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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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Fair
Channel Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish good on worms and crickets; largemouth bass fair;
channel catfish fair; crappie fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass fair on soft plastics; bluegill and channel catfish good on
worms; all other?species slow; the lake is closed to private boats; bait
held or transported in containers with water is prohibited.
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try light
colored plastics and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try using worms and
crankbaits; catfish fair using cut shad and worms.
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try light colored
plastics and spoons; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and
buzzbaits; catfish fair using cut baits, worms and stinkbaits.
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; catfish good on
cut bait; white bass slow.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair, try using plastic worms and crankbaits; crappie fair, try
using minnows; catfish good, try using cut shad and worms; white bass slow,
try using light colored lures.
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using plastic worms; crappie fair, try using light
colored jigs; catfish good, try using stinkbait and cut shad; white bass
fair, try using dark colored soft plastics.
Lamine River Reported on: 6/5/13
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
the river is out of the banks, flood stage; all species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
crappie?good on?live minnows and?jigs; channel catfish good on chicken
liver;?bluegill good on earthworms; all other species slow;?all use
including fishing is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 6/5/13
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
water levels are exceeding flood stage; all species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow, try using minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try using
light colored plastics and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try using worms and
crankbaits; catfish fair using cut shad and worms.
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Kansas City
Atkinson Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Crappie:?Fair Smallmouth Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
full pool; channel catfish fair 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: 6/5/13
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
there is a small amount of debris in the flow; blue catfish are biting on
goldfish and bluegill near the confluences with feeder creeks/streams and in
those bodies of water; flathead catfish are biting on worms; all other
species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light.
Schell Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Crappie:?Fair Smallmouth Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
Truman Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
Crappie slow; catfish good; white bass good on jigs and crankbaits.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good; all other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good Redear
Sunfish:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair using stinkbaits; largemouth bass good using
spinnerbaits; redear sunfish good using earthworms; 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: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on setlines using live bluegill and along riprap of
Route AX using leeches; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species
slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
the river is at flood stage; flathead catfish good on live baits; blue
catfish good on cut baits; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and
stinkbaits; all other species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
crappie fair on jigs and minnows; small channel catfish good on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
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Northwest
Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on liver and cut baits; black bass good on the dam and
shallow water; crappie fair on minnows and jigs over deeper brush; bluegill
good on worms in shallows.
Grand River Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
The river is falling quickly from last week's flood; flathead, blue and
channel catfish are good on live bait on setlines; all other species slow.?
Lake Paho Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Largemouth bass good adjacent to the shoreline in shallow areas less than 3'
deep; channel catfish good on natural baits.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on worms and dip bait; blue catfish fair on worms and
cut bait; flathead catfish good on worms, fair on live bait; carp good on
worms and fair on corn.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Largemouth bass good on plastics; crappie fair on minnows and jigs over
deeper brush; channel catfish good on cut baits; bluegill good on worms in
shallow water.
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Crappie fair, but small in size on jigs and minnows, channel catfish good on
live bait, bluegill good on worms in shallow water.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Crappie fair; spawn seems to be winding down; larger fish being caught in
deeper water away fron the bank, however, you may catch a few remaining fish
near?the shore on assorted jigs; 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 reports
of some being caught up the Little Platte arm of the lake on shad-colored
lures/jigs; walleye fair; begin fishing 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: 6/5/13
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastic and live baits; goggle-eye fair; all other
species fair.
Bryant Creek Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastics.
Bull Shoals Lake (East) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastics.
Current River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 60?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastics.
North Fork of the White River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics.
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Southeast
Black River (above Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?all other species slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
Clearwater Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow on assorted jigs in willow thickets and off of points; channel
catfish slow on nightcrawlers;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Good
Redear Sunfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on crankbaits, swimbaits and?dark colored soft
plastics;?redear sunfish fair on worms; bluegill fair on worms; all other
species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Redear
Sunfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good on minnows, goldfish and jigs in 1' - 3' of water; bluegill and
redear sunfish good in 1' - 3' of water on jigs, crickets and worms close to
the shore; largemouth bass good in 1' - 3' of water on minnows, jigs, plastic
worms and crankbaits; channel catfish good 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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
redear sunfish fair on red worms; all other species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Crappie:?Slow Redear
Sunfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill and redear sunfish good on worms; largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits;?all other species fair.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms and stinkbaits; all other
species fair.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish fair on cut baits and
worms; all?other species slow.
