Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 7/26/2007 5:05:12 PM

7/26/2007 at 10:31:58

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.



----------------------
CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388

LAKES

Binder: 81 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on chicken livers and
nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures and artificial frogs; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 80 degrees, rising, dingy; black bass
slow on worms and plastic worms; crappie slow on minnows and crappie jigs; white
bass slow on light-colored soft plastics; catfish fair on cut shad and shad
guts. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 81 degrees, dingy; black bass slow on dark-colored
plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; white bass slow on light-colored soft
plastics; catfish slow on hotdogs, chicken liver, cut shad and worms. (Report
made on 7/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair;
catfish fair on chicken livers; white bass slow on minnows; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 81 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass slow on
10-inch dark-colored worms at night; crappie fair in 18 to 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 7/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 81 degrees, dingy; 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 with jug lines and trotlines doing best. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Little Dixie: 81 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good in deep water on jigs;
bluegill and redear sunfish fair on earthworms; channel catfish good on chicken
livers; all other species slow; area closed from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 79 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish and flathead catfish good on
live baits and stinkbaits; blue catfish fair on live baits; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good on
stinkbaits; flathead catfish good on live baits; blue catfish fair; all other
species fair. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 80 degrees, dingy; catfish fair on cut shad; all
other species slow due to the high volume of water being released into the
river. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

----------------------
KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 88 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, largemouth bass
and bluegill good; redear sunfish and crappie fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

Montrose: 85 degrees, dingy; full pool; black bass fair; all other species slow;
fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 87 degrees, muddy; full pool; catfish fair; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 85 degrees, muddy; full pool; catfish fair; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Smithville: 85 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair 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 plastic worms along and off main lake points;
catfish excellent on a variety of baits off the main lake points; 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: catfish fair using live bait and Mister
Twisters; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Truman: 79 degrees, dingy; 16' high; catfish good using shad; black bass good
using worms and spinnerbaits; white bass good using spoons and jigs; crappie
fair using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 79 degrees, dingy; releasing 56,300 cfs; catfish excellent
using shad; white bass good using spoons and jigs; crappie fair on jigs and
minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish slow with some success on
trotlines and limb lines using live baits.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

----------------------
NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

LAKES

Hunnewell: 81 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on Twister Tails and Little
Cleos; channel catfish fair on Shad Raps and chicken liver; largemouth bass fair
on buzzbaits and jig & frog; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Long Branch: 80 degrees, low, dingy; channel catfish good on setlines and pole &
line using leeches, nightcrawlers and prepared baits; flathead catfish fair on
setlines with live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Mark Twain: 86 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows about 8 feet
deep; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Sever: 83 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures in
early morning and late evening hours; channel catfish fair on live baits;
bluegill good in weedy areas on popping bugs; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/26/2007)

Thomas Hill: 83 degrees, dingy; hybrid striped bass good in deep water trolling;
small channel catfish good on prepared baits and nightcrawlers; crappie fair in
deep water around brush piles; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/26/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair
on prepared baits; flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 82 degrees, normal, muddy; drum good on nightcrawlers;
channel catfish good on prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/26/2007)

----------------------
NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 84 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish, largemouth bass
and bluegill good; crappie good on minnows over deep brush. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

Mozingo: 84 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish, black bass and bluegill
fair; crappie good on minnows. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Paho: 80 degrees, falling, clear; black bass and crappie good; all other species
slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Pony Express: 81 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair in morning and
late evening; channel catfish good fishing in the evening using prepared bait,
worms and cut bait. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 83 degrees, falling, dingy; all species good. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 79 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish excellent
on worms and good on dip baits; flathead excellent on live bait and good on
worms; blue catfish good on cut bait and carp good on worms and fair on corn.
(Report made on 7/25/2007)

----------------------
OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 84 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jugs and
trotlines. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Norfork: 86 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on jug lines and trotlines.
(Report made on 7/25/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and
goggle-eye good on soft plastics and jigs; catfish good on live baits. (Report
made on 7/25/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 79 degrees, low, clear; sunfish good on live baits; black
bass fair on topwater lures, early and late in the day. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

