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| Missouri fishing report 7-24-08 |
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CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388 LAKES Binder: 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and liver; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures and spinnerbaits; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, high, dingy; crappie slow with some success on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish good on cut shad, stinkbaits and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 85 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish fair on cut shad, worms and shrimp; black bass fair on dark-colored soft plastic worms and buzzbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 85 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair; catfish fair in the evening on shad sides; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 85 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on jig & pig or 10 inch plastic worms fished behind docks or on secondary points; crappie fair using minnows; catfish fair on jug lines using cut shad or stinkbaits. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): black bass fair on jig & pig or 10 inch plastic worms fished behind docks or on secondary points; crappie fair using minnows; catfish fair on jug lines using cut shad or stinkbaits. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Little Dixie: 81 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good early monrning on topwater lures; crappie good on minnows and jigs; area is closed for all activity including fishing from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Lamine: 78 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on cut shad; flathead catfish good on live sunfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Missouri (Middle): 77 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on sunfish; blue catfish good on cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254 LAKES James A. Reed Area: 84 degrees, clear; largemouth bass good early and late in the day; bluegill, channel catfish and redear sunfish fair; crappie fair fishing deep water brush piles. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Montrose: 86 degrees, clear; black bass fair in Deepwater Creek; all other species slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 86 degrees, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 85 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Smithville: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good using nightcrawlers in the shallows; largemouth bass fair using Senkos and shallow-running crankbaits in the vegetation and flipping Brush Hogs and jigs to the tree lines above the bridges; walleye fair using minnows, worms, leeches and crankbaits along the points and flats; white bass fair using topwater lures; crappie slow with some success using minnows and jigs at brush piles and bridge pillars; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species good. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Truman: 83 degrees, high, dingy; white bass and hybrid bass good on main lake points using spoons and Sassy Shads; black bass fair using plastic worms and spinnerbaits; crappie fair using minnows and jigs; catfish fair using shad. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Truman Tailwaters: 83 degrees, dingy; releasing 22,600 cfs; catfish fair using shad; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) RIVERS Missouri River: high, muddy; catfish good using shad sides on trotlines and jug lines. (Report made on 7/24/2008) NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420 LAKES Hunnewell: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken liver; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Long Branch: 79 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on trotlines; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Mark Twain: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; channel catfish fair on goldfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Sever: 82 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers, liver and stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and Rogues; crappie good on minnows; bluegill and redear sunfish good on mealworms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Thomas Hill: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; small channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Mississippi (above St. Louis): 81 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Salt (below Mark Twain): 81 degrees, normal, muddy; drum good on nightcrawlers; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and leeches; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111 LAKES Bilby Ranch Lake: 80 degrees, normal, clear; crappie and bluegill good over deep brush; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Mozingo: 80 degrees, normal, clear; crappie and bluegill good over deep brush; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Paho: 83 degrees, falling, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Pony Express: 84 degrees, normal, clear; all catfish good on cut baits, prepared baits and worms; largemouth bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Grand: 72 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Missouri (below Iowa line): 78 degrees, high, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 7/23/2008) OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561 LAKES Bull Shoals (East): 85 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish and channel catfish fair on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Norfork: 85 degrees, high, dingy; flathead catfish and channel catfish fair on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) RIVERS Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 78 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; black bass fair on soft plastic lures and live baits. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Big Piney (Upper): 80 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Bryant Creek: 74 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Current: 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on tube baits; suckers and sunfish good on worms. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Eleven Point: 62 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and live baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on soft plastic lures and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on soft plastic lures and jigs; channel catfish fair on live bait and chicken liver. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Gasconade (upper): 80 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) Jack’s Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic lures. (Report made on 7/23/2008) North Fork: 68 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/23/2008) SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858 LAKES Clearwater Lake: 88 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair after dark on live minnnows or jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Council Bluff: 83 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on topwater lures and dark colored soft plastics; channel catfish fair on liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Cypress Lake: 85 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and cut baits in late evening and night; bluegill fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Duck Creek: 87 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets; black bass good on worms and topwater lures. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Lake Girardeau: 83 degrees, bluegill fair on crickets in early morning and late evening; channel catfish fair at night; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Perry County Lake: 85 degrees, normal, clear; small bluegill fair on worms fished near structure; channel catfish fair on cut baits after dark; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Wappapello: bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on jug lines and trotlines at night using live baits and nightcrawlers; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Black River (near Annapolis): 78 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; goggle-eye good on Beetle Spins and crickets; smallmouth bass good on topwater lures and buzzbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Mississippi (below Charleston): normal, all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) St. Francis (below Wappapello): 87 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on trotlines and limb lines using stinkbaits, worms or liver; flathead catfish fair on trotlines and limb lines using small bluegill and goldfish; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; bluegill fair on wax worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881 LAKES Bull Shoals (West): 75-80 degrees, high, clear; walleye fair on jerkbaits and Swimming Minnows; striped bass fair on large jerkbait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Lake Taneycomo: 51 degrees, high, dingy; upper lake: trout fair on white/chartreuse, black/olive colored marabou jigs, orange/chartreuse glo balls, and chartreuse/silver, white/silver or orange/gold Rooster Tails and black/chrome or blue/chrome Rapalas; lower lake: trout good on chartreuse, orange, yellow and bubble gum colored Power Baits. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Pomme de Terre: 88 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill good on worms and crickets in 10 feet of water; white bass fair on Road Runners and crankbaits trolling around sandy flats in 10 to 15 feet of water; black bass slow on plastic baits in deep water around structure; crappie slow on jigs and minnows around deep structure in 15 to 20 feet of water. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Stockton: 87 degrees, high, clear; walleye good on nightcrawlers or crankbaits; bluegill good on nightcrawlers or crickets; white bass fair on spoons and small crankbaits; catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Table Rock (James River arm): 81 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass good on soft plastic minnows, try using blue/gray with 1/8 oz jig head in heavy cover or around shaded areas; goggle-eye good on small crankbaits, soft plastic crawdads and soft plastic minnows, using 1/6 to 1/8 oz jig heads, fishing deep pockets of water or around large chunk rock or using nightcrawlers and small crayfish drifted around heavy cover early morning or late evening; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Table Rock (main lake): 85 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on soft plastics and live baits; bluegill fair on live baits. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Big Niangua: 80 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass, goggle-eye and trout good. (Report made on 7/24/2008) James River (lower): 80 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on green/brown soft plastics; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/24/2008) ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953 LAKES Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 85 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish slow with some success on worms and liver; black bass fair on soft plastic lures; bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 85 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 7/24/2008) RIVERS Big River: 79 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass slow with some success on minnows and spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on worms and liver; bluegill fair on crickets; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on minnows and spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on blood baits, cut baits and worms; bluegill good on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 79 degrees, rising, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Meramec (below Eureka): 76 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass slow with some success on spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on shad and worms; bluegill and goggle-eye fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/24/2008) Missouri (below New Haven): 79 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on natural baits and cut shad; all other species fair on natural baits. (Report made on 7/24/2008) TROUT PARKS Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, clear; 3 inches above normal; successful lures and baits include: dry flies (# 12 Crackleback and #22 cream midge); jigs (ginger, black & yellow); mini-jigs (white floss and John Deere); glo balls (anything with red dot and baby pink); also successful are red brassies Rooster Tails any color, yellow Power Baits and red salmon eggs. July fishing hours are: 6:30am-8:30pm. Weed cutting is planned for July 30, 2008. We plan to start around 9am and should be finished by 3:30pm. Thank you for your patience. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=06923500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 7/24/2008) Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; fishing has been good; fish early in the day for best results; late evening has been good as well; white and yellow baits and lures are working well; green rubber legged jigs are working well (Report made on 7/23/2008) Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, falling, fishing has been good; the water is very clear; use light line no heavier than 2 pound test for best results; fishing has been good on various wet flies, inline spinnerbaits and crayfish and creature lures; try gray, white, brown, green/yellow, and black/yellow marabou jigs for best results; check at the lodge for up-to-date fishing information and for good fly choices; bait fishermen have been doing well using worms, various doughbaits, corn and marshmallows; try Power Baits fished beneath a bobber or drifted without a sinker. Fishing hours for July are 6:30am to 8:30pm. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07064440&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 7/24/2008) Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; 2-3 pound test line is recommended; plastic eggs, worms and marabou jigs are working well in zone 1; check local fly shops for flies that are working well. Work was completed on the stream on July 22 and the stream has cleared. The “Back to School Kids’ Fishing Day” will be held on Aug. 16. Lots of trout stocked all day, classes, prizes, and contests. Everything is free for the kids and their families. For current or detailed information call 417-847-2430. For current real time streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 7/24/2008)
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