Perry County Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Sunfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass good on shallow running crankbaits; sunfish good on
mealworms; crappie fair on live minnows; channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill good on crickets and waxworms; black bass fair on jigs and worms;
channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and cut baits; 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: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers;?all other species
slow.?
St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish?fair?on pole and line and trotlines with?stinkbaits,
chicken liver?and worms; flathead catfish fair on trotlines with live bait
of small goldfish or sunfish;?all other species slow.
Wappapello Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: rising
channel catfish good using nightcrawlers and live bait on jug lines and
trotlines at night and near rocky areas;?crappie fair using minnows and
jigs; black bass fair using crankbaits and spinnerbaits; bluegill fair using
crickets and worms; 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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good White Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good
Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, soft plastics and jigs;
crappie good on minnows near brush piles; white bass fair on Alabama Rig (3
hooks only) with white plastic grubs, small Rapalas, and while trolling;
walleye fair on jerkbaits and crankbaits; all other species slow.
James River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 68?
flathead catfish good using live bait; black bass good on crankbaits 10' -12'
deep; crappie fair on minnows; all other species fair.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 50?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on black, olive/white?marabou
jigs when drifting with the current, black/chrome and white/chrome Rooster
Tails and Rapalas also working well; trout good in the lower portion of the
lake on fluorescent orange, chartreuse, white and pink Power Bait nuggets,
nightcrawlers and corn; all other species slow.
Niangua River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 61?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?good on 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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good Walleye:?Good White
Bass:?Slow Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
crappie good on minnows?in 15' of water; black bass good on jigs in main
lake points; walleye good?on crankbaits on flats; catfish good using jug
lines with live bait; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Walleye:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass good on spinnerbaits and flukes; catfish good on nightcrawlers;
walleye good on worm harnesses and bottom bouncers; crappie fair while
trolling with small crankbaits and while drifting with minnows.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on?crankbaits that dive 10' - 12', green or brown jigs and
soft plastic green crayfish or salamanders, Shakey Head soft plastic worms in
watermelon colors in 12' - 14' of water and white spinnerbaits with a gold
blade thrown against rocky bluffs?are also working well; catfish good on
trotlines, limb lines or pole and line, flathead catfish good on live bait,
channel catfish good on chicken liver, nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, shrimp and
cut shad; crappie?fair on live minnows, also try soft plastic minnows and
jigs?in 20' - 22' of water;?all other species slow.?
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Good White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on UV green colored worms in 8' - 15' of water; bluegill and
redear sunfish good on worms and jigs in 1' - 4' of water; crappie fair on
minnows and soft plastic jigs in brush along the bank; white bass fair on
topwater lures in the early morning.
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St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Channel catfish fair on blood bait and cut bait; all other species slow.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Channel catfish fair on cut bait and blood bait; all other species slow.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on doughbait and livers; black bass fair on plastic
worms and crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on
worms.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on doughbait and livers; please remove your litter;
limit 4 catfish.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
All species slow.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
All species slow.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
the river is at major flood stage, a large portion of this section of the
river is closed to recreational traffic.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
the river is at major flood stage, all species slow.
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Trout Parks
Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: dingy
Zone 1 and 2 lures that are working well are: gingersnap colored and orange
colored marabou jigs; white colored, easter egg colored and Jimi Hendrix
colored?glo balls; brown colored, trout colored, and white with red stripe
and white blade colored?Rooster Tails; white?floss; blue, red and gold
colored Cracklebacks; brown midge; Zone 3 baits that are popular are Gulp
minnow grubs, Berkley Power Bait orange, trout nuggets.? June fishing Hours
are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.? The statewide free fishing weekend will be June
8th and 9th. Fishing permits and tags are not needed to fish Bennett Spring
during that weekend. Moss cutting is scheduled for June 25th and 26th.
Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 56?
fishing is good; the spring branch is back to normal and?has good
flow;?remember to use light weight line and tackle; fish are holding in
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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 57?
the river level is slightly above?normal, the water is dingy; 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.??Sight fishing is a little more difficult with
the water color right now.??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
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.
arty0011: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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Fair
Channel Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish good on worms and crickets; largemouth bass fair;
channel catfish fair; crappie fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass fair on soft plastics; bluegill and channel catfish good on
worms; all other?species slow; the lake is closed to private boats; bait
held or transported in containers with water is prohibited.
