You are subscribed to the MDC Fishing Report. If you would like to unsubscribe, please go to http://mdc.mo.gov/4183 . Missouri Department of Conservation Statewide Fishing Report 5/22/2008 at 11:54:08 Attention Fishing Report Subscribers: Welcome to the 2008 fishing report season! **PLEASE REMEMBER** IN MOST STREAMS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, BLACK BASS SEASON WILL OPEN 05/24/08, UNTIL THAT DATE ALL BLACK BASS IN THOSE STREAMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE WATER UNHARMED IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING CAUGHT. FOR DETAILS SEE CHAPTER 6 OF THE WILDLIFE CODE. The fishing report does not necessarily reflect current floating conditions. For current Missouri reservoir or river levels see the websites listed below. Rivers: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=huc_cd Reservoirs: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/current/?type=lake&group_key=basin_cd For more information about the fishing opportunities in these and other Missouri waters, consult the "2008 Fishing Prospects at Selected Missouri Lakes and Streams" available at: www.mdc.mo.gov/fish/prospects/ PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations apply to designated portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all portions. ---------------------- CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388 LAKES Binder: 64 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and tube jigs; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 60 degrees, high, dingy; white bass fair on light-colored soft plastics and jigs; crappie fair on jigs; catfish fair on worms and cut shad. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 63 degrees, high, muddy; black bass fair on dark-colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow on light-colored soft plastics; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; catfish slow with some sucess on worms and chicken liver. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 63 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and black bass fair; catfish good on chicken liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 63 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in backs of coves; crappie fair on minnows in brush at a depth of 10 to 12 feet; catfish good on live bluegill, cut shad and shad guts. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 63 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in backs of coves; crappie fair on minnows in brush at a depth of 10 to 12 feet; catfish good on live bluegill, cut shad and shad guts. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Little Dixie: 62 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on live minnows and jigs; channel catfish good on stinkbaits; black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; all other species slow; area is closed for all activity (including fishing) from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Lamine: 59 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Missouri (Middle): 58 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 60 degrees, high, dingy; black bass closed; white bass fair when dam is running water, try using spinnerbaits; crappie good on minnows and jigs; catfish good on shad guts. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254 LAKES James A. Reed Area: 65 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass and bluegill good; channel catfish, crappie and redear sunfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Montrose: 66 degrees, high, dingy; black bass and catfish good; crappie fair; fishing pressure light. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 69 degrees, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 70 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Smithville: 64 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on crayfish and nightcrawlers; all other species slow; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Truman: 64 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass good using worms and crankbaits; white bass fair using jigs; catfish fair using live baits; crappie fair using jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Truman Tailwaters: 64 degrees, high, dingy; releasing 31,000 cfs; catfish good using live baits; white bass good using jigs and spoons; hybrid bass fair using jigs and topwater lures; black bass fair using plastic worms; crappie fair using jigs and minnows. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Missouri River: high, muddy; catfish good on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420 LAKES Hunnewell: 63 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on chicken liver; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie fair on Twister Tails; bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Long Branch: 67 degrees, high, muddy; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Mark Twain: 68 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows at a depth of 6 to 10 feet; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Sever: 72 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good on minnows and jigs; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and jerkbaits; bluegill good on jigs and nightcrawlers; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Thomas Hill: 68 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and leeches; largemouth bass fair on lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Mississippi (above St. Louis): 65 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Salt (below Mark Twain): 67 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111 LAKES Bilby Ranch Lake: 54 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie and channel catfish good; largemouth bass good on topwater lures in the evening; bluegill good but small. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Mozingo: 64 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good fished off banks; black bass good casting along shorelines; channel catfish and bluegill good on worms; walleye fair in shallows. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Paho: 65 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Pony Express: 64 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie spawning in shallows good on small jigs; largemouth bass and bluegill good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Grand: 63 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good; blue catfish and flathead catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Missouri (below Iowa line): 62 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish good on worms and dip baits; flathead catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561 LAKES Bull Shoals (East): 69 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass and spotted bass fair on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Norfork: 69 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) RIVERS Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 64 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye good on jigs and Brush Hogs; black bass good on soft plastic lures and minnows; channel catfish fair on live baits. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Big Piney (Upper): 64 degrees, high, clear; goggle-eye and black bass good on live baits and soft plastic lures; goggle-eye and black bass good on spinnerbaits. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Bryant Creek: 68 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Current: 66 degrees, high, muddy; smallmouth bass fair on plastic worms; all other species slow. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Eleven Point: 58 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 65 degrees, high, dingy; goggle-eye good on jigs and minnows; black bass fair on jigs and soft plastic lures; channel catfish fair on minnows and nightcrawlers. