FISHING REPORT

RIVERS:

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

Current: Clear, normal; all species fair on artificial and natural bait.

Jack's Fork: Clear, normal; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on small plastic worms and jigs; all other fishing slow.

Meramec (below Eureka): Muddy, slightly high; catfish fair on live bait; all other fishing slow.

Meramec (above Sullivan): Clear, normal; smallmouth bass fair on live bait; all other fishing slow.

Mississippi (below Charleston): Muddy, rising; all fishing slow.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): Murky, normal; flathead catfish, carp and drum good on worms; channel catfish fair on worm and stinkbaits; all other fishing slow.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): Low but stable; channel catfish fair on worms; all other fishing slow.

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

LAKES:

Bull Shoals (East): Clear, 10' above normal; black bass fair on Gitzits and crayfish in early a.m. and late p.m.; catfish fair on hot dogs and live bait using juglines; bluegill good on crickets and nightcrawlers; all other fishing slow.

Clearwater: Clear, normal; white bass fair to good on deep diving lures; crappie fair on live bait and jigs; catfish fair on live bait; 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 percent.

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

Wappapello: Lake level normal; discharge 200 CFS, 320.55 tailwater; bass good in early a.m. and late p.m. on topwater lures and plastic worms; bluegill good on crickets; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; catfish fair on worms. 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.