CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on worms and crickets; channel catfish good on liver and stinkbaits; crappie fair on tube jigs and minnows; all other species slow.
(Report made on 9/16/2010)
Blind Pony Lake: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow; anglers need to be reminded that the lake is closed to private boats and bait held or transported in containers with water is prohibited. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 78 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow on worms and dark colored soft plastic worms; white bass slow using light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on worms, cut baits, stinkbaits and chicken livers.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 78 degrees, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Little Dixie: 77 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. Area closed to all activity between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Lamine: 80 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, high, muddy; all catfish good on live bait and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 78 degrees, high, dingy; catfish fair on hotdogs and cut shad; white bass fair using spinners; black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie slow on minnows and jigs.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 78 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish, largemouth bass and crappie fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Montrose: 81 degrees, low, dingy; catfish fair and black bass fair; crappie slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Smithville: 76 degrees, clear; catfish fair using shrimp on trotlines; walleye slow using Rattle Traps off the points; largemouth bass slow with some success using large plastic worms and plastic frogs in the grass; crappie fair using jigs and minnows in 10-15 feet of water in the main lake brush piles; white bass fair using jigging spoons off the main lake points and the old Trimble Dam; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Truman: 77 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good using live baits; black bass fair using spinnerbaits and crankbaits; crappie fair using minnows over brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Truman Tailwaters: 77 degrees, dingy; catfish fair; white bass fair mornings and evenings; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Missouri River: Catfish good using goldfish and chubs. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 71 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and cheese bait; bluegill good on Power Baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Long Branch: 73 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits, worms and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mark Twain: 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Sever: 78 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill and redear sunfish good on mealworms; black bass good on Rapalas; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Thomas Hill: 75 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows or jigs with Crappie Nibbles; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 68 degrees, rising, muddy; flathead catfish and blue catfish good on live bait; channel catfish fair on stinkbait and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 76 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on stinkbait; drum good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 73 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on dam and along brush; bluegill and crappie fair; channel catfish good; walleye fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Mozingo: 70 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good in early morning and evening; black bass good; channel catfish, walleye and bluegill fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Paho: 74 degrees, falling, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Pony Express: 72 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken liver and cut bait; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Grand: 77 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 71 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and cut bait; blue catfish good on cut bait; flathead catfish good on live bait, fair on worms; carp fair on worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Norfork: 79 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 73 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Big Piney (Upper): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastics and live bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Bryant Creek: 69 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Current: 69 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout good on corn downstream from Turner Mill Access; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 74 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Gasconade (upper): 76 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Jack's Fork: 64 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on worms and yellow grubs. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
North Fork: 67 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 77 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Council Bluff: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on liver and cut baits after dark; largemouth bass fair on dark colored soft plastics during low light periods; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Cypress Lake: 79 degrees, dingy; bluegill fair; black bass fair; catfish fair; crappie fair though mostly smaller fish are being caught; closed to fishing until 1 p.m. each day of teal season ending September 26. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Duck Creek: 74 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow; vegetation is thick. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake Girardeau: normal, all species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Perry County Lake: 79 degrees, dingy; catfish fair on liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Robert DeLaney Lake: Channel catfish good on worms and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Wappapello: Black bass fair on plastic worms and crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. Anglers should note the 9" minimum length limit regulation for crappie. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 71 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): high, clear; channel catfish slow on live bait; crappie slow on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mississippi (below Charleston): Channel catfish good on stinkbaits, cut baits and worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): falling, muddy; all species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): No report available.