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try light
colored plastics and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try using worms and
crankbaits; catfish fair using cut shad and worms.
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try light colored
plastics and spoons; black bass fair on dark colored soft plastics and
buzzbaits; catfish fair using cut baits, worms and stinkbaits.
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; catfish good on
cut bait; white bass slow.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair, try using plastic worms and crankbaits; crappie fair, try
using minnows; catfish good, try using cut shad and worms; white bass slow,
try using light colored lures.
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using plastic worms; crappie fair, try using light
colored jigs; catfish good, try using stinkbait and cut shad; white bass
fair, try using dark colored soft plastics.
Lamine River Reported on: 6/5/13
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
the river is out of the banks, flood stage; all species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
crappie?good on?live minnows and?jigs; channel catfish good on chicken
liver;?bluegill good on earthworms; all other species slow;?all use
including fishing is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 6/5/13
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
water levels are exceeding flood stage; all species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow, try using minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow, try using
light colored plastics and crappie jigs; black bass slow, try using worms and
crankbaits; catfish fair using cut shad and worms.
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Kansas City
Atkinson Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Crappie:?Fair Smallmouth Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
full pool; channel catfish fair 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: 6/5/13
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
there is a small amount of debris in the flow; blue catfish are biting on
goldfish and bluegill near the confluences with feeder creeks/streams and in
those bodies of water; flathead catfish are biting on worms; all other
species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish fair; all other species slow; fishing pressure light.
Schell Lake (Schell-Osage CA) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Crappie:?Fair Smallmouth Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
Truman Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
Crappie slow; catfish good; white bass good on jigs and crankbaits.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good; all other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good Redear
Sunfish:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair using stinkbaits; largemouth bass good using
spinnerbaits; redear sunfish good using earthworms; 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: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on setlines using live bluegill and along riprap of
Route AX using leeches; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species
slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
the river is at flood stage; flathead catfish good on live baits; blue
catfish good on cut baits; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and
stinkbaits; all other species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 6/4/13
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
crappie fair on jigs and minnows; small channel catfish good on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
===============
Northwest
Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on liver and cut baits; black bass good on the dam and
shallow water; crappie fair on minnows and jigs over deeper brush; bluegill
good on worms in shallows.
Grand River Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
The river is falling quickly from last week's flood; flathead, blue and
channel catfish are good on live bait on setlines; all other species slow.?
Lake Paho Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 64?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Largemouth bass good adjacent to the shoreline in shallow areas less than 3'
deep; channel catfish good on natural baits.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on worms and dip bait; blue catfish fair on worms and
cut bait; flathead catfish good on worms, fair on live bait; carp good on
worms and fair on corn.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Largemouth bass good on plastics; crappie fair on minnows and jigs over
deeper brush; channel catfish good on cut baits; bluegill good on worms in
shallow water.
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Crappie fair, but small in size on jigs and minnows, channel catfish good on
live bait, bluegill good on worms in shallow water.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Crappie fair; spawn seems to be winding down; larger fish being caught in
deeper water away fron the bank, however, you may catch a few remaining fish
near?the shore on assorted jigs; 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 reports
of some being caught up the Little Platte arm of the lake on shad-colored
lures/jigs; walleye fair; begin fishing lake points with Rattle Traps and
crankbaits to catch post spawn fish.
===============
Ozark
Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Temperature: 65?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastic and live baits; goggle-eye fair; all other
species fair.
Bryant Creek Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastics.
Bull Shoals Lake (East) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastics.
Current River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 60?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
all species slow.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 66?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastics.
North Fork of the White River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastics.
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Southeast
Black River (above Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 69?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?all other species slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
Clearwater Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: dingy
crappie slow on assorted jigs in willow thickets and off of points; channel
catfish slow on nightcrawlers;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Good
Redear Sunfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on crankbaits, swimbaits and?dark colored soft
plastics;?redear sunfish fair on worms; bluegill fair on worms; all other
species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Redear
Sunfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good on minnows, goldfish and jigs in 1' - 3' of water; bluegill and
redear sunfish good in 1' - 3' of water on jigs, crickets and worms close to
the shore; largemouth bass good in 1' - 3' of water on minnows, jigs, plastic
worms and crankbaits; channel catfish good 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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
redear sunfish fair on red worms; all other species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Crappie:?Slow Redear
Sunfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill and redear sunfish good on worms; largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits;?all other species fair.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms and stinkbaits; all other
species fair.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish fair on cut baits and
worms; all?other species slow.
