Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 5/3/2007 6:18:30 PM

5/3/2007 at 12:04:09

**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.

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: 64 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers;
bluegill good on river worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 57 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish slow
with some success using worms, cut shad and stinkbaits; crappie slow but
responding to jigs and minnows; white bass fair on light-colored soft plastics,
silver and light blue crankbaits and white and light blue crankbaits. (Report
made on 5/3/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 60 degrees, dingy; black bass slow but responding
using plastic worms, crankbaits and crappie jigs; crappie fair on minnows and
crappie jigs; catfish slow but responding on worms, stinkbaits and cut baits;
white bass fair on light-colored soft plastics. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 60 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair in 8-10
feet of water; black bass and catfish good; white bass fair. (Report made on
5/2/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 62 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass fair while
trolling Rooster Tails in old creek beds; crappie fair on yellow, white and
chartreuse jigs in 5 to 10 feet of water; black bass fair on jig & pig and
Carolina rigged worms off secondary points; catfish fair on shad sides and
chicken livers. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 62 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass fair while
trolling, use Rooster Tails on old creek beds; crappie fair on yellow/white and
chartreuse jigs in 5 to 10 feet of water; black bass fair on jig & pig and
Carolina Rigging worms off secondary points; catfish fair on shad sides and
chicken livers. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Little Dixie: 62 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on chicken liver and
nightcrawlers; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows
and jigs; bluegill and redear sunfish good on worms; 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 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 59 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 58 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish
good on cut baits and fresh shad; flathead catfish good on live baits; all other
species fair on worms. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 57 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow but
striking on minnows; white bass fair on spinnerbaits; catfish fair on turkey
liver and cut shad when not raining; black bass (catch & release until May 26);
paddlefish closed.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 68 degrees, low, clear; crappie, largemouth bass, bluegill
and redear sunfish good; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report
made on 5/2/2007)

Montrose: 65 degrees, muddy; 2' high; catfish good; black bass fair; crappie
slow; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 64 degrees, dingy; 3 1/2' low; crappie and catfish
good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 66 degrees, dingy; crappie and catfish good; all
other species fair. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Smithville: 55 degrees, low, clear; crappie slow with some success using jigs
and minnows; largemouth bass fair using jigs; catfish slow with some success
using live bait; walleye slow with some success using crappie jigs; all other
species slow; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on
5/2/2007)

Truman: 64 degrees, dingy; 3 1/2' high; catfish good using cut baits; black bass
good; crappie good using jigs and minnows on the Pomme de Terre arm; white bass
and hybrid bass fair. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 64 degrees, dingy; releasing 16000 cfs; catfish and crappie
good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: all species slow. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

LAKES

Hunnewell: 63 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on crankbaits; blue catfish
fair on cut baits and chicken liver; all other species slow. (Report made on
5/3/2007)

Long Branch: 58 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on leeches and
stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Mark Twain: 65 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on jigs and minnows;
largemouth bass fair on lures; channel catfish fair on setlines; all other
species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Sever: 58 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Thomas Hill: 65 degrees, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits and
nightcrawlers; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; largemouth bass fair on lures;
all other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 63 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 61 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made
on 5/3/2007)

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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 60 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good; crappie and
bluegill good in shallow brush; largemouth bass good along dam and deeper brush;
walleye fair in rock piles. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Mozingo: 57 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish good in evening hours;
walleye good in channel breaks using live bait; crappie good right on the bank;
black bass good; bluegill fair. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Paho: 66 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Pony Express: normal, clear; crappie good on banks in 4-6" of water; all other
species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 65 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good; blue catfish and flathead
catfish slow; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): No report available.

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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 71 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on soft plastics;
crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Norfork: 71 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on jigs and minnows; crappie
fair on jigs and minnows; catfish fair on trotlines. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 73 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass good on
jigs and soft plastic worms (catch & release until May 26); goggle-eye good on
jigs and small crankbaits. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 63 degrees, rising, clear; goggle-eye and sunfish good on
soft plastics and live baits; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics (catch &
release until May 26). (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Bryant Creek: 68 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics
(catch & release until May 26). (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Current: 66 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on jerkbaits(catch &
release until May 26); all other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Eleven Point: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; rainbow trout fair on corn and cheese.
(Report made on 5/2/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 74 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair
on nightcrawlers; smallmouth bass (catch & release until May 26) and goggle-eye
slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 64 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and sunfish good using
live baits and soft plastic grubs; all other species slow. (Report made on
5/3/2007)

Jack's Fork: 64 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good using plastic worms
and imitation crayfish (catch & release until May 26); goggle-eye slow on all
baits. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

North Fork: 60 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
5/2/2007)

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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 69 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs. (Report made
on 5/3/2007)

Council Bluff: 65 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastic tubes
and worms; crappie fair on minnow jigs and live worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

