FISHING REPORT

RIVERS:

Black (upper): Clear, 3' above normal; smallmouth bass, catfish and bluegill fair on worms; all other fishing slow.

Bourbeuse: Dingy but clearing, normal; black bass fair on minnow type lures and Shadraps; channel catfish good on setlines using live bait; panfish fair on worms; all other species fair.

Bryant Creek: Dingy, normal; black bass fair on minnows and small spinnerbaits; catfish fair on doughbait and live bait; bluegill good on nightcrawlers; all other fishing slow.

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.

Gasconade (Middle, near Waynesville): Normal, dingy to clear; all species fair to good on natural baits; slow to fair on artificials early and late.

Gasconade (near Hartville): Very dingy, normal; black bass fair on buzzbaits and jitterbugs in late p.m.; all other fishing slow.

Grand (below Chillicothe): Low, muddy; all species fair.

Jack's Fork: Clear, normal; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye and bluegill good on worms and small plastic lures in early a.m. and late p.m.; all other fishing slow.

Meramec (below Eureka): Clear upper end, normal; bass good on crankbaits; catfish good on hellgrammites and worms.

Meramec (above Sullivan): Clear, normal; smallmouth bass good on artificial lures; all other species fair.

Mississippi (below Charleston): Murky, higher than normal; catfish best catch on pole and line off wing dikes with worms and cut bait; all other species poor.

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.

Missouri (below New Haven): Muddy, high; catfish good on worms, flathead minnows and cut shad.

Missouri (Middle): Falling slightly, should rise 1' by Friday; all species of catfish fair to good on live bait and stinkbaits, drums good on crawdads.

Missouri (below Iowa line): Murky, slightly above normal; channel and flathead catfish fair to good using creek chubs; bluegill and goldfish on throwlines in the deep holes below the dike; carp good on worms in the slow water.

North Fork: Clear, normal; trout fair on corn and nightcrawlers; all other fishing slow.

Osage (at Tuscumbia): Normal, muddy; catfish fair; all other fishing slow.

Salt (below Mark Twain): Muddy, normal; drum good on variety of baits; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and prepared catfish bait; all other fishing slow.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): Steady; all 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 topwater lures and crankbaits in early a.m. and late p.m.; catfish fair on live bait using juglines and trotlines; bluegill good on nightcrawlers; all other fishing slow.

Bull Shoals: Clear, 6 1/2' above power pool; black bass fair early morning and late evening on topwater baits and while trolling; walleye fair while trolling; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; white bass fair; all other fishing slow.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: No report given.

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.

Hunnewell: Clear full; crappie good on minnows; catfish good on liver; all other fishing slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): Normal, dingy; all fishing slow.

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

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

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): Clear; black bass good on plastic worms and crankbaits running deep; crappie good on minnows around and under brush in 15' of water fishing 5'-7' deep; white bass fair on Rooster Tails and shad; catfish good to excellent on prepared bait and cut sunfish; bluegill excellent on worms.

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

Little Dixie: Clear, full pool; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; white crappie fair on live bait; catfish, bluegill, redear and sunfish fair on natural bait.

Long Branch: 1' high, fairly clear; bass fair on the points withworms; channel catfish fair with live bait; all other fishing slow.

Longview: 3/4' high, murky; bass fair using crankbaits or jig and pig in the open water; catfish good using prepared bait; crappie fair using jigs near structures; bluegill fair in coves using worms; bullheads fair using worms; carp fair using prepared bait; all other species slow.

Mark Twain: Dingy in the arms, clear near dam; normal; bluegill good in 3' depths on crickets and worms; crappie fair but small on jigs and minnows; bass fair on spinnerbaits in deeper depths during day and on surface baits in early a.m. and late p.m.; catfish fair on live baits on setlines.

Montrose: Dingy; black bass good using plastic worms, minnows and topwater lures; catfish fair on trotlines using goldfish, worms, and shad; crappie fair using minnows.

Norfork: Slightly dingy, 5' above normal; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and deep diving crankbaits using trolling method; black bass fair on topwater lures and crankbaits; catfish fair on live bait using trotlines and limblines; all other fishing slow.

Paho: Clear; 18" low; all fishing fair.

Pomme de Terre: Clear, slightly above normal pool; black bass excellent off points and bluffs using plastic worms; lizards and buzzbaits early and late; bluegill excellent around shorelines and points using worms and crickets; crappie good around bridge pilings and stumps at 6-12' depths using minnows and jigs; catfish good on limblines and trotlines using prepared baits; walleye fair trolling the gravel points.

Pony Express: Clear, normal pool; catfish fair using worms in the evening; all other fishing slow.

Reed Area: 5" low, clearing; channel catfish good at Catclaw, Jackrabbit, and Nell, fair at Gopher, Bodarc, and Bluestem using leeches, nightcrawlers and cut shad; bass fair to good at Bluestem, Bodarc and Nell Lakes using crankbaits and plastic worms along brush piles and weed beds; bluegill fair at Bodarc, Bluestem and Nell using red worms and small tube jigs; crappie poor at Bodarc and Jackrabbit using minnows and small tube jigs in deep water near brush piles; hybrid striped bass fair in some lakes small in size; Redear fair at Bodarc and Nell on worms.

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): Murky, full pool; catfish fair on trotlines and juglines using perch, all other species slow.

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): Murky, slightly below normal pool; all species slow.

Sever: Clear, 1' high; catfish good on liver; stinkbaits and worms; bass fair on crankbaits; bluegill slow on worms; crappie fair on feathered jigs and minnows.

Smithville: Clear, normal; carp fair; few crappie being caught near bridge pillars; all other species slow.

Stockton: Clear, 1' high; white bass good using spinnerbaits and spoons; bluegill good using worms and crickets; black bass fair using topwater lures and plastic worms; walleye fair; all other fishing slow.

Table Rock (James River Arm): Low, clear; catfish fair on trotlines and worms; perch good on worms and crickets; black bass fair on worms; all other fishing slow.

Taneycomo: Clear, slightly below normal; rainbow trout good (running 10-14") on Power Baits, salmon eggs, nightcrawlers and minnows and while trolling with Cleos, cowbells and worms; brown trout fair on minnows, worms and Rapalas.

Thomas Hill: 1 3/10' high, clear; bass fair on buzzbaits early in the morning and late at night; catfish fair on natural bait.

Truman Tail Waters: 1 1/2' low; releasing 500 cfs; catfish fair using shad, all other fishing slow.

Truman: Clear, slightly above normal pool; white bass good trolling flats and points using small spinnerbaits and spoons; black bass fair around hardwoods along main points using red sassy shad and red plastic worms; catfish fair to good on trotlines in main channels using perch and shad; crappie fair in main channels at 8-12' depths using minnows and jig.

Wappapello: Normal; discharge 200 CFS, 320.52 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 to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello Lake. Council Bluff: Clear, low; all fishing slow.

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, slightly below normal; trout good.