FISHING REPORT

RIVERS:

Big Niangua (above the Bennett Springs State Park): Slightly up, alearing; fishing is fair.

Big River: Clear, upper end murky, lower end slightly low; bass fair on topwater lures and buzzbaits; catfish fair on small sunfish, large minnows and nightcrawlers.

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

Castor (above Zalma): Clear, low; bass good on live bait and topwater lures; all other fishing slow.

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

Gasconade (middle, near Waynesville): Normal, clear; all fishing fair to good on natural baits; slow to fair on artificials early a.m. and late p.m.

Gasconade (near Hartville): Dingy, 1' below normal; all species slow.

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

Jack's Fork: Clear, normal; smallmouth bass fair on 4-6" plastic worms; goggle-eye and bluegill fair on Beetle Spins; all other species fair.

Meramec (below Eureka): Clear upper end, normal; catfish good on large goldfish, crayfish and shad guts; bass good on large floating plugs and crayfish imitations; panfish good on crickets.

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

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

Mississippi (above St. Louis): Dingy, 1' high; drum fair on worms; channel catfish fair on worms and grasshoppers; flathead catfish fair on live bait; all other fishing slow.

Osage (at Tuscumbia): Low, clear; all fishing fair to good.

St. Francis (be85x, low Wappapello): Low; channel catfish fair on worms; all other fishing slow.

St. Francis (above Wappapello): Clear, very low; black bass good on live bait and topwater lures; all other fishing slow.

LAKES:

Bull Shoals (East): Clear, 4' above normal; black bass fair on crankbaits and soft plastic lures; catfish fair on live bait using juglines and trotlines; bluegill good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.

Bull Shoals: Clear, 3' above power pool; black bass fair on top water early a.m. and late p.m.; bluegill fair to good on crickets and worms; all other species 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 species 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 prcent.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwater): Low, clear; all fishing slow to fair.

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; crappie slow to fair; white bass and black bass slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): Clear; black bass fair on crankbaits early a.m. and late p.m.; catfish good on prepared bait fished early morning; white bass good but small on Rooster Tails and cut shad; crappie slow.

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

Pomme de Terre: Clear, normal pool; catfish excellent using stinkbaits and cut baits; bluegill excellent using crickets and worms; black bass good on points with drop-offs using plastic worms; crappie good at 8-22' depths around stumps, docks, and bridge pilings using minnows and jigs; walleye fair trolling gravel points using wiggle warts.

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): Murky, full pool; catfish fair; all other fishing slow.

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): Murky; all species slow.

Table Rock (James River Arm): Clear, 4' below power pool; black bass fair to good on topwater early morning; bluegill fair to good on worms and crickets; white bass fair by trolling methods; all other fishing slow.

Taneycomo: Clear and normal; trout caught level range between 10" and 15" in length on salmon eggs, nightcrawlers and minnows.

Truman tailwaters: 1' low, releasing 500 cfs; catfish fair using shad, all other fishing slow.

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

Wappapello: 359.84', normal; discharge 190 CFS, 320.45 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.

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.