Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 4/15/2007 10:43:14 AM
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Missouri Department of Conservation
Statewide Fishing Report
4/12/2007 at 11:48:04
**PLEASE REMEMBER** IN MOST STREAMS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, BLACK BASS
SEASON WILL OPEN 05/26/07, UNTIL THAT DATE ALL BLACK BASS IN THOSE STREAMS MUST
BE RETURNED TO THE WATER UNHARMED IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING CAUGHT. FOR DETAILS
SEE CHAPTER 6 OF THE WILDLIFE CODE.
A current report on paddlefish snagging is available at:
http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/sport/paddlefish/report/
The fishing report does not necessarily reflect current floating conditions. For
current Missouri reservoir or river levels see the websites listed below.
Rivers: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/c...key=huc_cd
Reservoirs:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/c...y=basin_cd
For more information about the fishing opportunities in these and other Missouri
waters, consult the "2007 Fishing Prospects at Selected Missouri Lakes and
Streams" available at: www.mdc.mo.gov/fish/prospects/
PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations apply to designated
portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all
portions.
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CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 54 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill
good on worms; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; flathead catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 47 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish slow
with some sucess using worms, cut shad and stinkbaits; crappie slow but
responding to jigs and minnows; white bass slow but striking on light-colored
soft plastics. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 51 degrees, clear; black bass fair on plastic
worms, crankbaits and crappie jigs; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs;
all other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 51 degrees, normal, clear; crappie slow on
minnows; black bass good; white bass fair; catfish good on chicken livers;
paddlefish fair. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 52 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on
Rogues and jerkbait; crappie fair deep in brush on jigs.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 51 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on Rogues
and jerkbait; crappie fair deep in brush on jigs. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Little Dixie: 56 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on chicken liver and
stinkbaits; all other species fair; fishing and all other area use is prohibited
from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 53 degrees, normal, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 52 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish
fair on cut bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 47 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow on jigs,
yellow and white are best; white bass fair on spinnerbaits when water is being
released from Lake of the Ozarks; all other species slow. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 48 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish, largemouth bass,
bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie and trout fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Montrose: 55 degrees, clear; full pool; catfish and crappie fair; black bass
good; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 49 degrees, dingy; 5' low; catfish good; all other
species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 48 degrees, dingy; 1' low; catfish good; all other
species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Smithville: 54 degrees, low, clear; crappie slow with some success using jigs
and minnows along the docks and bridge pillars; largemouth bass fair using
spinnerbaits, stickbaits and jigs in the shallows; catfish fair using liver and
shad in the back of coves; walleye fair using small deep diving crankbaits or
jigs tipped with live bait off the dam, mainly at night. Using the smallest lure
possible works best to catch fish; our biologists have been shocking walleye at
a rate of 270 fish per hour with a number of 4 to 8 pound fish being captured
and released.
Little Platte River: white bass fair using small crankbait and pepper spoons.
Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Truman: 51 degrees, clear; 1' high; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 51 degrees, clear; releasing 2700 cfs; walleye good on jigs;
crappie good on jigs and minnows; white bass good on jigs; all other species
slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: Catfish slow with some success using live bait on trotlines.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 45 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Long Branch: 51 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
Mark Twain: 50 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair on jigs; channel catfish fair
on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Sever: 53 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
Thomas Hill: 56 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 52 degrees, rising, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 54 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made
on 4/12/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Mozingo: 52 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and channel catfish good; crappie
good in deep brush piles on jigs, Crappie Nibbles and minnows; walleye good on
stickbaits or plastics on the dam during evening hours. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
Paho: 45 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Pony Express: 55 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 60 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good, blue catfish and flathead
catfish slow; all other fair. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 42 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 4/11/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 55 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made
on 4/11/2007)
Norfork: 56 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 58 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and
goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits and jigs. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 51 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Bryant Creek: 51 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Current: 62 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Eleven Point: 56 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and cheese;
all other species fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 58 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and
goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits and jigs. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 50 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Jack's Fork: 60 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft plastic
lures;
all other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
North Fork: 51 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 56 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Council Bluff: 61 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits
and crankbaits; crappie fair on live minnows and jigs; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/11/2007)
Cypress Lake: 41 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; all
other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
Duck Creek: 56 degrees, clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; bluegill fair
on jigs and soft plastic black bugs. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 58 degrees, high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Perry County Lake: 57 degrees, normal, clear; black bass slow; channel catfish
slow; crappie fair on jigs; bluegills and redear sunfish fair on worms. (Report
made on 4/12/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: 60 degrees, normal, all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Wappapello: Black bass slow; crappie good on minnows & jigs; bluegill fair on
crickets and worms; channel catfish slow; white bass fair on small spinnerbaits.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 52 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair.
