- Joined
- Jul 23, 2010
- Location
- Lebanon, MO
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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair; channel catfish fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Slow :?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try?light colored soft plastics, Rooster Tails and crappie jigs; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms and cut shad.
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits; white bass
slow, try?light colored soft plastics; crappie slow, try?minnows; catfish
fair on stinkbaits, cut baits and shrimp.
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
All species slow.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using crankbaits and spinnerbaits; crappie fair, try
using minnows; catfish good, try using cut shad and chicken livers; white
bass fair, try using soft plastic baits .
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair, try using topwater lures; crappie fair, try using dark jigs;
catfish good, try using cut shad and chicken liver; white bass fair, try soft
plastic baits.?
Lamine River Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: low
Water Type: muddy
flathead catfish and blue?catfish fair on goldfish;?all other species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good
Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish?fair 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead
Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: low
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish and channel catfish good on cut carp; flathead catfish fair on
live sunfish and bluegill;?all other species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try?light colored soft plastics, Rooster Tails and crappie jigs; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms and cut shad.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 7/9/13
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: low
Water Type: clear
water level 6" low; channel catfish fair on chicken liver and cut baits;
largemouth bass good on topwater baits early and late in the day; 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: 7/9/13
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
fishing is slow with some success with blue and flathead catfish being caught
while drift fishing with cut bait; flathead catfish are biting on lines
baited with goldfish or sunfish; channel catfish are biting on worms and dip
bait; all other species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Fishing pressure light.
Truman Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: White Crappie:?Good White Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good on jug lines and cut bait; white crappie good on shad.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 85?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie fair on minnows; bluegill fair; all other species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair using chicken liver and earthworms; largemouth bass good
using Rooster Tails; bluegill fair using Beetle Spins; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Hybrid Striped Bass
(Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on leeches, liver, cut baits and stinkbaits; black bass
fair on points with cover using plastic baits; hybrid striped bass fair on
shad lures; crappie fair on jigs; all other species slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
small crappie fair on jigs and minnows; white bass fair on jigs and small
crankbaits; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Freshwater Drum:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and stinkbaits; freshwater drum good on
nightcrawlers;?all other species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Freshwater Drum:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
drum good on nightcrawlers; channel catfish fair on prepared baits; all other
species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and liver; all other species slow.
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Northwest
Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
70's to low 80's, normal, clear; largemouth bass good in low light time of
day on topwater lures; channel catfish good on chicken liver; all other
species slow.
Grand River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Common
Carp:?Fair
70 degrees, normal but slowly falling, muddy; flathead and blue catfish good
on live bait; channel catfish good on dip baits and nightcrawlers; common
carp fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
Lake Paho Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair
78 degrees, full pool; channel catfish are still being taken on the standard
summer baits of nightcrawlers, chicken livers and commercial stinkbaits
fished in low light conditions adjacent to aquatic vegetation; largemouth
bass have moved into deeper water and are frequenting submerged brush piles;
surface lures such as buzzbaits and jerkbaits seem to be producing the best
at day break/sunset; all other species slow.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
79 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish good on worms and live bait;
channel catfish good on worms, fair on dip baits; blue catfish good on cut
bait, fair on worms; carp good on worms and corn; all other species slow.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
79 degrees, normal, cloudy; largemouth bass good; crappie fair over deep
brush of standing timber in coves; bluegill fair; channel catfish good on cut
bait; walleye slow.
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
75 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good on all catfish bait; carp are
rolling, spawning in shallow water providing good bow fishing; all other
species fair.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
80 degrees; crappie fair in deeper water (8' - 10') in the area of
trees/brush piles on minnows; catfish good on cut shad and nightcrawlers;
largemouth bass fair on lake points with shad imitations; walleye fair with
some being taken on larger lake points with nightcrawlers.
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Ozark
Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on jigs and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on jigs; channel
catfish fair on live bait.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass?fair on topwater lures.
Current River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Suckers:?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on plastic worms; suckers good on nightcrawlers.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass good on jigs and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair?jigs; channel
catfish fair on live baits.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: low
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on soft plastic baits.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
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: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all?species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?black bass fair on?plastic lures; bluegill fair on live
bait; all other species slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Good
Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Water Level: low
Water Type: clear
black bass and google-eye good on minnows and soft plastics; all other
species slow.
Clearwater Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Largemouth
Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish fair on chicken liver and nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on
worms and small soft plastics;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
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 after dark; all other species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Redear
Sunfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
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; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow Warmouth:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on topwater lures and weedless plastic worms; bluegill,
redear sunfish and warmouth fair on crickets; all other species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms;?largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits and topwater lures; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Slow Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish,?flathead catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms and
stinkbaits;?all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow Blue Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and worms; all?other species slow.
