Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 7/7/2007 9:26:20 AM

<!--graemlin::cool:-->Missouri Department of Conservation
Statewide Fishing Report

7/5/2007 at 11:39:11

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/current/?type=flow&group_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: 78 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and
frogs; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets; channel catfish good on livers
and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 80 degrees, rising, dingy; black bass
slow but responding to worms, plastic worms and buzzbaits; white bass fair on
light-colored soft plastics and crappie jigs; catfish good on worms and cut
shad; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 82 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on plastic worms
and crankbaits; white bass slow on light-colored soft plastics; catfish fair on
chicken livers, cut shad, worms and hotdogs; crappie fair on minnows and crappie
jigs. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 82 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair;
catfish good on chicken livers; white bass good on minnows; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 82 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair off
secondary points and farther back in coves using dark colored jig & pig; crappie
fair on minnows around brush in 15 feet of water on shady sides of docks;
catfish good on worms and cut shad off docks and in coves. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): black bass fair off secondary points and farther
back in coves using dark colored jig & pig; crappie fair on minnows around brush
in 15 feet of water on shady sides of docks; catfish good on worms and cut shad
off docks and in coves. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Little Dixie: 77 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on topwater lures
in late afternoon and early evening; crappie good on jigs around structures and
deep; bluegill and redear sunfish good on earthworms; all other species slow;
area closed from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 76 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 75 degrees, normal, muddy; all catfish fair on live baits;
channel catfish fair on cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 80 degrees, rising, dingy; crappie good on minnows
and jigs; catfish good on turkey livers, hotdogs, cut shad and nightcrawlers;
white bass good on spinnerbaits; black bass fair on plastic worms. (Report made
on 7/5/2007)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 79 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, largemouth bass
and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/3/2007)

Montrose: 75 degrees, muddy; catfish good; all other species slow; fishing
pressure moderate. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): low, no report available; area is flooded from
Osage River. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): no report available; area is flooded from the Osage
River. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Smithville: 74 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair using minnows or small
Roadrunners which are producing a lot of small fish right now, you have to sort
the little ones to find a keeper; largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigs, Senkos
and shallow diving crankbaits in the flooded grass; catfish good on livers and
shad in the back of coves; walleye fair using deep diving crankbaits or jigs
tipped with live bait on the flats; white bass slow but with some success using
crankbaits and pepper spoons fishing the points; Smithville Lake Spillway:
fishing is excellent with all the water that is being released, a variety of
fish are being caught using jigs and minnows; flatheads are being caught using
2" Mister Twister jigs. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Truman: 77 degrees, muddy; 17' high; catfish good; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 77 degrees, muddy; releasing 53,900 cfs; catfish good; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and limb lines
using live baits.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

LAKES

Hunnewell: 75 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken livers;
bluegill fair on Marabou jigs and Twister Tails; largemouth bass fair on
crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Long Branch: 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and
stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Mark Twain: 82 degrees, high, dingy; water is clearing; channel catfish good
using nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on plastics; crappie
fair in deeper water on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Sever: 81 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair when fly fishing with popping
bugs; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits in deeper water;
channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Thomas Hill: 80 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in deeper
water; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair
on prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 81 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made
on 7/5/2007)

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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 80 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill good during low light
hours; bluegill and crappie good in mid-depth brush and catfish good at night.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Mozingo: 79 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass, bluegill and channel
catfish good; crappie fair. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Paho: 80 degrees, low, clear; catfish and black bass good; all other species
good. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Pony Express: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on worms;
largemouth bass good; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 83 degrees, falling, muddy; all species good. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on
worms; flathead fair on live baits and worms; blue catfish good on cut baits;
carp good on worms and fair on corn. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 83 degrees, high, dingy; walleye fair on worms; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Norfork: 82 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; walleye fair
on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 78 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Bryant Creek: 71 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Current: 74 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass good on soft plastics;
goggle-eye fair on live baits; suckers fair on worms. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 79 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 79 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Jack's Fork: 76 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on
soft plastics and Beetle Spins. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

