FISHING REPORT

Bull Shoals: 54 degrees, 6' high, clear; walleye good; black bass good using a variety of lures; bluegill good on minnows; catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow.

Bull Shoals (East): 63 degrees, 6' above normal, slightly dingy; black bass good on lizards & Rogues; crappie fair on tube jigs & minnows; walleye fair on crankbaits; all other species slow.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 60 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits & crankbaits; crappie good on live bait; catfish fair on stinkbaits.

Clearwater: 59 degrees, 1" below normal, clear; black bass & crappie good on jigs; all other species fair on natural bait.

Council Bluff: 58 degrees, normal, clear; bass fair on artificial lures; redear fair on worms; catfish & crappie slow.

Duck Creek: 60 degrees, normal, clear, vegetation 75%; crappie & bluegill fair on minnows & jigs; bass slow.

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

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 51 degrees, normal, muddy; catfish fair on natural baits; white bass & crappie fair; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 62 degrees, 655' above sea level (660' normal level), murky; catfish & crappie fair; black bass & white bass good; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 60 degrees, 655' above sea level (660' normal level), clear; crappie good; black bass fair to good; blue gill & catfish fair; white bass slow to fair.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 61 degrees, 655' above sea level (660' normal level), clear; black bass fair on topwater lures & stickbaits around structures; crappie fair on minnows & jigs in shallows; white bass good trolling & on live bait; catfish fair on live bait.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 62 degrees, 655' above sea level (660' normal level), murky; black bass & white bass good; catfish & crappie fair; all other species slow.

Wappapello: Lake level 359.8', discharge 650 CFS, tailwater 326.8' above sea level; crappie good in shallows on minnows & jigs; catfish good on trotline with nightcrawlers & live bait; bluegill & bass fair. 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 Piney (Upper): 66 degrees, 6" below normal, clear; goggle-eye fair on jigs, spinnerbaits & live bait; non-game fish good using grabbing method; all other species slow.

Big River: 61 degrees, normal, clear; crappie, good on minnows

& jigs below old mill dams; goggle-eye & suckers good on worms; all other species fair.

Black (Upper): 57 degrees, 1' below normal, clear; goggle-eye good on artificial bait; all other species fair on natural bait.

Bourbeuse: 61 degrees, normal, clear; crappie & walleye good on worms & minnows below dams; bluegill & suckers good on worms; all other species fair.

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

Current: 63 degrees, 1.1' below normal, clear; all species fair on artificial & natural bait.

Eleven Point: 60 degrees, 2" below normal, clear; trout good on corn & minnows; all other species good on worms & minnows.

Gasconade: 66 degrees, normal, slightly dingy; sunfish & goggle-eye good on nightcrawlers & minnows; all other species slow.

Gasconade (Middle, near Waynesville): 60 degrees, normal, clear; all species good.

Jack's Fork: 63 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye & panfish fair on artificial & live bait; all other species slow.

Meramec (below Eureka): 60 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on live bait; catfish fair on worms; all other species fair.

Meramec (above Sullivan): 59 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on worms & minnows; bass* & goggle-eye good on natural bait; all other species fair.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 53 degrees, high, murky; very little fishing activity.

Mississippi (below Charleston): 56 degrees, muddy; catfish best on pole & line & trotlines with worms & cut bait; white bass fair; all other species slow.

Norfork: 64 degrees, 4.7' above normal, slightly dingy; white bass good on minnows & little blue Rapalas; black bass good on lizards & spinnerbaits; crappie fair on tube jigs & minnows; catfish fair on live bait; all other species slow.

North Fork: 58 degrees, 5" below normal, clear; trout fair on small golden Rapalas & artificial crayfish; all other species slow.

Osage (Lower, at Tuscumbia): 53 degrees, normal, muddy; catfish fair; all other species slow.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 62 degrees, normal, muddy; 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.

Table Rock: 60 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair early morning & late evening on topwater lures, crankbaits & spinner baits; crappie fair on jigs & minnows; all other species slow.

Taneycomo: 47 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout ranging between 10-13" while drifting or trolling using Power Baits & worms.

TROUT AREAS

Bennett Spring: Clear, normal, trout good.

Maramec Spring: 57 degrees, normal, clear; trout good.

Montauk: 56 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good in early a.m.