Originally posted by: Happy-Hunter on 4/26/2007 4:12:29 PM

Hope this info will be as useful to you as it is to me,,,, GOOD LUCK ! <!--graemlin::cool:-->

4/26/2007 at 12:07:45

**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.

A current report on paddlefish snagging is available at:
http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/sport/paddlefish/report/

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: 62 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill
good on worms; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 49 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish slow
with some success using worms, cut shad and stinkbaits; crappie slow but
responding to jigs and minnows; white bass slow but striking on light-colored
soft plastics. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 52 degrees, dingy; black bass slow on 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 4/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 52 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair in 8-10
feet of water; black bass and catfish good; white bass fair. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 59 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on banks;
black bass fair, getting ready to spawn, some success using sight fishing in
clear water, use jigs around docks and brush; catfish good on trotlines using
bluegill. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 59 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie good on the
banks; black bass fair, getting ready to spawn, some success using sight fishing
in clear water, use jigs around docks and brush; catfish good on trotlines using
bluegill. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Little Dixie: 60 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on chicken liver
and stinkbaits; largemouth bass good on plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows
and jigs; 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 4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Lamine: 57 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other
species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Missouri (Middle): 56 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish
fair on cut baits; flathead catfish fair on live bait; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 49 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow on minnows;
white bass good on spinnerbaits; catfish fair on turkey livers.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254

LAKES

James A. Reed Area: 63 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish, crappie, largemouth
bass and bluegill good; redear sunfish and trout fair. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

Montrose: 65 degrees, dingy; full pool; catfish and black bass good; crappie
fair; fishing pressure moderate. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 62 degrees, 4' low; crappie and catfish good; all
other species fair. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 64 degrees, 8" below full pool; crappie good; all
other species fair. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Smithville: 53 degrees, low, clear; crappie slow with some success fishing from
boats early evening and on the banks around the marinas and docks using tube
baits and minnows; largemouth bass good using crankbaits; catfish slow with some
success on trotlines, limb lines and bank lines using live bait; walleye slow
with some success from the bank and boat; white bass fair using Rattle Trap and
pepper spoons; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

Truman: 58 degrees, 5' high; black bass good; crappie good; sunfish starting to
go to bank; catfish fair on trotlines and cut shad; all other species fair.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

Truman Tailwaters: 55 degrees, dingy; releasing 24000 cfs; crappie, catfish and
black bass good; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Missouri River: Catfish fair on rod and reel using nightcrawlers. (Report made
on 4/26/2007)

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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420

LAKES

Hunnewell: 62 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on Beetle Spins; blue catfish
good on cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Long Branch: 53 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on shad at the north
end of the lake; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Mark Twain: 54 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; channel catfish
fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Sever: 56 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on minnows and jigs; black bass
fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species
slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Thomas Hill: 62 degrees, dingy; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits in shallow
coves; crappie fair on minnows; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other
species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 61 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made
on 4/26/2007)

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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111

LAKES

Bilby Ranch Lake: 50 degrees, normal, clear; catfish good; black bass, bluegill
and crappie good; walleye fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Mozingo: 54 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish, walleye and black bass
good, bluegill fair and crappie good. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Paho: 56 degrees, rising, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Pony Express: rising, clear; crappie good on jigs and minnows; all other species
slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Grand: 63 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good; blue catfish and flathead
catfish slow; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 44 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report
made on 4/25/2007)

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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 65 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made
on 4/25/2007)

Norfork: 66 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on jigs and minnows; crappie
fair on jigs and minnows; catfish fair on trotlines. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 58 degrees, high, dingy; catch and release
smallmouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on
nightcrawlers and soft plastic grubs. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Big Piney (Upper): 64 degrees, high, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair
on live baits. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Bryant Creek: 62 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

Current: 65 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on soft plastic baits;
all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Eleven Point: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 60 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass fair
on spinnerbaits and crankbaits; goggle-eye fair on nightcrawlers and jigs.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Gasconade (upper): 59 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye and sunfish fair on live
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Jack's Fork: 63 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

North Fork: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858

LAKES

Clearwater Lake: 67 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs. (Report made
on 4/25/2007)

