FISHING

RIVERS

Black (upper): Muddy, 4 1/2' above normal; all fishing slow.

Castor (upper): Muddy, high; all fishing fair to poor.

Current: Muddy, 10' above normal, all fishing slow.

Eleven Point: Muddy, 2' above normal, all fishing slow.

Jack's Fork: Muddy, 3' above normal; all fishing slow.

Mississippi (lower): Muddy, high and rising; catfish and non-game fish excellent using worms on trotlines and pole and line; all other fishing slow.

Mississippi (upper): Muddy, 6' high; all fishing slow.

St. Francis (lower): Muddy, high; catfish fair on trotlines; all other fishing slow.

St. Francis (upper): Muddy, high; all fishing slow.

LAKES

Clearwater: Dingy, 11 1/2' above normal; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other fishing slow.

Duck Creek: Clear, full; bass good on crankbaits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; catfish poor, 50% vegetation.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwaters): Normal, dingy; catfish fair on cut bait and worms; all other fishing slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): Slightly dingy; crappie and black bass good; catfish and white bass fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): Slightly dingy; crappie good; black bass and catfish fair; white bass poor to fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): Murky; black bass fair on spinner and crankbaits and jigs with spinners; crappie good using minnows and jigs over brush; white bass and hybrids fair to good on shad guts, liver and rooster tails; walleye fair to good on minnows and nightcrawlers fished deep; catfish fair on shad sides and shad guts; sunfish fair to poor on worms and crappie jigs.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): Slightly dingy; crappie and black bass good; catfish and white bass fair.

Table Rock (Main Lake, Shell Knob): Clear, 3.3' above normal; black bass fair on lizards; bluegill fair; catfish and crappie poor.

Table Rock (upper, James River Arm): Muddy, 3' high; bass fair to good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastic lizards; channel catfish fair to good on trotlines using live bait, on rod and reel good using chicken livers and minnows; crappie, white bass and bluegill poor. Possible hazardous boating conditions due to floating debris.

Taneycomo: Water colored, high due to heavy releases and rain; rainbow trout fair running from 10-13" on Power Baits, worms, salmon eggs, Cleos and fur bugs.

Wappapello: Murky, high; all species fair. NOTE: Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11 inches to reduce the numbers of small stunted bass in Wappapello Lake.

TROUT AREAS

Bennett Spring: Off color, slightly up, trout good.

Maramec Spring: Murky, high; all fishing slow.

Montauk: Clear, normal, rainbow trout good in early a.m.

Roaring River: 1' above normal, slightly murky; trout slow.