Perry County Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Sunfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 88?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on liver; black bass fair on buzzbaits; sunfish fair on
worms; all other species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill fair on crickets;?channel catfish fair on chicken livers, cut
baits?and worms; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie fair 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
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 pole and line with
spinnerbaits and plastic worms; all other species slow.
Wappapello Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
channel catfish fair using live bait on jug lines and trotlines at
night;?bluegill fair using crickets and worms; black bass fair using plastic
worms 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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Striped Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, soft plastics, jigs and
nightcrawlers; 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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
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?fair on worms and
crickets in 6' - 10' of water along the banks; crappie fair on jigs and
minnows, best in drop offs and deep channels.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 53?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on marabou jigs and glo balls
while drifting with the current, also try Rooster Tails and Rogues; trout
good in the lower portion of the lake on orange, chartreuse, and pink Power
Baits, nightcrawlers and corn.
Niangua River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?fair on?nightcrawlers and soft plastics; goggle-eye?fair on
minnows, also try soft plastics; trout?good on bright colored Power Baits.?
Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Good
Walleye:?Slow Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good along bluffs in 6' - 10' of water; black bass good along bluffs
and main lake points on plastic baits; catfish good on live bait; bluegill
good on worms; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on topwater lures early and swimming grubs; crappie fair on
minnows near structure in deeper water; catfish fair on shrimp and
nightcrawlers; walleye fair on jigs tipped with nightcrawlers.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastic crayfish, try watermelon colored with red
fleck during the day and black or dark brown during the night, also try large
purple plastic worms in 20' of water; all other species slow.
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on drop shot with worms in 20' - 25' of water; white bass
fair off main lake points using jigging spoons; walleye fair on spoons and
live bait.
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St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass slow on crankbaits; crappie slow on
minnows; bluegill fair on crickets.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish fair on cut bait; bluegill good on worms; black bass good on plastic
worms.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on spinners and plastic worms; catfish good on cut bait and
livers; bluegill good on worms; crappie fair on minnows.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on:
7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good on worms, livers and prepared baits.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: clear
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass good on plastic worms; bluegill good on
worms.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: clear
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass good on plastic worms; bluegill good on
worms.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Blue catfish fair on cut bait; channel catfish fair on dip baits; all other
species slow.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish fair on cut bait; channel catfish fair on dip baits; flathead
catfish fair on live bait.
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Trout Parks
Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 7/9/13
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?pink and white?colored marabou jigs; white colored, and
salmon colored glo balls; brown with orange tail?colored, white with white
blade colored, and yellow bumblebee 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
or?orange?extra scent, kapok.??July fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m.??We will try?to finish weed cutting the week of July?8.? Thank you
for your patience.
Montauk State Park Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 59?
The river level is normal, standing at 2.06' 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.??July 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
?Fishing is still very good at Roaring River State Park, the river is low
and clear, 2 lb. line is best right now, if you are fly fishing you'll have a
great time right now, the dry fly action is very good, beetles, ants,
hoppers, blue wing olives, caddis, griffith gnats, small cream midges are all
good on top right now; use 7X on dries, if you are going to nymph fish, 6X
works pretty well, but you'll get more hits if you use 7X and your leader
should be 9' or longer right now; nymphs that are working right now would be
caddis larva (burlaps), sow bugs pheasant tails, copper johns, small zebra
midges (black, olive, and brown) #18 and smaller are best right now; baby
buggers and Cracklebacks are both working very well, stripping these flies
can be very effective in the heat of the day; worm and egg fisherman will do
best on white, cheese, orange/white, John Deere green, electric chicken, and
the pink/yellow have been good colors on the plastic baits; Rooster Tails,
small spoons, 3" and smaller crankbaits, and the wooly spinners are all
working well in the mornings; marabou jigs are very effective right now,
Roaring River Specials are great, olive, white, black/yellow, tan and the
brown with the green body (crystal chenille) have all been working well;
micro jigs in tan, white, olive and black/yellow are all very good right now,
you need 2 lb. line when throwing the small micro jigs;in Zone 3
nightcrawlers and corn have been working well, and the yellow Power Bait has
been good also this past week.???
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.
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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair; channel catfish fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Slow :?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try?light colored soft plastics, Rooster Tails and crappie jigs; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms and cut shad.
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?dark colored soft plastics and crankbaits; white bass
slow, try?light colored soft plastics; crappie slow, try?minnows; catfish
fair on stinkbaits, cut baits and shrimp.
