Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 8/17/2007 7:16:18 AM
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/current/?type=lake&group_key=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: 83 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish fair on livers and
nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on river worms; largemouth bass fair on topwater
lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 85 degrees, dingy; catfish fair on cut
shad and shad guts; black bass slow but responding on worms and plastic worms;
crappie slow but responding on minnows and crappie jigs; white bass slow but
responding on light-colored soft plastics. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 87 degrees, dingy; black bass slow with some
success using dark-colored plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; white bass
slow but responding on light-colored soft plastics; catfish slow with some
success on hotdogs, chicken livers, cut shad and worms. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 87 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair;
catfish fair on chicken livers; white bass slow but responding on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 87 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass slow on
10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20 feet of water on
minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks; catfish good on cut shad in
the main channel using jug lines and trotlines. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 87 degrees, dingy; black bass slow but responding on
10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18-20 feet of water on
minnows close to brush on the shady sides of docks; catfish good on cut shad in
the main channel on jug lines and trotlines. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Little Dixie: 84 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on chicken livers;
all other species slow; area closed from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on
8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Lamine: 84 degrees, normal, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Missouri (Middle): 82 degrees, falling, muddy; flathead catfish fair on live
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 85 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on cut shad;
all other species slow due to the high volume of water being released into the
river. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 89 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good; bluegill,
redear sunfish, largemouth bass and crappie fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
Montrose: 92 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 88 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/15/2007)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 87 degrees, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Smithville: 85 degrees, normal, clear; crappie slow with some success using
minnows in 15-20 feet of water along the dam, in the trees and around the bridge
pillars; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs and jigs along the tree lines and
using topwater lures in the early morning and late evening along flooded grass;
catfish good on a variety of baits off the main lake points and back of coves
using trotlines; walleye fair using deep diving crankbaits or jigs tipped with
live baits on the flats; white bass fair using jigging spoons off the main lake
points; Smithville Lake Spillway: catfish slow with some success using live
baits and Mister Twisters; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Truman: 88 degrees, high, clear; catfish fair using shad; crappie fair at 12-15
feet of water using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Truman Tailwaters: 88 degrees, clear; catfish fair using shad; all other species
slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
RIVERS
Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish slow with some success on
trotlines and limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 8/15/2007)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 87 degrees, low, clear; bluegill good on nightcrawlers; channel
catfish fair on doughbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Long Branch: 84 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish fair on setlines and pole &
line using leeches, nightcrawlers and prepared baits; flathead catfish fair on
setlines using live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Mark Twain: 85 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Sever: 84 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on popping bugs; largemouth bass
fair on crankbaits; channel catfish fair on leeches and nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Thomas Hill: 88 degrees, dingy; hybrid striped bass fair trolling deeper water;
channel catfish fair on prepared baits and nightcrawlers; crappie fair in deeper
water around brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 85 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair
on prepared baits; drum fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 83 degrees, low, muddy; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/16/2007)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 88 degrees, normal, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Mozingo: 88 degrees, falling, clear; all species fair; little activity during
the heat of the day. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Paho: 85 degrees, falling, dingy; catfish good; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/15/2007)
Pony Express: 85 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on worms, prepared
baits and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Grand: 85 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead
catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 82 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish and carp
fair on worms; flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 87 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug lines and
trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Norfork: 87 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug lines and trotlines; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 79 degrees, low, clear; black bass and
goggle-eye good on soft plastic baits; catfish fair on live baits. (Report made
on 8/15/2007)
Big Piney (Upper): 82 degrees, low, dingy; black bass fair on topwater lures in
late evening; all other species slow; large amounts of aquatic vegetation in
shallow areas. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Bryant Creek: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass fair on
soft plastics; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Current: 81 degrees, low, clear; suckers fair on worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/15/2007)
Eleven Point: 62 degrees, low, clear; rainbow trout fair on corn and
spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 81 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good on live
baits; black bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic baits. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Gasconade (upper): 82 degrees, low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
Jack's Fork: 74 degrees, falling, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft plastics;
all other species fair.