Perry County Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Sunfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
largemouth bass good on shallow running crankbaits; sunfish good on
mealworms; crappie fair on live minnows; channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill good on crickets and waxworms; black bass fair on jigs and worms;
channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and cut baits; 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: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers;?all other species
slow.?
St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish?fair?on pole and line and trotlines with?stinkbaits,
chicken liver?and worms; flathead catfish fair on trotlines with live bait
of small goldfish or sunfish;?all other species slow.
Wappapello Lake Reported on: 6/4/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: rising
channel catfish good using nightcrawlers and live bait on jug lines and
trotlines at night and near rocky areas;?crappie fair using minnows and
jigs; black bass fair using crankbaits and spinnerbaits; bluegill fair using
crickets and worms; 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.
===============
Southwest
Bull Shoals Lake (West) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good White Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good
Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, soft plastics and jigs;
crappie good on minnows near brush piles; white bass fair on Alabama Rig (3
hooks only) with white plastic grubs, small Rapalas, and while trolling;
walleye fair on jerkbaits and crankbaits; all other species slow.
James River Reported on: 6/5/13
Temperature: 68?
flathead catfish good using live bait; black bass good on crankbaits 10' -12'
deep; crappie fair on minnows; all other species fair.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 50?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on black, olive/white?marabou
jigs when drifting with the current, black/chrome and white/chrome Rooster
Tails and Rapalas also working well; trout good in the lower portion of the
lake on fluorescent orange, chartreuse, white and pink Power Bait nuggets,
nightcrawlers and corn; all other species slow.
Niangua River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 61?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?good on 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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good Walleye:?Good White
Bass:?Slow Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
crappie good on minnows?in 15' of water; black bass good on jigs in main
lake points; walleye good?on crankbaits on flats; catfish good using jug
lines with live bait; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Walleye:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass good on spinnerbaits and flukes; catfish good on nightcrawlers;
walleye good on worm harnesses and bottom bouncers; crappie fair while
trolling with small crankbaits and while drifting with minnows.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 62?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on?crankbaits that dive 10' - 12', green or brown jigs and
soft plastic green crayfish or salamanders, Shakey Head soft plastic worms in
watermelon colors in 12' - 14' of water and white spinnerbaits with a gold
blade thrown against rocky bluffs?are also working well; catfish good on
trotlines, limb lines or pole and line, flathead catfish good on live bait,
channel catfish good on chicken liver, nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, shrimp and
cut shad; crappie?fair on live minnows, also try soft plastic minnows and
jigs?in 20' - 22' of water;?all other species slow.?
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Good
Bluegill:?Good White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 72?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on UV green colored worms in 8' - 15' of water; bluegill and
redear sunfish good on worms and jigs in 1' - 4' of water; crappie fair on
minnows and soft plastic jigs in brush along the bank; white bass fair on
topwater lures in the early morning.
===============
St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Black
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Channel catfish fair on blood bait and cut bait; all other species slow.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
Channel catfish fair on cut bait and blood bait; all other species slow.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on doughbait and livers; black bass fair on plastic
worms and crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on
worms.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Channel catfish good on doughbait and livers; please remove your litter;
limit 4 catfish.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow
Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
All species slow.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 68?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
All species slow.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
the river is at major flood stage, a large portion of this section of the
river is closed to recreational traffic.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 67?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
the river is at major flood stage, all species slow.
===============
Trout Parks
Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: dingy
Zone 1 and 2 lures that are working well are: gingersnap colored and orange
colored marabou jigs; white colored, easter egg colored and Jimi Hendrix
colored?glo balls; brown colored, trout colored, and white with red stripe
and white blade colored?Rooster Tails; white?floss; blue, red and gold
colored Cracklebacks; brown midge; Zone 3 baits that are popular are Gulp
minnow grubs, Berkley Power Bait orange, trout nuggets.? June fishing Hours
are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.? The statewide free fishing weekend will be June
8th and 9th. Fishing permits and tags are not needed to fish Bennett Spring
during that weekend. Moss cutting is scheduled for June 25th and 26th.
Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 6/3/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 56?
fishing is good; the spring branch is back to normal and?has good
flow;?remember to use light weight line and tackle; fish are holding in
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: 6/5/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 57?
the river level is slightly above?normal, the water is dingy; 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.??Sight fishing is a little more difficult with
the water color right now.??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
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.