Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 6/23/2007 3:49:54 PM

6/21/2007 at 11:39:15

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: 74 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets;
channel catfish fair on stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 74 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow
but striking on minnows and crappie jigs; black bass slow but responding to
worms, plastic worms and spinnerbaits; catfish fair on shad guts, cut shad,
worms and chicken livers; white bass good on light-colored soft plastics and
crappie jigs. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 82 degrees, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and
crappie jigs; black bass fair on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; catfish fair on
shad guts, cut shad, hotdogs and worms; white bass slow but striking on
light-colored soft plastics and crappie jigs. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

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 6/20/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 82 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good on limb
lines and trotlines using live bluegill and cut shad and good using hotdogs on
jug lines; crappie fair on minnows in brush in 12 to 15 feet of water; black
bass fair on black worms at night or on spinnerbaits and crankbaits off windy
points during the day. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 82 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good on limb
lines and trotlines using live bluegill and cut shad and good using hotdogs on
jug lines; crappie fair on minnows in brush in 12 to 15 feet of water; black
bass fair on black worms at night or on spinnerbaits and crankbaits off windy
points during the day. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Little Dixie: 72 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on topwater lures
in late afternoon and early evening; bluegill and redear sunfish good on
earthworms, crickets and Beetle Spins; channel catfish good on chicken livers or
turkey livers; area closed from 10 PM - 4 AM. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 73 degrees, rising, dingy; catfish good on chicken livers and turkey
livers; bluegill fair on plastic worms; all other species slow. (Report made on
6/21/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 73 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on cut baits;
blue catfish and flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 6/21/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 74 degrees, normal, 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 6/21/2007)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, redear sunfish
and crappie fair; largemouth bass and bluegill good; all other species slow.
(Report made on 6/20/2007)

Montrose: 78 degrees, dingy; full pool; black bass good; catfish fair; crappie
slow; fishing pressure moderate. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 78 degrees, low, dingy; catfish good; all other
species fair. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 78 degrees, dingy; full pool; catfish good; all
other species fair. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Smithville: 70 degrees, high, dingy; white bass fair on crankbaits and Rattle
Traps; walleye fair on crankbaits, live baits and some success using Rooster
Jigs with plastic grubs and/or nightcrawlers; channel catfish good using
nightcrawlers; flathead catfish good on live baits using trotlines in 8 to 12
feet of water; largemouth bass fair using soft plastic worms; crappie slow with
some success in deeper water using small tube crappie jigs; Smithville Lake
Spillway: fishing good using live baits and shad sides; pole and line method is
the only method permitted at the spillway; it is illegal to use cast nets for
any fish species; snagging is not permitted. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Truman: 79 degrees, dingy; 2 feet high; catfish good using shad and live baits
on trotlines and limb lines; black bass good using spinnerbaits and plastic
worms; crappie good using jigs and minnows; hybrid bass fair using Sassy Shad
and topwater lures; white bass slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 79 degrees, dingy; releasing 31,500 cfs; catfish good; all
other species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: falling, muddy; channel catfish good on jug lines and trotlines
using shad sides and live baits. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

LAKES

Hunnewell: 81 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers and Little
Cleos; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and chicken livers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Long Branch: 77 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all
other species slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Mark Twain: 82 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass good using plastic lures;
channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
6/21/2007)

Sever: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill good on nightcrawlers and fly fishing
using popping bugs; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits; channel catfish good on
stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Thomas Hill: 79 degrees, dingy; small channel catfish good on stinkbaits and
nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on lures; all other species slow. (Report
made on 6/21/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 80 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish fair
on prepared baits; white bass good on minnows; all other species slow. (Report
made on 6/21/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 82 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made
on 6/21/2007)

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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 76 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill good on worms; crappie
fair using tube jigs and minnows near brush piles; black bass good on jigs,
plastic worms and topwater lures during low-light hours; channel catfish good on
cut and dip baits. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Mozingo: 75 degrees, normal, clear; walleye, black bass and crappie fair;
channel catfish and bluegill good. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Paho: 78 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass and channel catfish good; all
other species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Pony Express: 75 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on prepared baits
in 6 to 8 feet of water; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 78 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead
catfish good; all other species good. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 74 degrees, normal, clear; flathead and channel
catfish good night fishing using worms; carp good on worms and corn; all other
species slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 83 degrees, high, dingy; catfish fair on jugs and trotlines;
walleye fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

Norfork: 82 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on trotlines; bluegill good on
live baits; black bass fair on topwater lures. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 77 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass good on
soft plastic tubes and worms; goggle-eye good on soft plastic grubs and small
crankbaits; channel catfish fair on minnows. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 73 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good
on soft plastics; bluegill good on live baits. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Bryant Creek: 77 degrees, normal, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass good on
soft plastics. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Current: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft
plastics; suckers fair on worms. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, normal, dingy; rainbow trout good on corn; black bass
good on natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 79 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on
jigs and soft plastic lures; goggle-eye good on soft plastic grubs and jigs;
channel catfish fair on minnows and chicken livers. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 78 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass good
on plastic grubs and nightcrawlers; sunfish good on live baits. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