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White
Bass:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
All species slow.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good, try using crankbaits and spinnerbaits; crappie fair, try
using minnows; catfish good, try using cut shad and chicken livers; white
bass fair, try using soft plastic baits .
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair, try using topwater lures; crappie fair, try using dark jigs;
catfish good, try using cut shad and chicken liver; white bass fair, try soft
plastic baits.?
Lamine River Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: low
Water Type: muddy
flathead catfish and blue?catfish fair on goldfish;?all other species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good
Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish?fair 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead
Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: low
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish and channel catfish good on cut carp; flathead catfish fair on
live sunfish and bluegill;?all other species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass slow, try?worms and dark colored soft plastics; white bass slow,
try?light colored soft plastics, Rooster Tails and crappie jigs; crappie
slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair using worms and cut shad.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area Reported on: 7/9/13
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: low
Water Type: clear
water level 6" low; channel catfish fair on chicken liver and cut baits;
largemouth bass good on topwater baits early and late in the day; 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: 7/9/13
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
fishing is slow with some success with blue and flathead catfish being caught
while drift fishing with cut bait; flathead catfish are biting on lines
baited with goldfish or sunfish; channel catfish are biting on worms and dip
bait; all other species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Fishing pressure light.
Truman Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: White Crappie:?Good White Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good on jug lines and cut bait; white crappie good on shad.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 85?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie fair on minnows; bluegill fair; all other species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair using chicken liver and earthworms; largemouth bass good
using Rooster Tails; bluegill fair using Beetle Spins; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Hybrid Striped Bass
(Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on leeches, liver, cut baits and stinkbaits; black bass
fair on points with cover using plastic baits; hybrid striped bass fair on
shad lures; crappie fair on jigs; all other species slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
small crappie fair on jigs and minnows; white bass fair on jigs and small
crankbaits; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Freshwater Drum:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and stinkbaits; freshwater drum good on
nightcrawlers;?all other species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Freshwater Drum:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
drum good on nightcrawlers; channel catfish fair on prepared baits; all other
species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and liver; all other species slow.
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Northwest
Bilby Ranch Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good
70's to low 80's, normal, clear; largemouth bass good in low light time of
day on topwater lures; channel catfish good on chicken liver; all other
species slow.
Grand River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Common
Carp:?Fair
70 degrees, normal but slowly falling, muddy; flathead and blue catfish good
on live bait; channel catfish good on dip baits and nightcrawlers; common
carp fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
Lake Paho Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair
78 degrees, full pool; channel catfish are still being taken on the standard
summer baits of nightcrawlers, chicken livers and commercial stinkbaits
fished in low light conditions adjacent to aquatic vegetation; largemouth
bass have moved into deeper water and are frequenting submerged brush piles;
surface lures such as buzzbaits and jerkbaits seem to be producing the best
at day break/sunset; all other species slow.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
79 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish good on worms and live bait;
channel catfish good on worms, fair on dip baits; blue catfish good on cut
bait, fair on worms; carp good on worms and corn; all other species slow.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
79 degrees, normal, cloudy; largemouth bass good; crappie fair over deep
brush of standing timber in coves; bluegill fair; channel catfish good on cut
bait; walleye slow.
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
75 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good on all catfish bait; carp are
rolling, spawning in shallow water providing good bow fishing; all other
species fair.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
80 degrees; crappie fair in deeper water (8' - 10') in the area of
trees/brush piles on minnows; catfish good on cut shad and nightcrawlers;
largemouth bass fair on lake points with shad imitations; walleye fair with
some being taken on larger lake points with nightcrawlers.
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Ozark
Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on jigs and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on jigs; channel
catfish fair on live bait.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass?fair on topwater lures.
Current River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Suckers:?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on plastic worms; suckers good on nightcrawlers.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass good on jigs and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair?jigs; channel
catfish fair on live baits.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: low
Water Type: dingy
all species slow.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 7/10/13
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on soft plastic baits.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
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: 7/10/13
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: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all?species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?black bass fair on?plastic lures; bluegill fair on live
bait; all other species slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Black Bass:?Good
Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Water Level: low
Water Type: clear
black bass and google-eye good on minnows and soft plastics; all other
species slow.
Clearwater Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Largemouth
Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish fair on chicken liver and nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on
worms and small soft plastics;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 7/9/13
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 after dark; all other species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Redear
Sunfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
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; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow Warmouth:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on topwater lures and weedless plastic worms; bluegill,
redear sunfish and warmouth fair on crickets; all other species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms;?largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits and topwater lures; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Slow Flathead
Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish,?flathead catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms and
stinkbaits;?all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Slow Blue Catfish:?Slow
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on cut baits and worms; all?other species slow.