Cypress Lake: Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; bluegill
and redear sunfish good using live crickets and Beetle Spins; channel catfish
fair on cut baits in evening. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Duck Creek: 73 degrees, bluegill good on crickets; crappie fair on minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 72 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on plastic worms;
channel catfish good on livers; bluegill fair on crickets. (Report made on
5/2/2007)

Perry County Lake: 68 degrees, clear; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill
fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: Crappie fair; bluegill fair on jigs and natural baits; all
other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Wappapello: 65 degrees, black bass fair on crankbaits and plastic worms; crappie
fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish
good on trotlines and jug lines using worms and live bait; white bass fair using
small spinnerbaits. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 62 degrees, normal, clear; white bass good on
crankbaits and minnows. (Report made on 5/2/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
5/2/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): falling, channel catfish fair on natural baits.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, clear; sunfish good on small minnows and
worms; channel catfish fair on large minnows and worms; all other species slow.
(Report made on 5/2/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 70 degrees, normal, dingy; all species fair.
(Report made on 5/2/2007)

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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 58-60 degrees, black bass good on jigs, spinnerbaits and
soft plastics; crappie fair on minnows; white bass fair on swimming minnows; all
other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 48 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on Marabou jigs and glo balls drifted with the current; brown trout
fair on small black/chrome and blue/chrome Rapalas; lower lake (Fall
Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair on bubble gum and chartreuse Power Bait;
brown trout fair on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 63 degrees, rising, crappie fair to good on jigs and minnows in
2-15 feet of water; black bass good in shallows; white bass fair; walleye fair;
catfish good in upstream areas where water is up; muskie fair. (Report made on
5/3/2007)

Stockton: 60-65 degrees, high, clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows 10'-15'
deep; walleye good on bottom bouncers and crankbaits on main lake points; black
bass fair on floating worms and jigs on secondary points; all other species
slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 62 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on
minnows, 16th ounce jig head and soft plastic tube jigs in chartreuse or purple
body; black bass fair on small plastic worms, use watermelon or motor oil colors
on gravel points; when fishing for largemouth or spotted bass, try large
spinnerbaits in white, shad or chartreuse colors; all other species slow.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 67 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair to good on
topwater baits and soft plastic baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; catfish
fair taken on trotlines. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 61 degrees, normal, smallmouth bass (catch & release until May 26)
and goggle-eye good; all other species fair.
(Report made on 5/3/2007)

James River (lower): 63 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on jigs and
soft plastics (catch & release until May 26); all other species fair. (Report
made on 5/3/2007)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 75 degrees, high, muddy; spawning
largemouth bass fair on Carolina rigged plastic lizards and jigs; crappie good
at dawn and dusk; channel catfish good on prepared baits and liver; all other
species fair; please pick up litter! (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 75 degrees, high,
dingy; channel catfish good on prepared baits and liver; limit 4; please pick up
litter! (Report made on 5/3/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 56 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish fair on livers, worms and
prepared baits; black bass fair on crankbaits and minnows (catch & release until
May 26); all other species fair. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 62 degrees, rising, dingy; black bass
fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic worms (catch & release until May
26); channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers, cut baits and bloodbaits; all other
species fair using nightcrawlers. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 55 degrees, high, dingy; all species
slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 55 degrees, high, muddy; all other species slow. (Report
made on 5/3/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 55 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on natural
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

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TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, normal, dingy; fishing is good; water
level is just above normal; water clarity is approximately to 2 feet; successful
lures are: Marabou jigs (black/yellow, white and ginger), mini-jigs (John Deere,
brown roach,and white floss); glo balls (chartreuse with a red dot and white);
Zone 3: power baits (orange or orange glitter) and orange and white plastic
worms; fishing Hours for May are: 6:30 AM - 8:15 PM.

Kid's Fishing Day is May 5, 2007 - free to kids 15 and under! Educational
activities are scheduled from 9 AM until 2 PM, lunch will be provided for the
kids free of charge! (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, dingy; fishing hours: 6:30 AM--8:15 PM; water
flow is normal; fishing has been good; stream is holding lots of good-sized
fish; bright colors have been working best. (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Montauk State Park: 56 degrees, high, dingy; fishing is good; the river is up
due to recent rains; natural and artificial bait area: prepared and scented
baits; corn and worms are producing good numbers of fish; flies only area: wooly
buggers, thread jigs, and Marabou jigs are good choices.
Kid's Fishing Day is May 5, 2007 - free fishing for all kids 15 years and
younger! (Report made on 5/3/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; the water flow is about the
same as last week; 2-4 lb. test line is recommended; olive wooly buggers; black,
olive, brown and skunk Rooster Tails; plastic eggs in white, brown and orange;
jigs working well in black/yellow, olive, tan and white; check locally to see
what other flies are working best.
Kids' Fishing Day is May 19, 2007! (Report made on 5/3/2007)