FISHING REPORT

LAKES

Binder: Normal, clear; crappie good in early morning and late evening; all other species fair.

Bull Shoals (East): 7.8' above normal, slightly dingy; black bass good on lizards and spinnerbaits; crappie good on Roadrunners and minnows; white bass good on Rooster Tails and dark Rapalas; all other species slow.

Bull Shoals: 7-5' high, clear; black bass, crappie and walleye fair to good; bluegill and catfish fair; all other species slow.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: Normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and shiners; crappie good on minnows; catfish fair on stinkbaits.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 34 and 35: Normal, clear; crappie good on minnows.

Clearwater: Normal, clear; black bass and crappie good on jigs; all other species fair on natural bait.

Council Bluff: High, clear; redear fair; all other species slow.

Duck Creek: Normal, clear, vegetation 45-50%; crappie, bass, bluegill slow.

Lake Girardeau: High, clear; bass and bluegill good; catfish and crappie fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwater): Normal, muddy; crappie fair; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 656' above sea level (660' normal level), murky; catfish, crappie and black bass good; all other species fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 656' above sea level (660' normal level), clear; crappie good; black bass fair to good; blue gill and catfish fair; white bass slow to fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 656' above sea level (660' normal level), clear; white bass good on live bait and jigs in creeks and rivers; sunfish good on worms and jigs; crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs in brush and along shore; black bass fair on crankbaits and topwater lures around structures; catfish and walleye slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 656' above sea level (660' normal level), murky; crappie, black bass and catfish good; all other species fair.

Table Rock: Clear; bass fair to good on stickbait and crankbaits early morning and late evening; catfish fair on live bait; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; sunfish fair on live bait; white bass fair on jigs.

Taneycomo: Normal, clear; rainbow trout fair to good while trolling or drifting using Power Baits and worms with reported catches between 10-13'.

Wappapello: Lake level 359.3', discharge 1110 CFS, tailwater 326.3' above sea level; crappie good on minnows and jigs; catfish good on trotline with night crawlers; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; bass slow. NOTE: On the waters of Wappapello Lake and its tributaries, all walleye and sauger must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught. Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11" (daily limit 6) to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello Lake.

RIVERS

Big River: Normal, clear; crappie, below old mill dams, fair on minnows and jigs; goggle-eye and suckers fair on worms; all other species slow.

Bourbeuse: Normal, clear; crappie and walleye, below dams good on live bait, especially minnows; bluegill good on worms; suckers fair in riffles on worms; all other species slow.

Castor (above Zalma): Normal, clear; black bass good; goggle-eye fair; all other species slow.

Current: 1' below normal, clear; all species slow.

Jack's Fork: Normal, clear; smallmouth bass fair on jigs and natural bait; all other species slow.

Meramec (below Eureka): Normal, clear; crappie good on minnows; catfish fair on live bait; all other species fair.

Meramec (above Sullivan): Normal, clear; crappie fair on live bait; bass and goggle-eye good on natural bait; sucker grabbing continues to be good.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 3' above flood stage, murky; no fishing activity due to high water.

Mississippi (below Charleston): Muddy; catfish best on pole and line and trotlines with worms and cut bait; white bass fair; all other species slow.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 61x, murky, high; all species slow.

St. Francis (above Wappapello): Normal, clear; all species slow. On the waters of the St. Francis River and its tributaries above Wappapello Dam, all walleye and sauger must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught.

Missouri (below New Haven): High, dingy; catfish fair on natural bait; all other species slow.

TROUT AREAS

Bennett Spring: Clear, normal, trout good.

Maramec Spring: Normal, clear; trout good.

Montauk: Normal, clear; rainbow trout good in early a.m.