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 68-72 degrees, normal, clear; dam area; black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and trolling; Beaver Creek: temperature 80; black bass good on soft plastics, jigs and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and trolling. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake: rainbow trout good on flies (San Juan worms, glo balls, scuds and wooly buggers). Lower lake: rainbow trout good on orange, chartreuse, pink, white, and bubblegum Power Baits, nightcrawlers and corn. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Pomme de Terre: 72 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows in 15' of water; black bass good on crankbaits in 10' to 12' of water on topwater and crankbaits; walleye good trolling with crankbaits; catfish good on shad; muskie slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Stockton: 82 degrees, rising, clear; crappie good using minnows and jigs in 25' to 30' of water; black bass fair using tube jigs and Texas rigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Table Rock (James River arm): 78 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on watermelon colored soft plastic crayfish and soft plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Table Rock (main lake): 78 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass fair on soft plastic crayfish and soft plastic worms, fish around deep water coves, boat docks and points; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 74 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow, best on soft plastics and jigs; goggle-eye slow, best on natural baits and soft plastics; trout slow, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
James River (lower): 78 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on trotlines, fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait with pole and line; black bass slow; bluegill slow, best on crickets and worms. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 78 degrees, low, clear; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on soft plastic baits; catfish slow on chicken liver and stinkbaits; limit 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 78 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish slow, try chicken livers and stinkbait; limit 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Big River: 76 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on worms and liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on blood baits and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 74 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on bluegill and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Meramec (below Eureka): 75 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish good on worms and natural baits; black bass fair on crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows; carp good on doughbait; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Missouri (below New Haven): 78 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, the spring level is just above normal and off color; best lures: pink and white colored and white colored marabou jigs, bedspread colored and John Deere colored mini jigs; moss colored and brown colored roaches, white colored and brown trout colored Rooster Tails, grey scuds, yellow colored and white colored Power Baits and red colored and white colored Trout Nip, orange plastic worms and white colored and easter egg colored glo balls. September fishing hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
We will be cutting weeds September 21 and 22. We will begin around 8:00 a.m. and finish by 3:00 p.m. each day. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Maramec Spring Park: 57 degrees, rising, after the recent rains the water remains clear with good flow; fishing early in the morning is producing the best fishing; pink, white, and orange doughbait is working well; bubblegum Power Bait and green and white rubber leg jigs have been effective. Whistle hours for Sept. are 7:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, the river level is normal for this time of year and steady as of 8:30 a.m. on September 15th. The water is clear. Fishing is good on all baits with the best fishing in the morning and evening hours.
For up-to-date stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?07064440 (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Roaring River State Park: 59 degrees, the spring is clear and normal; yellow, white, and pink worms have been working very well; brown, white or fluorescent orange power eggs are doing well; use jigs in olive, brown, white, and black; in zone 3, minnows, nightcrawlers and Power Bait paste baits continue to work well. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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LAKES
Binder: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on worms and crickets; channel catfish good on liver and stinkbaits; crappie fair on tube jigs and minnows; all other species slow.
(Report made on 9/16/2010)
Blind Pony Lake: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow; anglers need to be reminded that the lake is closed to private boats and bait held or transported in containers with water is prohibited. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 78 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow on worms and dark colored soft plastic worms; white bass slow using light colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; crappie slow, try minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on worms, cut baits, stinkbaits and chicken livers.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 78 degrees, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 78 degrees, dingy; black bass good using worms on secondary points, best at night; crappie slow on minnows; catfish fair using cut bait.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Little Dixie: 77 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. Area closed to all activity between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Lamine: 80 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, high, muddy; all catfish good on live bait and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 78 degrees, high, dingy; catfish fair on hotdogs and cut shad; white bass fair using spinners; black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie slow on minnows and jigs.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 78 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish, largemouth bass and crappie fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Montrose: 81 degrees, low, dingy; catfish fair and black bass fair; crappie slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Smithville: 76 degrees, clear; catfish fair using shrimp on trotlines; walleye slow using Rattle Traps off the points; largemouth bass slow with some success using large plastic worms and plastic frogs in the grass; crappie fair using jigs and minnows in 10-15 feet of water in the main lake brush piles; white bass fair using jigging spoons off the main lake points and the old Trimble Dam; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow.
