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- Jul 23, 2010
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- 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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Bluegill:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill fair; black bass fair; channel catfish fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
crappie fair on minnows; black bass fair on soft plastic worms; white bass
slow; catfish fair on stinkbait.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair?using?plastic worms; crappie good using minnows or dark
colored jigs; catfish fair, try using cut bait and jug lines; white bass
fair?using natural baits.
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair using spinnerbaits; crappie good?using dark colored jigs
with Crappie Nibbles; catfish fair?using cut shad and stinkbaits; white bass
fair?using natural baits.
Lamine River Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Good
Water Type: muddy
the water level is normal to slightly below normal; flathead catfish and
blue?catfish are good from De Bourgmont Access upstream to?I-70 on
setlines?baited with green sunfish and bluegill;?all other species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good
Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish good on chicken liver; bluegill good on earthworms; redear
sunfish good on crickets; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; all other
species slow;?all use including fishing is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish fair on cut shad; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and
liver;?all other species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Temperature: 76?
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' feet under a bobber near deep water brush.
Missouri River (Kansas City area) Reported on: 7/1/13
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
catfish are biting on cut baits and goldfish; flathead catfish continue to
bite on worms and minnows; all other species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
All species slow; fishing pressure light.
Truman Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: White Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair,?are beginning the summer pattern; catfish good, are coming off
their nests.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish fair using stinkbaits and earthworms; largemouth bass good
using spinnerbaits; 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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair
Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on leeches, liver, cut bait and stinkbait; crappie fair
on jigs and minnows around structures; black bass fair using Rooster Tails
and plastic worms; hybrid striped bass fair on Sassy Shad; all other species
slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Freshwater Drum:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on bait fish; freshwater drum good on worms;?all other
species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish and flathead catfish fair on cut shad and live sunfish; all
other species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow
Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Slow
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on setlines with
nightcrawlers and chicken livers; black bass slow; hybrid striped bass slow;
all other species slow.
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Northwest
Grand River Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Flathead and blue catfish good on live bait; channel catfish good on dip
baits and nightcrawlers; common carp fair on nightcrawlers.
Lake Paho Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock
Bass):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on natural baits; hybrid striped bass good on?all types
of lures and natural baits; channel catfish fair on prepared baits and
nightcrawlers.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Flathead catfish good on live bait (goldfish) and on worms; channel catfish
good on worms and fair on dip baits; blue catfish good on on cut bait and
fair on worms; carp good on worms; all other species slow.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Common Carp:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
Carp?good bow fishing in the shallows, catfish good using stinkbaits and
chicken livers; all other species fair.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Fair
White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair?in deeper water in brush piles using minnows and jigs; channel
catfish good on cut shad and nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on a variety
of plastic baits; white bass fair near lake points with shad imitations.
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Ozark
Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live bait.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass?fair on topwater lures.
Current River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good :?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on soft plastics;?all other species?good on live bait.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on all baits.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live baits.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Sunfish:?Good
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: low
Water Type: dingy
black bass and sunfish?good on live bait and small plastics.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on soft plastic baits.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill good on live nightcrawlers with a float;?channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers and chicken liver after dark; smallmouth bass slow on?plastic
baits; all other species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?black bass fair on soft plastic lures; all other species
slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish slow on liver and cut bait; crappie slow on assorted
jigs?around brush piles?and off of points;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Good
Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics during low light
periods;?channel catfish good on liver; all other species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Redear
Sunfish:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish slow 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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow Warmouth:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Slow
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on topwater lures; bluegill?fair on crickets; all other
species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms and crickets;?largemouth bass fair
on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish,?flathead catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms, cut
baits?and stinkbaits;?all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Sunfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on liver; black bass fair on buzzbaits; all other
species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill fair on crickets and waxworms;?channel catfish fair on chicken
livers and stinkbait; all other?species slow. NEW CRAPPIE REGULATION: no
length limit on crappie on DeLaney Lake, the daily limit of 15 remains in
effect.
St. Francis River (above Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on cut bait and
nightcrawlers;?black bass fair on hard and soft plastic lures; all other
species slow.?
St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 72?
