trotlines with?stinkbaits,
chicken liver?and worms; flathead catfish good on trotlines with live
bait?(small goldfish or sunfish);?black bass fair on artificial lures such
as spinnerbaits and plastic worms; all other species slow.

Wappapello Lake Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
channel catfish good using nightcrawlers and live bait on jug lines and
trotlines at night;?bluegill fair using crickets and worms; black bass fair
using soft plastic lures early and late in the day; 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: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Striped Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, soft plastics and jigs;
crappie?fair on minnows near brush piles;?walleye fair on jerkbaits,
crankbaits and nightcrawlers; striped bass fair on large jerkbaits and
swimbaits; catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.

James River Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good White Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures with spooks and buzzbaits, try using a
Carolina rig with soft plastics and nightcrawlers in 25' - 30' of water in
the afternoon; white bass good on Rattle Traps in coves, use jigs on flats in
the morning and evening hours; catfish good on minnows and nightcrawlers, try
drifting or use trotlines and limb lines; bluegill good on worms and crickets
in 8' - 10' of water along the banks; crappie fair on jigs and minnows, best
in drop offs and deep channels.

Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 52?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on black/chrome and
white/chrome?Rooster Tails and Rapalas; trout good in the lower portion of
the lake on fluorescent orange, green, white and?chartreuse Power Bait
nuggets; all other species slow.

Niangua River Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: dingy
black bass?good on minnows and soft plastics; trout?good on bright colored
Power Baits; goggle-eye?fair on soft plastics.?

Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
black bass good on plastics on main lake points; catfish good on trotlines
with live bait; crappie fair over brush in 20' of water; walleye fair; all
other species slow.

Stockton Lake Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Walleye:?Good Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on on swimming soft plastics and deep crankbaits; walleye
good while drifting with nightcrawlers and trolling deep crankbaits; catfish
fair on nightcrawlers or cut shad.

Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on?a variety of baits, best on nightcrawlers, chicken liver,
small sunfish, shrimp and cut shad; black bass?fair on?on purple 10 "- 12"
soft plastic worms, 1/4 oz. green or brown jigs or large nightcrawlers fished
in 20' of water; all other species slow.?

Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 6/24/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Catfish:?Good
Crappie:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater baits in the early morning, later in the day
try?worms on a drop shot rig and tube baits;?bluegill good on live bait;
catfish good on live bait; crappie good on jigs and live minnows around
sunken timber and docks in 20' - 30' of water.
===============
St. Louis

Big River Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; all other species slow.

Bourbeuse River Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on blood bait; all other species slow.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on plastic worms and crankbaits; catfish good on blood bait
and doughbait; bluegill good on worms; crappie fair on minnows and jigs.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on:
6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on blood bait and doughbait; bluegill good on worms; please
remove your litter.

Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Trout-Perch:?Slow Catfish:?Slow Northern
Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on soft plastics; goggle-eye and panfish good on worms;
catfish slow; trout slow.

Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on soft plastics; catfish slow.?

Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow White Sucker:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
Drum fair on worms.

Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
All species slow, flood conditions continue.
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Trout Parks

Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
Zone 1 and 2 lures that are working well are:?gold plated black and
yellow?colored and orange colored marabou jigs; white colored, and easter
egg colored glo balls; brown with orange tail?colored, brown with brown tail
colored, and Jimi Hendrix colored?Rooster Tails; chartreuse brassie;
white?floss; blue, red and gold colored Cracklebacks; brown midge; Zone 3
baits that are popular are Gulp minnow grubs, Berkley Power Bait white extra
scent, trout nuggets.??June and July fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m.? Due to mechanical problems weed cutting has been postponed.? We will
try to finish cutting Thursday, June 27th if the problem is fixed, otherwise
we will finish one day the first week of July.? Sorry for any
inconvenience.????

Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Fair Brown Trout:?Slow
Temperature: 56?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
fishing is slow, the spring branch?has good flow, remember to use light
weight line and tackle; fish are holding in deep areas of swift water and
near submerged habitat, target these areas for best success;?feather jigs in
black and white, brown and yellow?colors are producing good numbers of fish;
trout worms in orange/white, green/white and yellow are good choices;
tightlining doughbait?in swift water is?producing fish in the late
afternoon; fishing hours for the month of?June?are?6:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m.??For more information call 573-265-7801.

Montauk State Park Reported on: 6/25/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
The river level is normal, standing at 2.05' at the lower park boundary, 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, some colors
work better at different times of the day; the best fishing is in the
mornings and evenings, especially on warmer days.? The hatchery staff will
be cutting aquatic vegetation in the lake, catch and release area, above the
Mill Dam, and spring branch on July 1st and 2nd.? June fishing hours are
6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.? For up-to-date stream conditions check
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?07064440

Roaring River State Park Reported on: 6/26/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
Water Type: clear
The stream level is normal;?best colors on the soft plastics have been,
pink, orange peel, orange, white and chartreuse;?black, brown and skunk
colored Rooster Tails will always catch a few trout;?pheasant tails,
burlaps, sow bugs, brassies, copper johns and hares ears are all working
well; good hatches right now; caddis, blue wing olives and tricos, and a few
sulphers in the evenings; flies like cracklebacks, and wooly worms are
working well also, add some weight to make your flies get down a bit; beetles
are starting to do well again, warm weather makes the beetle bite better; 9'
leaders are still the norm; 6X on nymphs, 5X on buggers and other streamers
and 7X on dry flies; 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 is 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.