(Report made on 9/15/2010)
Truman: 77 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good using live baits; black bass fair using spinnerbaits and crankbaits; crappie fair using minnows over brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Truman Tailwaters: 77 degrees, dingy; catfish fair; white bass fair mornings and evenings; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Missouri River: Catfish good using goldfish and chubs. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 71 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and cheese bait; bluegill good on Power Baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Long Branch: 73 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits, worms and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mark Twain: 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Sever: 78 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill and redear sunfish good on mealworms; black bass good on Rapalas; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Thomas Hill: 75 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows or jigs with Crappie Nibbles; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 68 degrees, rising, muddy; flathead catfish and blue catfish good on live bait; channel catfish fair on stinkbait and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 76 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on stinkbait; drum good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 73 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on dam and along brush; bluegill and crappie fair; channel catfish good; walleye fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Mozingo: 70 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good in early morning and evening; black bass good; channel catfish, walleye and bluegill fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Paho: 74 degrees, falling, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Pony Express: 72 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken liver and cut bait; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Grand: 77 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 71 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and cut bait; blue catfish good on cut bait; flathead catfish good on live bait, fair on worms; carp fair on worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 80 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Norfork: 79 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 73 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Big Piney (Upper): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastics and live bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Bryant Creek: 69 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Current: 69 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Eleven Point: 60 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout good on corn downstream from Turner Mill Access; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 74 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Gasconade (upper): 76 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Jack's Fork: 64 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on worms and yellow grubs. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
North Fork: 67 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 77 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Council Bluff: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on liver and cut baits after dark; largemouth bass fair on dark colored soft plastics during low light periods; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Cypress Lake: 79 degrees, dingy; bluegill fair; black bass fair; catfish fair; crappie fair though mostly smaller fish are being caught; closed to fishing until 1 p.m. each day of teal season ending September 26. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Duck Creek: 74 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow; vegetation is thick. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake Girardeau: normal, all species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Perry County Lake: 79 degrees, dingy; catfish fair on liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Robert DeLaney Lake: Channel catfish good on worms and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Wappapello: Black bass fair on plastic worms and crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. Anglers should note the 9" minimum length limit regulation for crappie. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 71 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lower Black River (Clearwater Dam): high, clear; channel catfish slow on live bait; crappie slow on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mississippi (below Charleston): Channel catfish good on stinkbaits, cut baits and worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Mississippi River (Cape Girardeau): falling, muddy; all species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): No report available.
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 68-72 degrees, normal, clear; dam area; black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and trolling; Beaver Creek: temperature 80; black bass good on soft plastics, jigs and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and trolling. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake: rainbow trout good on flies (San Juan worms, glo balls, scuds and wooly buggers). Lower lake: rainbow trout good on orange, chartreuse, pink, white, and bubblegum Power Baits, nightcrawlers and corn. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Pomme de Terre: 72 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows in 15' of water; black bass good on crankbaits in 10' to 12' of water on topwater and crankbaits; walleye good trolling with crankbaits; catfish good on shad; muskie slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Stockton: 82 degrees, rising, clear; crappie good using minnows and jigs in 25' to 30' of water; black bass fair using tube jigs and Texas rigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Table Rock (James River arm): 78 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on watermelon colored soft plastic crayfish and soft plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Table Rock (main lake): 78 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass fair on soft plastic crayfish and soft plastic worms, fish around deep water coves, boat docks and points; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 74 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow, best on soft plastics and jigs; goggle-eye slow, best on natural baits and soft plastics; trout slow, best on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
James River (lower): 78 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on trotlines, fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait with pole and line; black bass slow; bluegill slow, best on crickets and worms. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 78 degrees, low, clear; bluegill fair on worms; black bass fair on soft plastic baits; catfish slow on chicken liver and stinkbaits; limit 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 78 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish slow, try chicken livers and stinkbait; limit 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 9/16/2010)
RIVERS
Big River: 76 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on worms and liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on blood baits and cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 74 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on bluegill and prepared bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Meramec (below Eureka): 75 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish good on worms and natural baits; black bass fair on crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows; carp good on doughbait; all other species fair. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
Missouri (below New Haven): 78 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 9/16/2010)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, the spring level is just above normal and off color; best lures: pink and white colored and white colored marabou jigs, bedspread colored and John Deere colored mini jigs; moss colored and brown colored roaches, white colored and brown trout colored Rooster Tails, grey scuds, yellow colored and white colored Power Baits and red colored and white colored Trout Nip, orange plastic worms and white colored and easter egg colored glo balls. September fishing hours are 7:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
We will be cutting weeds September 21 and 22. We will begin around 8:00 a.m. and finish by 3:00 p.m. each day. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Maramec Spring Park: 57 degrees, rising, after the recent rains the water remains clear with good flow; fishing early in the morning is producing the best fishing; pink, white, and orange doughbait is working well; bubblegum Power Bait and green and white rubber leg jigs have been effective. Whistle hours for Sept. are 7:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, the river level is normal for this time of year and steady as of 8:30 a.m. on September 15th. The water is clear. Fishing is good on all baits with the best fishing in the morning and evening hours.
For up-to-date stream conditions check http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?07064440 (Report made on 9/15/2010)
Roaring River State Park: 59 degrees, the spring is clear and normal; yellow, white, and pink worms have been working very well; brown, white or fluorescent orange power eggs are doing well; use jigs in olive, brown, white, and black; in zone 3, minnows, nightcrawlers and Power Bait paste baits continue to work well. (Report made on 9/15/2010)
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