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: falling
channel catfish fair using nightcrawlers and live bait on jug lines and
trotlines at night;?bluegill fair using crickets and worms; black bass fair
using spinnerbaits and buzzbaits 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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Striped Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good White Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures with spooks and buzzbaits, try using a
Carolina rig with soft plastics and nightcrawlers in 25' - 30' of water in
the afternoon; white bass good on Rattle Traps in coves, use jigs on flats in
the morning and evening hours; catfish good on minnows and nightcrawlers, try
drifting or use trotlines and limb lines; bluegill good on worms and crickets
in 8' - 10' of water along the banks; crappie fair on jigs and minnows, best
in drop offs and deep channels.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 51?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on black/chrome and
white/chrome?Rooster Tails and Rapalas; trout good in the lower portion of
the lake on fluorescent orange, green, white and?chartreuse Power Bait
nuggets; all other species slow.
Niangua River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?good on minnows and soft plastics; goggle-eye good on minnows,
also try soft plastics; trout?good on bright colored Power Baits.?
Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
catfish good on live bait; black bass fair in 20' of water; crappie fair in
20' of water; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on jigs and plastic worms on points; crappie fair on
crankbaits while trolling; walleye fair on crankbaits while trolling and jigs
tipped with nightcrawlers; catfish fair on nightcrawlers and shad.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on trotlines and using pole and line method, try nightcrawlers,
stinkbaits, chicken liver, small?sunfish or goldfish; black bass fair on
Carolina or Texas rigged large purple colored plastic worms and fish along
rocky banks in 18'?- 20' of water, also try large nightcrawlers or large
minnows; all other species slow.
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Catfish:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on topwater lures in the early morning, try smoke colored
grubs and purple finesse worms on drop shot later in the day around brush;
bluegill good on live worms; catfish good on stinkbaits and liver; crappie
fair on jigs and swimming minnows around brush piles and while trolling
crankbaits along channels.
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St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
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.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair :?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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
Zone 1 and 2 lures that are working well are:?gold plated black and
yellow?colored and orange colored marabou jigs; white colored, and easter
egg colored glo balls; brown with orange tail?colored, brown with brown tail
colored, and Jimi Hendrix colored?Rooster Tails; chartreuse brassie;
white?floss; blue, red and gold colored Cracklebacks; brown midge; Zone 3
baits that are popular are Gulp minnow grubs, Berkley Power Bait white extra
scent, trout nuggets.??July fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.? Due
to mechanical problems weed cutting has been postponed.? We will try to
finish cutting the week of July 8 if repairs can be made.? Thank you for
your patience.
Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 6/30/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Slow
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
fishing is good, the spring branch?has good flow, the water is ultra clear,
remember to use light weight line and tackle; fish are holding in deep areas
of swift water and near submerged habitat, target these areas for best
success;?rubber legged jigs in black/white, green/yellow and brown
are?working well?in the afternoon hours; 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;? fishing hours for
the month of?July?are?6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.??For more information call
573-265-7801.
Montauk State Park Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 59?
The river level is normal, standing at 2.08' at the lower park boundary, the
water is clear to slightly 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.??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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
Water Type: clear
The stream level is normal;?best colors on the soft plastics have been,
pink, orange peel, orange, white and chartreuse;?black, brown and skunk
colored Rooster Tails will always catch a few trout;?pheasant tails,
burlaps, sow bugs, brassies, copper johns and hare's ears are all working
well; good hatches right now: caddis, blue wing olives and tricos, and a few
sulphurs in the evenings; flies like Cracklebacks and wooly worms are working
well also, add some weight to make your flies get down a bit; beetles are
starting to do well again, warm weather makes the beetle bite better; 9'
leaders are still the norm; 6X on nymphs, 5X on buggers and other streamers
and 7X on dry flies; fluorescent orange and fluorescent pink are doing well;
orange, white, cheese, fluorescent yellow power eggs and power worms are
working well; hatch brown works very well in the hatchery area; jig fishing
with tan, black/yellow, white, olive green and dark brown is working well;
flies working well are black wooly buggers, dark brown, and olive wooly
buggers are also working well; nymphs to use would be copper johns, pheasant
tails, sow bugs, prince nymphs, and burlaps; in Zone 3 use nightcrawlers,
corn, Power Bait paste and nuggets with heavy weight.
Fish Management Notice
Trout Stocking
The Conservation Department stocks trout in each of the trout parks every
evening from the day before the March 1 opener through Oct. 30. Tag sale
estimates determine a daily stocking rate average of 2.25 fish per expected
angler. Except on opening day, three fish are stocked for every expected
angler. From March 1 to Oct. 31, the parks will collectively sell more than
400,000 tags and stock more than 900,000 fish. These fish will average about
12 inches long over the season, but some variation occurs. Dozens of lunkers
weighing upwards of 3 pounds are stocked each year. A few tip the scales at
more than 10 pounds.