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Gasconade (upper): 62 degrees, normal, dingy; goggle-eye and redear sunfish good on live baits and jigs. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Jack's Fork: 62 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) North Fork: 65 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858 LAKES Clearwater Lake: 72 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Council Bluff: 65 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on jerkbaits, crankbaits and Rapalas; channel catfish fair on cut baits and nightcrawlers; redear sunfish fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Cypress Lake: 70 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets, worms and small spinnerbaits; black bass good on spinnerbaits and topwater lures; channel catfish good on cut baits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Duck Creek: 69 degrees, black bass fair on plastic worms; bluegill slow on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Lake Girardeau: 69 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Perry County Lake: 62 degrees, clear; redear sunfish good on jigs; bluegill fair on jigs and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Robert DeLaney Lake: bluegill and crappie fair on jigs and natural baits; channel catfish fair on natural baits and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Wappapello: bluegill good on crickets; black bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on live baits and nightcrawlers; white bass fair on small spinnerbaits. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Black River (near Annapolis): 65 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and google-eye fair on live minnows; bluegill fair on worms. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; all species good. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Mississippi (below Charleston): high, white bass fair on jigs in flooded areas with current; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/21/2008) St. Francis (below Wappapello): 70 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on trotlines and limb lines using stinkbaits, worms and liver; black bass fair on artificial baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881 LAKES Bull Shoals (West): 65 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and jigs; walleye fair on nightcrawlers and jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Lake Taneycomo: 49 degrees, high, dingy; upper lake: trout good on olive and white marabou jigs, and orange glo balls drifted with the current; lower lake: trout good on orange and chartreuse Power Baits and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Pomme de Terre: 67 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on plastic baits, crankbaits and spinnerbaits; walleye good on crankbaits; catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits; white bass fair on Road Runners; crappie fair on minnows and jigs over structure at a depth of 10 to 20 feet; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Stockton: 66 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on soft plastic grubs or minnows; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and soft plastic lizards and worms; walleye fair on minnows and crankbaits. (Report made on 5/21/2008) Table Rock (James River arm): 64 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on trotlines and pole & line using nightcrawlers, shad and live bluegill. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Table Rock (main lake): 64 degrees, high, dingy; water levels 14 feet high; black bass good on large crankbaits or spinnerbaits, cast over gravel points at least 15 feet deep; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Big Niangua: 64 degrees, high, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 5/21/2008) James River (lower): 67 degrees, normal, clear; goggle-eye fair on crayfish and brown and green soft plastic lures; smallmouth bass fair; all other species slow. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953 LAKES Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 68 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish good on prepared baits and shrimp; black bass good on crankbaits and soft plastic lures; bluegill good on mealworms; crappie good on jigs; carp fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 68 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on prepared baits and shrimp; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 5/22/2008) RIVERS Big River: 59 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms, liver and prepared baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 61 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on worms, cut baits and blood baits; black bass fair on minnows and spinnerbaits; bluegill good on worms and crickets; all other species fair on worms. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 60 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on minnows, plastic worms and jigs; channel catfish good on prepared baits; bluegill good on crickets; goggle-eye good on worms and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; all other species fair. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Meramec (below Eureka): 58 degrees, falling, muddy; black bass slow with some success on jigs and baits fished deep; channel catfish slow on worms and cut shad; bluegill slow but responding on worms; crappie slow with some success on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. NOTE: black bass are catch and release only until May 24. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Missouri (below New Haven): 56 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- TROUT PARKS Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, high, dingy; 5 inches above normal; flow is strong; successful lures and baits include: jigs (orange & black, black & yellow); mini-jigs (white floss and John Deere); glo-balls (Easter egg 3 colors and peppermint); also successful lures are Rooster Tails in bright colors, kapokflies and Power Baits (orange colors) all fished deep; May Fishing hours are 6:30am to 8:15pm. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=06923500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 5/22/2008) Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, dingy; fishing has been good; fish size has increased considerably; water is going down and clearing; May fishing hours: 6:30am to 8:15pm. (Report made on 5/22/2008) Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, normal, clear; fishing has been good; bait fishermen have been doing well using corn, worms, garlic scented doughbaits and brown Power Baits, try Power Baits fished beneath a bobber; fly and lure fishermen have been catching fish on various wet flies, spinnerbaits and crayfish lures; try black, yellow, white, and green marabou jigs for best results; May fishing hours are 6:30am to 8:15pm. For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07064440&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 5/22/2008) Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, falling, clear; river is down to near normal levels; water is clear with visibility at more than 4 feet; 2 to 3 lb test line is recommended; plastic eggs, worms and marabou jigs are working well in zone 1; check local fly shops for flies that are working well; for current streamflow information check the real time streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 5/22/2008) ---------------------- "Quality Fishing…………..Our Mission, Our Passion" www.missouriconservation.org
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