North Fork: 68 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 87 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Council Bluff: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on shrimp, livers
and live worms; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and worms; redear sunfish and
bluegill fair on worms. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Cypress Lake: 68 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good early morning and
late evening on chicken livers; black bass fair; crappie and bluegill slow.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Duck Creek: 80 degrees, clear; bluegill best on crickets; black bass fair on
topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on worms and
stinkbaits; bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Perry County Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; bluegill and channel catfish fair on natural
bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Wappapello: 80 degrees, falling, clear; black bass good on crankbaits,
spinnerbaits and buzzbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on
crickets and worms; channel catfish good on trotlines and jug lines using
nightcrawlers, crayfish and live baits; white bass fair on small spinnerbaits
and minnows. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 78 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; all species good. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): low, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; smallmouth bass good early morning
and late evening on topwater lures and tube jigs in deeper holes; channel and
flathead catfish good on large minnows and nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): No report available.

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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 78-80 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on jigs, soft
plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on minnows and nightcrawlers; crappie
fair on minnows; bluegill good on nightcrawlers and crickets; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/3/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on orange and chartreuse glow balls and Marabou jigs; lower lake
(Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse Power Bait
and corn; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 81 degrees, high, clear; white bass, crappie and black bass
fair; catfish good. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Stockton: 80-85 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair suspended over brush piles or
standing timber; white bass good on spinners near shad schools early and late;
catfish fair on jug and trotlines with cut baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 82 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair, try
throwing a topwater Zara Spook into brush at waters edge; high lake level has
pushed bass into thick shoreline vegetation and best time to use this method is
very early morning; spotted bass and largemouth bass good on nightcrawlers or
soft plastic worms in 15 to 20 feet of water, best time is early morning and
with heavy cloud cover; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 82 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on soft plastic
baits; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair on live and prepared baits.
(Report made on 7/3/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 81 degrees, high, muddy; all species fair.
(Report made on 7/5/2007)

James River (lower): 81 degrees, high, muddy; all species fair. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 84 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth
bass fair on plastic worms; bluegill good; carp good on corn; all other species
slow; please pick up litter! (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 84 degrees, normal,
clear; channel catfish good after recent stocking on prepared baits and worms;
please pick up litter! (Report made on 7/5/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 76 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on worms, livers and
Doughbaits; smallmouth bass good on plastic worms and Rebel Craws; bluegill fair
on crickets and worms; flathead catfish fair on 3 to 4 inch goldfish or
bluegill; crappie fair on minnows . (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 74 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair on minnows and plastic worms and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on crickets
and nightcrawlers; catfish fair on nightcrawlers, blood baits and cut baits; all
other species fair on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 76 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair on jigs and plastic worms; goggle-eye, bluegill and sunfish fair on worms
and crickets; channel catfish good on green sunfish and nightcrawlers; suckers
good on worms. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 76 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on
natural baits; black bass fair on crankbaits and natural baits; all other
species good using live baits. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 74 degrees, rising, muddy; catfish good on natural
baits, jug lines and pole & line; all other species fair. (Report made on
7/5/2007)

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TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, high, clear; fishing is good; the stream
is up about 8 inches with strong flow but visibility is still clear; successful
lures are: Marabou jigs (black/yellow, red/white), mini-jigs (Bedspread, John
Deere, Brown Roach); glo balls (original 3 color, white and baby pink); dry
flies: #18 griffiths #22 creme midge; other successful flies are; brown wooly
buggers w/ gold spinner and Super Dupers; zone 3: yellow Power Baits; fishing
hours for June: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM.


(Report made on 7/5/2007)

Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, clear; fishing is good; try using scented
Doughbaits, white plastic worms; yellow or orange Marabou jigs; if fish quit
biting, experiment with colors and use lighter line for a leader; fishing hours:
6:30 AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on 7/3/2007)

Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; 2lb test or
lighter line is recommended; natural and artificial bait area: prepared and
garlic scented Doughbaits, red and white Power Baits are producing good numbers;
flies only area: Rooster Tails in dark colors are good choices early in the
morning, midges, cracklebacks, brassies, Marabou jigs in black/yellow, white,
brown, and green/yellow are good choices throughout the day; fishing hours: 6:30
AM - 8:30 PM. (Report made on 7/5/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; water flow is about the
same as last week; water is still clear so 2-4 lb. 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. (Report made on 7/5/2007)