Bryant Creek: 80 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on
soft plastic lures. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Current: 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft
plastics. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and
spinnerbaits; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 81 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and
goggle-eye good on soft plastics and jigs; catfish good on live baits. (Report
made on 7/25/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 80 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass and sunfish fair
on nightcrawlers; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on small plastic grubs.
(Report made on 7/25/2007)

Jack's Fork: 74 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

North Fork: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on
soft plastics. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

----------------------
SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 87 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

Council Bluff: 84 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures
and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Cypress Lake: 72 degrees, dingy; channel catfish fair in the late evening and
early morning; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Duck Creek: 80 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets and worms; largemouth
bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic frogs; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/25/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on worms and
stinkbaits; bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

Perry County Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on worms and
stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, all species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Wappapello: 85 degrees, black bass good on spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and plastic
worms; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on trotlines
and jug lines using live baits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; white bass
slow; anglers should note the 9 inch minimum length limit regulation for
crappie. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 80 degrees, low, clear; black bass good on brown
tube baits. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/25/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): normal, dingy; channel catfish good on worms and
cut bait; flathead catfish good on live baits; all other species fair. (Report
made on 7/25/2007)

----------------------
SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 79-81 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on soft
plastics and nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; catfish fair on
nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on orange and chartreuse glo balls and marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall
Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair on orange and chartreuse colored Power Bait
and corn; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 84 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good; black bass fair, better
off deep points; crappie fair suspended over deep beds; walleye good on points;
muskie fair. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Stockton: 85 degrees, high, clear; crappie good on jigs and minnows suspended
over brush piles 12-18 feet deep; white bass fair on small spinners near schools
of shad; walleye good on bottom bouncers with nightcrawlers on main lake flats;
all other species slow. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 86 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good, try
using medium sized steelback minnows Carolina rigged, also try fishing soft
plastic crawdads with slider hooks; or a live shiner or crankbait that resembles
an injured shad and fishing gravel points in 20 to 30 feet of water; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 84 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on soft plastic
lures and topwater baits; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair on live and
prepared baits. (Report made on 7/25/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 82 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good; all
other species fair.
(Report made on 7/25/2007)

James River (lower): 81 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair. (Report made
on 7/25/2007)

----------------------
ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 82 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth
bass slow on plastic worms; bluegill fair on worms; carp fair on corn; all other
species slow; please pick up litter! (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 82 degrees, normal,
clear; channel catfish fair on prepared baits and worms; please pick up litter!
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 76 degrees, low, clear; flathead catfish good on live baits;
smallmouth bass fair on minnows; bluegill good on crickets and worms; all other
species fair on worms. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair on jigs, plastic worms and minnows; bluegill good on crickets and
nightcrawlers; catfish good on trotlines with cut bait, blood baits and chicken
livers; all other species fair on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 78 degrees, low, clear; black bass fair
on live baits and buzzbaits; catfish fair on live baits; all other species fair.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 78 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on live baits
and buzzbaits; catfish fair on live baits; all other species fair. (Report made
on 7/26/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 76 degrees, normal, clear; catfish fair on natural
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/26/2007)

----------------------
TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good;
successful lures are: marabou jigs (black/yellow,), mini-jigs (brown roach and
john deer); glo balls (tri-colored or white); dry flies: #12 cracklebacks; other
successful flies are; red brassies kapok; zone 3: white and yellow Power Bait;
fishing hours for July 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM.

(Report made on 7/26/2007)

Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, low, clear; fishing is good; aquatic vegetation
has been recently cut; try brown or white floating doughbaits early in the day;
green and white rubber legged jigs with 2 lb test later in the day; other lures
to try include marabou jigs, small plastic worms, and Rooster Tails.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)

Montauk State Park: 59 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; 2 lb test or
lighter line is recommended; natural and artificial bait area: prepared and
garlic scented doughbaits, red and white Power Baits; 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 7/26/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; water flow continues to
decrease; 2 to 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.

Water weeds will be cut and removed from Zone 1 on July 31 and Aug. 1.
(Report made on 7/26/2007)