Fishing report 09/09/01

LAKES

Bull Shoals (East): 86 degrees, low, dingy; bluegill fair on live baits; largemouth bass fair in evening on topwater lures; walleye fair in morning on nightcrawlers.

Clearwater Lake: 83 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on soft plastics and topwater lures in early a.m. and late p.m.; catfish fair early a.m. and late p.m.; channel catfish fair late p.m.; all others slow.

Council Bluff: 85 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on dark-colored spinnerbaits and topwater lures; catfish fair on worms and chicken liver early a.m. and late p.m.; crappie good on minnows early p.m. and off and on throughout the night and at dawn; redear sunfish fair on small worms in the a.m. and in the p.m.; all other species slow.

Duck Creek: 82 degrees, normal, clear; black bass very good on plugs and minnows; bluegill fair.

Lake Girardeau: 85 degrees, clear; all species slow.

Wappapello: normal, black bass fair on crankbaits and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on trotlines and juglines using worms and live baits. Recorded lake level and other information can be received by calling the Wappapello Lake Information Hotline at 573-222-8139. Information is updated by 10:00AM each day.

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): low, clear; black bass fair early and late afternoon on soft plastics; channel catfish fair late p.m. on worms and livers.

Castor River (above Zalma): 79 degrees, low, clear; all species slow.

Current: 76 degrees, low, clear; suckers good on worms; rock bass good on live baits; smallmouth bass fair on soft plastics.

Jack's Fork: 81 degrees, low, clear; smallmouth bass and rock bass fair on soft plastics and small jigs; all other species slow.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 73 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on prepared baits; carp good on corn; all other species fair.

Mississippi (below Charleston): 78 degrees, normal, muddy; catfish good using cut shad on pole and line deep; all other species fair.

St. Francis (above Wappapello): low, clear; all species slow.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): low, clear; all species slow.

TROUT AREAS

Maramec Spring: 58 degrees, clear; very low water level; trout good.

Montauk: 62 degrees, clear; very low water level; trout good.