(Report made on 4/11/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): 56 degrees, falling, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/11/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/11/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 68 degrees, high, dingy; drum good on worms; all
other species fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 58-60 degrees, black bass good on jigs, jerkbait and
spinnerbaits; crappie and white bass good on swimming and live minnows; all
other species fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 49 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek) - rainbow
trout fair on chartreuse Rooster Tails and flies that imitate scuds; brown trout
fair on wooly buggers and crankbaits; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite) -
rainbow trout good on chartreuse and bubble gum colored Power Bait; brown trout
fair on nightcrawlers and minnows. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 55 degrees, clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; largemouth
and smallmouth bass fair in backs of coves and shallow water; all other species
fair (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Stockton: 50-54 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows, fish
have pulled away from bank with last week's cold front; white bass good up
rivers on spinners, grubs, and Rooster Tails; black bass good on jigs and
Carolina Rigs; walleye fair near the dam and up major tributaries on grubs and
jerkbaits; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 54 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on
crankbaits, soft plastic minnows, flies and live minnows, best fishing is early
morning just after sunrise; crappie fair in 10 to 20 feet of water, small jigs
and minnows are the best choice; all other species fair. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 54 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on plastic
baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/11/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 57 degrees, normal, all species fair.
(Report made on 4/11/2007)
James River (lower): 55 degrees, rising, dingy; run off causing murky
conditions; all species fair. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 55 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth
bass fair on large bright lures; crappie fair on jigs; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/12/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 55 degrees, high,
dingy; channel catfish slow. Please remove your litter. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: high, muddy; channel catfish fair on liver and natural baits; all
other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 55 degrees, rising, dingy; channel
catfish fair on cut bait, liver and nightcrawlers; black bass slow on plastic
worms, crankbaits and minnows; bluegill slow on nightcrawlers, and crickets; all
other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): high, muddy; all species slow. (Report
made on 4/12/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 50 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made
on 4/12/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 49 degrees, high, muddy; Catfish fair on natural
bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; flow is
normal but water levels are dropping slowly; successful lures are: Marabou jigs
(black/yellow), mini-jigs, John Deere or Bedspread flies, Renegades (brown) and
Red Brassies, glo balls (anything with red dot), Power Bait (yellow or white).
Fishing Hours are 7:00 a.m - 7:30 p.m.
Kid's Fishing Day is May 5, 2007. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, fishing hours: 7:00 AM--7:30 PM; stream is
slightly off color and normal level; fishing has been good; stream is holding
lots of good sized fish; olive wooly buggers, gray scuds and doughbait works
well. (Report made on 4/12/2007)
Montauk State Park: 55 degrees, rising, clear; fishing is good; the river is up
a bit due to recent rains in the area. In the flies only area: wooly buggers and
mini jigs in thread or Marabou jigs are good choices. Good colors are white,
black and yellow and gray; in the natural and artificial bait area: prepared and
scented baits; corn and worms are producing good numbers of fish.
Attention: aquatic vegetation in the spring branch and the lower fly zone will
be cut on April 24th, it should be completed in one day. (Report made on
4/12/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; the water is still clear
and about the same flow as last week; two to four lb. test line is recommended;
olive wooly buggers; black, olive, brown, and skunk Rooster Tails; plastic eggs
in white, brown, and orange; jigs in black/yellow, olive, tan and white have
been working well; check locally to see what flies are best.
Water weeds were cut and removed on April 10 and 11 in order to improve fish
holding and fish habitat in the stream. The Spring Kids' Fishing Day will be
held on May 19. (Report made on 4/12/2007)