Council Bluff: 60 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms
and crankbaits; crappie fair on live minnows and jigs; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Cypress Lake: 57 degrees, black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms;
bluegill fair on live bait; channel catfish fair on cut bait; crappie slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Duck Creek: 70 degrees, dingy; pickerel fair on minnows; bluegill slow on
crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Lake Girardeau: 61 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

Perry County Lake: 59 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs and minnows;
bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Robert DeLaney Lake: 71 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on natural baits;
bluegill and channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

Wappapello: 63 degrees, falling, black bass slow; crappie fair on minnows &
jigs; bluegill slow; channel catfish fair on trotlines and jug lines using worms
and live baits; white bass slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 63 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

Castor River (above Zalma): high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

Mississippi (below Charleston): 58 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, clear; goggle-eye good on small minnows,
worms and Beetle Spins; walleye fair on large minnows and nightcrawlers near the
bottom of deep holes; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 59 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow.
(Report made on 4/25/2007)

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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881

LAKES

Bull Shoals (West): 57-60 degrees, black bass fair on jigs, jerkbaits, and
spinnerbaits; crappie fair, good on swimming minnows; white bass fair on
swimming minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Lake Taneycomo: 48 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake (Dam-Fall Creek): rainbow
trout fair on white Marabou jigs and orange glo balls drifted with the current;
brown trout fair on small black and silver Rapalas; lower lake (Fall
Creek-Powersite): rainbow trout fair on orange and white colored Power Bait;
brown trout fair on live minnows and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Pomme de Terre: 58 degrees, clear; crappie good on jigs and minnows in 10-15
feet of water; black bass fair to good on plastic baits and crankbaits; white
bass fair; walleye fair; catfish fair to good in upstream; muskie slow; all
other species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Stockton: 58-62 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on tiny spinners and tube
jigs; catfish fair on trotlines; walleye fair on grubs and shallow crankbaits on
secondary points; all other species poor. (Report made on 4/25/2007)

Table Rock (James River arm): 62 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows
and small jigs; if using jigs, use red and white or blue and white 32nd jig head
and soft plastic tube jig; white bass fair on minnows and crankbaits in early
morning or late evening; black bass fair on small plastic worms, use watermelon
or motor oil colors on gravel points; all other species slow. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

Table Rock (main lake): 63 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair to good on
soft plastic baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on
4/25/2007)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 59 degrees, high, smallmouth bass and goggle-eye are good; all
other species fair.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

James River (lower): 58 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair. (Report made
on 4/26/2007)

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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953

LAKES

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 65 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth
bass good on plastic lizards; crappie spawning in shallows, channel catfish
fair; all other species fair; please pick up litter. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 65 degrees, high,
dingy; channel catfish fair; limit 4; please pick up litter. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

RIVERS

Big River: 55 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish fair on shrimp, liver and
worms, all other species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 59 degrees, high, muddy; channel
catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
4/26/2007)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 55 degrees, high, dingy; rock bass fair
on nightcrawlers; catch and release smallmouth bass fair on natural bait.
(Report made on 4/26/2007)

Meramec (below Eureka): 55 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural
bait; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Missouri (below New Haven): 54 degrees, high, muddy; catfish fair on natural
baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

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TROUT PARKS

Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, rising, muddy; fishing hours are 7:00 AM
- 7:30 PM thru the end of April; fishing is fair; water levels have risen to 6
inches above normal; water flow is very strong; successful lures are: Marabou
jigs (black/yellow, white and ginger), mini-jigs (brown roach or John Deere);
glo balls (chartreuse with a red dot and white); yellow Power Bait.
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 4/26/2007)

Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, normal, dingy; fishing hours: 7:00 AM--7:30 PM;
fishing has been good; stream is holding lots of good-sized fish; bright colors
have been working best. (Report made on 4/26/2007)

Montauk State Park: 56 degrees, high, dingy; fishing is good; the river is up
due to recent rains in the area; in the flies only area: wooly buggers, thread
jigs, and Marabou jigs are good choices; good colors are white, black and
yellow, gray and brown; in the natural and artificial bait area: prepared and
scented baits; corn and worms are producing good numbers of fish.
Don't forget about Montauk Kid's Free Fishing Day, May 5th 2007! (Report made
on 4/26/2007)

Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, normal, clear; the water is still clear
and the flow is about the same as last week; 2-4 lb. test line is still
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.

The Spring Kids' Fishing Day will be held on May 19. (Report made on
4/26/2007)