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Bluegill:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill fair; black bass fair; channel catfish fair; all other species slow.
Blind Pony Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair White Bass:?Slow
Catfish:?Fair
crappie fair on minnows; black bass fair on soft plastic worms; white bass
slow; catfish fair on stinkbait.
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair?using?plastic worms; crappie good using minnows or dark
colored jigs; catfish fair, try using cut bait and jug lines; white bass
fair?using natural baits.
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Catfish:?Fair White
Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
black bass fair using spinnerbaits; crappie good?using dark colored jigs
with Crappie Nibbles; catfish fair?using cut shad and stinkbaits; white bass
fair?using natural baits.
Lamine River Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Blue Catfish:?Good
Water Type: muddy
the water level is normal to slightly below normal; flathead catfish and
blue?catfish are good from De Bourgmont Access upstream to?I-70 on
setlines?baited with green sunfish and bluegill;?all other species slow.
Little Dixie Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Redear Sunfish:?Good
Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish good on chicken liver; bluegill good on earthworms; redear
sunfish good on crickets; largemouth bass good on topwater lures; all other
species slow;?all use including fishing is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Missouri River (Middle) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: high
Water Type: muddy
blue catfish fair on cut shad; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and
liver;?all other species slow.
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Temperature: 76?
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' feet under a bobber near deep water brush.
Missouri River (Kansas City area) Reported on: 7/1/13
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
catfish are biting on cut baits and goldfish; flathead catfish continue to
bite on worms and minnows; all other species slow.
Montrose Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
All species slow; fishing pressure light.
Truman Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: White Crappie:?Fair White Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair,?are beginning the summer pattern; catfish good, are coming off
their nests.
Truman Lake Tailwaters Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
All other species fair.
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Northeast
Henry Sever Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 84?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Hunnewell Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Largemouth Bass:?Good
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish fair using stinkbaits and earthworms; largemouth bass good
using spinnerbaits; 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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair
Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Fair
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on leeches, liver, cut bait and stinkbait; crappie fair
on jigs and minnows around structures; black bass fair using Rooster Tails
and plastic worms; hybrid striped bass fair on Sassy Shad; all other species
slow.
Mark Twain Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
all?species slow.
Mississippi River (upper) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Freshwater Drum:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish fair on bait fish; freshwater drum good on worms;?all other
species slow.
Salt (below Mark Twain) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: falling
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish and flathead catfish fair on cut shad and live sunfish; all
other species slow.
Thomas Hill Reservoir Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair Black Bass:?Slow
Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock Bass):?Slow
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on setlines with
nightcrawlers and chicken livers; black bass slow; hybrid striped bass slow;
all other species slow.
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Northwest
Grand River Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Fair
Temperature: 70?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Flathead and blue catfish good on live bait; channel catfish good on dip
baits and nightcrawlers; common carp fair on nightcrawlers.
Lake Paho Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Hybrid Striped Bass (Wiper; Whiterock
Bass):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on natural baits; hybrid striped bass good on?all types
of lures and natural baits; channel catfish fair on prepared baits and
nightcrawlers.
Missouri River (upper) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Flathead Catfish:?Good Channel Catfish:?Good Blue
Catfish:?Good Common Carp:?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
Flathead catfish good on live bait (goldfish) and on worms; channel catfish
good on worms and fair on dip baits; blue catfish good on on cut bait and
fair on worms; carp good on worms; all other species slow.
Mozingo Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
Pony Express Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Common Carp:?Good Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
Carp?good bow fishing in the shallows, catfish good using stinkbaits and
chicken livers; all other species fair.
Smithville Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good Largemouth Bass:?Fair
White Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
crappie fair?in deeper water in brush piles using minnows and jigs; channel
catfish good on cut shad and nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on a variety
of plastic baits; white bass fair near lake points with shad imitations.
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Ozark
Big Piney River (lower, Pulaski Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 73?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live bait.
Big Piney River (upper, Texas Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass?fair on topwater lures.
Current River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good :?Good
Temperature: 75?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
smallmouth bass good on soft plastics;?all other species?good on live bait.
Eleven Point River Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 58?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on all baits.
Gasconade River (middle) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Smallmouth Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass
(Goggle-Eye):?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits and jigs; channel
catfish fair on live baits.
Gasconade River (upper) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Sunfish:?Good
Temperature: 76?
Water Level: low
Water Type: dingy
black bass and sunfish?good on live bait and small plastics.
Jacks Fork River Reported on: 7/2/13
Temperature: 74?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
all species good on soft plastic baits.
