FISHING REPORT

RIVERS:

Black (upper): Dingy, 3' above normal; smallmouth bass good on crayfish; goggle-eye fair on crayfish; all other fishing slow.

Castor (above Zalma): Clear, low; sunfish good on crickets and ultralight crankbaits; catfish good on worms; white bass good on live bait and topwater lures.

Current: Murky but clearing, 2' above normal; all species fair on artificial and natural baits.

Jack's Fork: Clear, normal; smallmouth bass good on 6" plastic worms and crayfish in early a.m. and late p.m.; goggle-eye and bluegill fair on small plastic jigs and worms; all other species slow.

James River (below Hooten Town): Clear, 1/2' high; black bass good late in evening; catfish good on fresh bait; bluegill good; all other fishing slow.

Meramec (below Eureka): Muddy, normal; channel catfish fair; carp and panfish good on worms; all other species fair.

Meramec (above Sullivan): Clear, normal; smallmouth bass and rock bass good on artificial lures.

Mississippi (below Charleston): Muddy, falling; catfish good on nightcrawlers and crayfish; all other fishing slow.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): Murky, normal level; flathead catfish fair on liver; channel catfish fair on crayfish with bank lines and trotlines; all other fishing slow.

Missouri (below New Haven): Muddy, slightly high; catfish, drum and carp fair on natural bait and trotlines.

Missouri (below Lexington): Falling, clearing; channel catfish good; flathead catfish good; bluegill good; all on live bait.

Missouri (below Iowa line): Murky, above normal; flathead and channel catfish fair using creek chubs, bluegill, goldfish, cut bait; carp fair using worms any place that the current is broken.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): Falling; channel catfish good on worms; all other species poor.

St. Francis (above Wappapello): Clear, low; white bass good on live bait and topwater lures; sunfish good on crickets and ultralight crankbaits; catfish good on worms.

LAKES:

Bull Shoals (East): Clear, 19' above normal; black bass good on soft plastic worms and topwater lures in early a.m. and late p.m.; bluegill good on worms and crickets; catfish fair on live bait and dough bait in late p.m.; white bass fair on spinnerbaits; all other fishing slow.

Bull Shoals (K-Dock): Clear, 17 1/2' above power pool; all fishing slow.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: Murky; catfish fair on chicken livers; bass fair on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; bluegill fair on worms; all other fishing slow.

Clearwater: Clear, normal; crappie fair on minnows; black bass fair on crankbaits in late p.m., bluegill fair on worms and crickets along bank; catfish fair on bluegill and minnows using juglines; carp good on canned corn using rod and reel; all other fishing slow.

Duck Creek: Clear, normal; bass good on plastic worms, spinnerbaits and topwater lures; bluegill fair to good on crickets and worms; catfish fair on cut bait; crappie poor; vegetation 80%.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwaters): Normal, muddy, 5 flood gates open; white bass, crappie and catfish fair; all other fishing slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): Murky; bluegill, catfish and white bass good; black bass fair; all other fishing slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): Clearing; catfish good; black bass fair; crappie slow to fair; white bass slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): Clear; black bass good to excellent on plastic worms and crankbaits; white bass good on shad or Rooster Tails trolling; crappie good over and around brush at various depths 6-8' deep; catfish fair on prepared bait or cottonseed cakes; walleye slow fished deep with nightcrawlers; sunfish slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): Murky; bluegill, catfish and white bass good; black bass fair; all other species slow.

Table Rock: Clear, low; black bass fair on nightcrawlers and prepared bait; bluegill fair to good on worms and crickets; catfish good on trotlines using live and prepared baits; all other fishing slow.

Wappapello: Lake level normal; discharge 410 CFS, 322.25 tailwater; bluegill good on crickets in coves; bass good on topwater lures and worms; crappie good on minnows off river channel at 14' depths; catfish slow. NOTE: Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11 inches (daily limit 6) to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello Lake.

TROUT AREAS:

Bennett Spring: Clear, normal; trout good.

Maramec Spring: Clear, normal; fishing good.

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

Roaring River: Clear, normal; trout good.