LAKES, STREAMS HIGH; FISHING POOR TO GOOD

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri streams and lakes are "muddy, high and rising," and the "fishing is poor to good."

That's the water condition and fishing report of Missouri in a cupsule.

Wappapello Lake, one of the larger water impoundments in the Southeast Missouri area, is muddy, high and rising.

So are the St. Francis, Castor and Black Rivers, according to the weekly DOC report.

Better fishing may be found at Clearwater Lake at Piedmont, or Duck Creek near Puxico.

Clearwater is listed as murkyt and high, but crappie fishing has been been good. Duck Creek is reporte clear and full, but crappie and bluegill have been hitting.

Following is the DOC report.:

Rivers

Big Piney (upper): Clear, normal, catch and release bass good using pig and jig, Beetle Spins and crayfish lures, goggle-eye fair using pig and jig, Beetle Spins, natural baits, worms and crayfish, bluegill fair using worms and Beetle Spins.

Black (upper): Murky, three feet above normal, sunfish good, all other species fair.

Jack's Fork: Slightly dingy, above normal, rock bass fair using nightcrawlers, all other species poor.

Meramec (lower): Muddy, high, catfish good on stinkbaits and liver, crappie good on minnows in backwaters and clay pits.

Meramec (upper): Clear, normal, catch-and-release bass good on crankbaits and plastic worms, goggle-eye good on nightcrawlers and crayfish.

Mississippi (lower): Muddy, rising, catfish good on worms all other species fair.

Mississippi (upper): Muddy, 13 feet high, all species poor.

Missouri (lower): Muddy, high, all species slow.

Missouri (upper): Muddy, catfish fair on worms in the slow water below the dikes, sturgeon good on worms in slow shallow water below dikes.

Lakes

Bull Shoals: Clear, two feet above normal, black bass good early morning and late evening using topwater lures and spinnerbaits, white bass fair to poor using minnows, crappie fair along shoreline using minnows and jigs, suckers poor.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area (Lake 07): Murky, channel catfish good on natural bait and prepared bait, all other species poor.

Busch Memorial Conservation Area (Lake 33): Dingy, crappie good on minnows and jigs, all other species poor.

Clearwater: Murky, eight feet above normal, carp excellent in the flats, crappie good using minnows, all other species fair.

Duck Creek: Clear, full, crappie fair on jigs, bluegill good on crickets, bass slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwaters): Normal, dingy, crappie and catfish fair, all other species poor.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): Clear, white bass good on upper end of Glaize, all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): Clear, black bass good, crappie fair, all other species slow.

Long Branch: Muddy, three feet high, channel catfish fair in upper areas on trotlines using natural bait, all other species poor.

Mark Twain: Muddy, 18 feet high, crappie good on jigs and minnows in three to 10-foot depths, catfish fair on jigs with cut shad and poor on rod and reel, all other species poor.

Norfork: Clear, above normal, hybrids good in upper end of lake using live shad and jigs, black bass fair using lizards and spinnerbaits, crappie fair in lower end of lake using minnows.

Table Rock (Long Creek): Clear, normal, black bass fair to poor during early morning back in the coves on topwater lures, spinnerbaits and crankbaits, all other species poor.

Taneycomo: Clear, normal, trout fair with most being rainbow trout ranging from 10 to 12 inches in length.

Truman (tailwaters): Crappie good early and late using jigs, white bass good using jigs and Rooster Tails, hybrids and walleye poor.

Truman: Clearing, a foot above pool, bass good in coves using jig and frog and spinnerbaits, crappie good and starting to move to the banks using minnows and jigs, catfish good on trotlines using shad and large minnows, all other species poor.