Norfork Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
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: 7/2/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Bluegill:?Good White Bass:?Slow
Smallmouth Bass:?Slow Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Slow
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
bluegill good on live nightcrawlers with a float;?channel catfish fair on
nightcrawlers and chicken liver after dark; smallmouth bass slow on?plastic
baits; all other species slow.
Black River (below Clearwater Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Fair Black Bass:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; crappie fair on minnows
and assorted jigs;?black bass fair on soft plastic lures; all other species
slow.
Castor River (above Zalma) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Black Bass:?Slow White Bass:?Slow
Largemouth Bass:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
channel catfish slow on liver and cut bait; crappie slow on assorted
jigs?around brush piles?and off of points;?all other species slow.
Council Bluff Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Slow Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Good
Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Slow
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on dark colored soft plastics during low light
periods;?channel catfish good on liver; all other species slow.
Cypress Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Largemouth Bass:?Slow Bluegill:?Slow Redear
Sunfish:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Slow
Temperature: 82?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish slow 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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Good Crappie:?Slow Warmouth:?Slow
Bluegill:?Fair Redear Sunfish:?Slow
Temperature: 77?
Water Level: high
Water Type: clear
largemouth bass good on topwater lures; bluegill?fair on crickets; all other
species slow.
Lake Girardeau Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Largemouth Bass:?Fair Bluegill:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Channel Catfish:?Slow Redear Sunfish:?Fair
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on worms and crickets;?largemouth bass fair
on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Middle) Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Fair Blue Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair
Water Level: rising
Water Type: muddy
channel catfish,?flathead catfish?and blue catfish fair on worms, cut
baits?and stinkbaits;?all other species slow.
Mississippi River (Ohio River to Arkansas) Reported on: 7/1/13
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Sunfish:?Slow Black Bass:?Fair Channel
Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
channel catfish fair on liver; black bass fair on buzzbaits; all other
species slow.
Robert DeLaney Lake Reported on: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Crappie:?Slow Bluegill:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Black
Bass:?Slow
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
bluegill fair on crickets and waxworms;?channel catfish fair on chicken
livers and stinkbait; all other?species slow. NEW CRAPPIE REGULATION: no
length limit on crappie on DeLaney Lake, the daily limit of 15 remains in
effect.
St. Francis River (above Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Green Sunfish:?Slow Longear Sunfish:?Slow Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Good Channel Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
crappie good on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on cut bait and
nightcrawlers;?black bass fair on hard and soft plastic lures; all other
species slow.?
St. Francis River (below Wappapello Lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Flathead Catfish:?Good Black
Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow
Temperature: 72?
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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Slow Channel Catfish:?Fair
Bluegill:?Fair
Temperature: 81?
Water Level: falling
channel catfish fair using nightcrawlers and live bait on jug lines and
trotlines at night;?bluegill fair using crickets and worms; black bass fair
using spinnerbaits and buzzbaits 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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Striped Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair
Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Temperature: 84?
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good White Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Fair Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 79?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass good on topwater lures with spooks and buzzbaits, try using a
Carolina rig with soft plastics and nightcrawlers in 25' - 30' of water in
the afternoon; white bass good on Rattle Traps in coves, use jigs on flats in
the morning and evening hours; catfish good on minnows and nightcrawlers, try
drifting or use trotlines and limb lines; bluegill good on worms and crickets
in 8' - 10' of water along the banks; crappie fair on jigs and minnows, best
in drop offs and deep channels.
Lake Taneycomo Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 51?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
trout good in the upper portion of the lake on black/chrome and
white/chrome?Rooster Tails and Rapalas; trout good in the lower portion of
the lake on fluorescent orange, green, white and?chartreuse Power Bait
nuggets; all other species slow.
Niangua River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Northern Rock Bass (Goggle-Eye):?Good
Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass?good on minnows and soft plastics; goggle-eye good on minnows,
also try soft plastics; trout?good on bright colored Power Baits.?
Pomme de Terre Reservoir Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Crappie:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: muddy
catfish good on live bait; black bass fair in 20' of water; crappie fair in
20' of water; all other species slow.
Stockton Lake Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Walleye:?Fair Catfish:?Fair
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 71?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
black bass fair on jigs and plastic worms on points; crappie fair on
crankbaits while trolling; walleye fair on crankbaits while trolling and jigs
tipped with nightcrawlers; catfish fair on nightcrawlers and shad.