(Report made on 8/15/2007)
North Fork: 78 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/15/2007)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 90 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/16/2007)
Council Bluff: 86 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures
and worms; channel catfish fair on livers and worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
Cypress Lake: dingy; channel catfish good at night; black bass fair early
morning and late afternoon on plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
Duck Creek: 88 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets and jigs in 4 feet of
water; black bass good on topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made
on 8/16/2007)
Lake Girardeau: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/16/2007)
Perry County Lake: 84 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish fair on worms and
stinkbaits in the evening; black bass fair on topwater lures at night; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all
other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Wappapello: 89 degrees, black bass fair on spinnnerbaits and buzzbaits in
shallow water early and late; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel
catfish fair on trotlines and jug lines at night using live baits; crappie and
white bass slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 80 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on
8/16/2007)
Mississippi (below Charleston): low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
8/16/2007)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): Black bass fair on spinnerbaits and minnows;
goggle-eye fair on worms and small spinnerbaits; green sunfish fair on crickets
and worms. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): low, dingy; channel catfish good on worms and
cut baits; flathead catfish good on live baits; all other species slow. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 80-83 degrees, normal, clear; black bass and catfish fair on
nightcrawlers and soft plastics; bluegill fair on crickets and worms. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
Lake Taneycomo: 53 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls and white and olive colored
marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair on orange,
chartreuse and bubblegum colored Power Bait and nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Pomme de Terre: 83 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good; black bass, crappie,
and walleye fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Stockton: 86 degrees, low, clear; white bass good on small spinners near schools
of shad at dusk; bluegill fair on worms; catfish fair on cut baits; crappie fair
on minnows 20-25 feet deep over brush piles or in standing timber; all other
species slow. (Report made on 8/15/2007)
Table Rock (James River arm): 90 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
Table Rock (main lake): 89 degrees, low, clear; black bass fair on soft plastic
baits and spoons; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 86 degrees, low, clear; goggle-eye and trout good; smallmouth bass
fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 8/15/2007)
James River (lower): 86 degrees, low, clear; catfish good early morning and
overnight on worms, shiners and cut bluegills; smallmouth bass fair on soft
plastics. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 94 degrees, low, dingy; all species
slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 94 degrees, low,
dingy; catfish fair early morning and late evening; please remove your trash.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
RIVERS
Big River: 81 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on minnows early morning
and late evening; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on
live baits and prepared baits fishing deep; all other species slow but
responding on worms. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 84 degrees, low, dingy; bluegill fair
on crickets and worms; black bass slow on plastic worms and minnows; channel
catfish slow on livers and cut baits; all other species slow on worms. (Report
made on 8/16/2007)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 86 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish
fair on trotlines and limb lines using minnows; black bass fair on plastic worms
and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Meramec (below Eureka): 81 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made
on 8/16/2007)
Missouri (below New Haven): 81 degrees, rising, muddy; catfish good on natural
baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, low, clear; fishing is fair; water levels
have dropped and the stream is low: successful lures are: marabou jigs (black
and yellow and ginger), mini-jigs (John Deere and bedspread); glo balls
(chartreuse w/ red dot and original 3 color); dry flies: #12 chartreuse
cracklebacks; other successful flies are brown wooly with gold spinner and red
brassies; zone 3: white Power Bait. We will be cutting weeds on August 22; it
should start around 9 Am and be done by 3 PM; thank you for your patience.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, low, clear; fishing has been productive
throughout the day; fish early in the morning or late in the evening for the
best results; brown floating doughbaits will be effective early; try green and
white rubber legged jigs with a 2 pound test leader later in the day; other
lures to try include marabou jigs, small plastic worms, white jigs and Rooster
Tails.
(Report made on 8/16/2007)
Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, falling, clear; fishing is good; 2 lb test or
lighter line is recommended; the river is a few inches lower than last week; in
the natural and artificial bait area: prepared doughbaits in white, yellow and
orange are producing good numbers of fish; flies only area: Rooster Tails,
marabou and mini jigs are all good choices, good colors are white, black, green
and brown; midges, brassies and other small flies are doing well throughout the
day. (Report made on 8/16/2007)
Roaring River State Park: 59 degrees, falling, clear; water flow continues to
decrease; 2-4 pound test line is recommended; trout are striking on marabou jigs
(1/32) in olive, black/yellow, brown and white; plastic power eggs in brown,
white, and yellow; plastic worms in cheese yellow, white, orange, and
chartreuse; and Rooster Tails in black, skunk, brown, and olive; check locally
to see what flies work best; for more information on current fishing conditions
call 417-847-2430; back to school kids' fishing day is Aug. 18 from 7:00 AM to
8:00 PM; free to kids 15 and younger; lots of activities, prizes, and contests;
fish will also be stocked through out the day. (Report made on 8/15/2007)