Perry County Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Sunfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 88?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on liver; black bass fair on buzzbaits; sunfish fair on
worms; all other species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill fair on crickets;?channel catfish fair on chicken livers, cut
baits?and worms; 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
crappie fair 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
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 pole and line with
spinnerbaits and plastic worms; all other species slow.
Wappapello Lake Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
channel catfish fair using live bait on jug lines and trotlines at
night;?bluegill fair using crickets and worms; black bass fair using plastic
worms 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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Striped Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, soft plastics, jigs and
nightcrawlers; 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: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
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?fair on worms and
crickets in 6' - 10' of water along the banks; crappie fair on jigs and
minnows, best in drop offs and deep channels.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 7/8/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 53?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on marabou jigs and glo balls
while drifting with the current, also try Rooster Tails and Rogues; trout
good in the lower portion of the lake on orange, chartreuse, and pink Power
Baits, nightcrawlers and corn.
Niangua River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Fair
Rainbow Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?fair on?nightcrawlers and soft plastics; goggle-eye?fair on
minnows, also try soft plastics; trout?good on bright colored Power Baits.?
Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Good
Walleye:?Slow Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good along bluffs in 6' - 10' of water; black bass good along bluffs
and main lake points on plastic baits; catfish good on live bait; bluegill
good on worms; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on topwater lures early and swimming grubs; crappie fair on
minnows near structure in deeper water; catfish fair on shrimp and
nightcrawlers; walleye fair on jigs tipped with nightcrawlers.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair on soft plastic crayfish, try watermelon colored with red
fleck during the day and black or dark brown during the night, also try large
purple plastic worms in 20' of water; all other species slow.
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on drop shot with worms in 20' - 25' of water; white bass
fair off main lake points using jigging spoons; walleye fair on spoons and
live bait.
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St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass slow on crankbaits; crappie slow on
minnows; bluegill fair on crickets.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish fair on cut bait; bluegill good on worms; black bass good on plastic
worms.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on spinners and plastic worms; catfish good on cut bait and
livers; bluegill good on worms; crappie fair on minnows.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 23 Reported on:
7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 83?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Catfish good on worms, livers and prepared baits.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: clear
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass good on plastic worms; bluegill good on
worms.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: clear
Catfish fair on cut bait; black bass good on plastic worms; bluegill good on
worms.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
Blue catfish fair on cut bait; channel catfish fair on dip baits; all other
species slow.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 7/10/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish fair on cut bait; channel catfish fair on dip baits; flathead
catfish fair on live bait.
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Trout Parks
Bennett Spring State Park Reported on: 7/9/13
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?pink and white?colored marabou jigs; white colored, and
salmon colored glo balls; brown with orange tail?colored, white with white
blade colored, and yellow bumblebee 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
or?orange?extra scent, kapok.??July fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m.??We will try?to finish weed cutting the week of July?8.? Thank you
for your patience.
Montauk State Park Reported on: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 59?
The river level is normal, standing at 2.06' 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.??July 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: 7/9/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
?Fishing is still very good at Roaring River State Park, the river is low
and clear, 2 lb. line is best right now, if you are fly fishing you'll have a
great time right now, the dry fly action is very good, beetles, ants,
hoppers, blue wing olives, caddis, griffith gnats, small cream midges are all
good on top right now; use 7X on dries, if you are going to nymph fish, 6X
works pretty well, but you'll get more hits if you use 7X and your leader
should be 9' or longer right now; nymphs that are working right now would be
caddis larva (burlaps), sow bugs pheasant tails, copper johns, small zebra
midges (black, olive, and brown) #18 and smaller are best right now; baby
buggers and Cracklebacks are both working very well, stripping these flies
can be very effective in the heat of the day; worm and egg fisherman will do
best on white, cheese, orange/white, John Deere green, electric chicken, and
the pink/yellow have been good colors on the plastic baits; Rooster Tails,
small spoons, 3" and smaller crankbaits, and the wooly spinners are all
working well in the mornings; marabou jigs are very effective right now,
Roaring River Specials are great, olive, white, black/yellow, tan and the
brown with the green body (crystal chenille) have all been working well;
micro jigs in tan, white, olive and black/yellow are all very good right now,
you need 2 lb. line when throwing the small micro jigs;in Zone 3
nightcrawlers and corn have been working well, and the yellow Power Bait has
been good also this past week.???
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.