Table Rock Lake (James River arm) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Fair Catfish:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on trotlines and using pole and line method, try nightcrawlers,
stinkbaits, chicken liver, small?sunfish or goldfish; black bass fair on
Carolina or Texas rigged large purple colored plastic worms and fish along
rocky banks in 18'?- 20' of water, also try large nightcrawlers or large
minnows; all other species slow.
Table Rock Lake (main lake) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good Catfish:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 86?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
black bass good on topwater lures in the early morning, try smoke colored
grubs and purple finesse worms on drop shot later in the day around brush;
bluegill good on live worms; catfish good on stinkbaits and liver; crappie
fair on jigs and swimming minnows around brush piles and while trolling
crankbaits along channels.
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St. Louis
Big River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Channel Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Bourbeuse River Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: high
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33 Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Crappie:?Fair
Temperature: 78?
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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good Black Bass:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers.
Meramec River (Crawford Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Catfish:?Good Black Bass:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 78?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Meramec River (St. Louis Co.) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Black Bass:?Good Catfish:?Good Bluegill:?Good
Temperature: 80?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: dingy
catfish good on cut bait, blood bait and livers; black bass good on soft
plastics; all other species fair on natural baits.
Mississippi River (St. Louis Region) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
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.
Missouri River (Lower) Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Blue Catfish:?Fair Channel Catfish:?Fair Flathead
Catfish:?Fair :?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: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Fair
Temperature: 54?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
Zone 1 and 2 lures that are working well are:?gold plated black and
yellow?colored and orange colored marabou jigs; white colored, and easter
egg colored glo balls; brown with orange tail?colored, brown with brown tail
colored, and Jimi Hendrix colored?Rooster Tails; chartreuse brassie;
white?floss; blue, red and gold colored Cracklebacks; brown midge; Zone 3
baits that are popular are Gulp minnow grubs, Berkley Power Bait white extra
scent, trout nuggets.??July fishing hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.? Due
to mechanical problems weed cutting has been postponed.? We will try to
finish cutting the week of July 8 if repairs can be made.? Thank you for
your patience.
Maramec Spring Park Reported on: 6/30/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good Brown Trout:?Slow
Temperature: 57?
Water Level: normal
Water Type: clear
fishing is good, the spring branch?has good flow, the water is ultra clear,
remember to use light weight line and tackle; fish are holding in deep areas
of swift water and near submerged habitat, target these areas for best
success;?rubber legged jigs in black/white, green/yellow and brown
are?working well?in the afternoon hours; 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;? fishing hours for
the month of?July?are?6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.??For more information call
573-265-7801.
Montauk State Park Reported on: 7/2/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 59?
The river level is normal, standing at 2.08' at the lower park boundary, the
water is clear to slightly 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.??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: 7/1/13
Fish Reported: Rainbow Trout:?Good
Temperature: 58?
Water Type: clear
The stream level is normal;?best colors on the soft plastics have been,
pink, orange peel, orange, white and chartreuse;?black, brown and skunk
colored Rooster Tails will always catch a few trout;?pheasant tails,
burlaps, sow bugs, brassies, copper johns and hare's ears are all working
well; good hatches right now: caddis, blue wing olives and tricos, and a few
sulphurs in the evenings; flies like Cracklebacks and wooly worms are working
well also, add some weight to make your flies get down a bit; beetles are
starting to do well again, warm weather makes the beetle bite better; 9'
leaders are still the norm; 6X on nymphs, 5X on buggers and other streamers
and 7X on dry flies; fluorescent orange and fluorescent pink are doing well;
orange, white, cheese, fluorescent yellow power eggs and power worms are
working well; hatch brown works very well in the hatchery area; jig fishing
with tan, black/yellow, white, olive green and dark brown is working well;
flies working well are black wooly buggers, dark brown, and olive wooly
buggers are also working well; nymphs to use would be copper johns, pheasant
tails, sow bugs, prince nymphs, and burlaps; in Zone 3 use nightcrawlers,
corn, Power Bait paste and nuggets with heavy weight.
Fish Management Notice
Trout Stocking
The Conservation Department stocks trout in each of the trout parks every
evening from the day before the March 1 opener through Oct. 30. Tag sale
estimates determine a daily stocking rate average of 2.25 fish per expected
angler. Except on opening day, three fish are stocked for every expected
angler. From March 1 to Oct. 31, the parks will collectively sell more than
400,000 tags and stock more than 900,000 fish. These fish will average about
12 inches long over the season, but some variation occurs. Dozens of lunkers
weighing upwards of 3 pounds are stocked each year. A few tip the scales at
more than 10 pounds.