Jack's Fork: 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on
soft plastics. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

North Fork: 68 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye and smallmouth bass good on
soft plastics; rainbow trout and brown trout fair on all baits. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 86 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on live
bluegill; largemouth bass fair on plastics and topwater baits; bluegill fair on
crickets and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Council Bluff: 80 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on cut baits and
live worms; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures during low light periods;
redear sunfish and bluegill fair on live worms; all other species slow. (Report
made on 6/21/2007)

Cypress Lake: 73 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on cut baits in
the evening; black bass fair early and late; all other species slow. (Report
made on 6/21/2007)

Duck Creek: 85 degrees, clear; black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic
frogs; bluegill good on crickets at various depths. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 77 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on livers and
worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Perry County Lake: 82 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on worms;
bluegill fair on jigs; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: 75 degrees, clear; channel catfish fair on natural bait;
all other species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

Wappapello: falling, black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits;
channel catfish good on trotlines and jug lines using nightcrawlers and live
baits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms;
white bass fair on small spinnerbaits and minnows; anglers should note the 9
inch minimum length limit regulation for crappie. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 76 degrees, normal, clear; all species good.
(Report made on 6/20/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on
6/20/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): low, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural
bait; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; black bass good in the morning and
evening on topwater lures such as buzzbaits; channel catfish and flathead
catfish good in deeper holes on large minnows and nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 77 degrees, normal, dingy; flathead catfish good
on live baits; channel catfish good on cut bait and worms; all other species
fair. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 77-79 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on jigs, soft
plastics and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on minnows, nightcrawlers and jerkbait;
bluegill good on crickets and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 6/20/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on flies and Marabou jigs; lower lake (Fall Creek-Powersite): rainbow
trout fair on orange Power Bait and corn; all other species slow. (Report made
on 6/21/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 78 degrees, high, dingy; muskie, white bass, crappie and black
bass fair; catfish good. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Stockton: 75-80 degrees, high, clear; crappie good on jigs and minnows in 12 to
15 feet of water; white bass good on small spinnerbaits and jigs; walleye good
on nightcrawlers on main lake points; all other species slow. (Report made on
6/21/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 78 degrees, high, dingy; black bass excellent, 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 18 to 20 feet of water, best time is early morning and
with heavy cloud cover; all other species slow. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 79 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on topwater and
soft plastic baits; bluegill fair on live baits; catfish fair on live or
prepared baits. (Report made on 6/20/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 78 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass good; all other species
fair.
(Report made on 6/20/2007)

James River (lower): 78 degrees, high, dingy; water is clearing; smallmouth and
google-eye bass good on soft plastics; all other species fair. (Report made on
6/21/2007)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 79 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth
bass fair; bluegill good; all other species slow; please pick up litter! (Report
made on 6/21/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 80 degrees, normal,
clear; channel catfish good after recent stocking; please pick up litter!
(Report made on 6/21/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; 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 6/21/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 76 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
fair on minnows and plastic baits; bluegill good on crickets and nightcrawlers;
catfish fair on nightcrawlers, blood baits and cut baits; all other species fair
on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass
good 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 6/21/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 70 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on
natural baits; black bass good on crankbaits and natural baits; all other
species good using live baits. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 70 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on natural
baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

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TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 57 degrees, normal, dingy; fishing is good;
successful lures are: Marabou jigs (black/yellow w/gold head), mini-jigs (John
Deere, Brown Roach); glo balls (original peach); dry flies: #22 Cream Midge and
olive or blue Crackleback; other successful flies are; red Brassies and Kapok;
zone 3: orange Power Baits; fishing hours for June: 6:30 AM - 8:30 PM.


(Report made on 6/21/2007)

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 6/21/2007)

Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; fishing is good; 2lb test or
lighter line is recommended; flies only area: wooly buggers and Rooster Tails in
dark colors are good choices early in the morning, midges, cracklebacks, and
brassies are good choices, Marabou jigs in blk/yellow, white, brown, and
green/yellow are good choices throughout the day; natural and artificial bait
area: prepared and garlic scented Doughbaits, pink, red, and white Power Baits
are producing good numbers of fish; fishing hours: Month of June, 6:30 AM - 8:30
PM. (Report made on 6/21/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; water flow has decreased
since last week and flow is a little below normal; water is still clear so 2-4
lb. test line is recommended; trout are striking on Marabou jigs (1/32 and 1/16
oz); brown plastic power eggs are recommended; plastic worms in cheese yellow,
white, orange, and chartreuse are working well; Rooster Tails in black, skunk,
brown, and olive are also good; check locally to see what flies work best; for
more information on current fishing conditions call 417-847-2430. (Report
made on 6/21/2007)