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 5/29/2008 at 11:40:40 Attention Fishing Report Subscribers: Welcome to the 2008 fishing report season! 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: 68 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 65 degrees, high, dingy; white bass and crappie fair on light-colored soft plastics and jigs; catfish fair on worms and cut shad. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 70 degrees, high, muddy; black bass fair on dark-colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow but striking on light-colored soft plastics; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; catfish slow with some success on worms and chicken liver. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 70 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair; catfish good on chicken liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 70 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in back of coves; crappie good on minnows in brush piles under docks; catfish good on live bluegill, worms and shad guts. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 70 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on Carolina rigged lizards in back of coves; crappie good on minnows in brush piles under docks; catfish good on live bluegill, worms and shad guts. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Little Dixie: 66 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 5/28/2008) RIVERS Lamine: 62 degrees, high, muddy; crappie good on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Missouri (Middle): 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 65 degrees, high, dingy; white bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie good on minnows and jigs; catfish good on cut shad and turkey livers. (Report made on 5/28/2008) ---------------------- KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254 LAKES James A. Reed Area: 69 degrees, high, clear; largemouth bass, bluegill and redear sunfish good; channel catfish and crappie fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Montrose: 67 degrees, high, muddy; catfish fair; all other species slow; light fishing pressure. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 70 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 70 degrees, high, dingy; catfish and crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Smithville: 67 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Truman: 68 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on live baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Truman Tailwaters: 68 degrees, dingy; releasing 24,000 cfs; white bass and hybrid bass good using Sassy Shad and jigs; catfish fair using live baits; crappie fair using jigs and minnows. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Missouri River: high, muddy; catfish good on nightcrawlers, shad sides and aromatic baits. (Report made on 5/28/2008) ---------------------- NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420 LAKES Hunnewell: 65 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish fair on chicken liver and Shad Raps; crappie fair on marabou jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Long Branch: 64 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on trotlines; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Mark Twain: 67 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish good on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Sever: 69 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on Rooster Tails, jigs and mealworms; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers, liver and stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Thomas Hill: 68 degrees, high, dingy; small channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and leeches; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Mississippi (above St. Louis): 67 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Salt (below Mark Twain): 66 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) ---------------------- NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111 LAKES Bilby Ranch Lake: 65 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish, black bass and walleye good; crappie good, moving to mid-depth brush piles; bluegill good moving near banks. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Mozingo: 61 degrees, rising, dingy; channel catfish, black bass, crappie and bluegill good; walleye fair. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Paho: 66 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and channel catfish good; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Pony Express: 72 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on cut and prepared baits; crappie good on small jigs and spinners; largemouth bass fair in shallows and near flooded brush. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Grand: 63 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good; blue catfish and flathead catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Missouri (below Iowa line): 65 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and dip baits; flathead catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) ---------------------- OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561 LAKES Bull Shoals (East): 67 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Norfork: 67 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) 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. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Big Piney (Upper): 64 degrees, high, clear; goggle-eye and black bass good on live baits, spinners and soft plastic lures; bluegill fair on small spinners and grubs. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Bryant Creek: 64 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Current: 70 degrees, high, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Eleven Point: 58 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 66 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. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Gasconade (upper): 67 degrees, high, muddy; redear sunfish, goggle-eye and smallmouth bass fair on nightcrawlers and plastic grubs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Jack's Fork: 63 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures. (Report made on 5/28/2008) North Fork: 62 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/28/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858 LAKES Clearwater Lake: 78 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Council Bluff: 65 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on jerkbaits and crankbaits; channel catfish fair on cut baits and nightcrawlers; redear sunfish fair on crickets and live worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) 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 5/29/2008) Duck Creek: 75 degrees, bluegill good on jigs and crickets; channel catfish slow on worms; black bass fair on topwater lures. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Lake Girardeau: 68 degrees, normal, clear; redear sunfish good on worms; channel catfish fair on worms and livers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Perry County Lake: 67 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms and stinkbait; bluegill fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish good on natural bait and stinkbait; bluegill and crappie fair on natural bait and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Wappapello: bluegill good on crickets; crappie good on minnows and jigs in the spillway; black bass fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on live baits and nightcrawlers; white bass fair on small spinnerbaits. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Black River (near Annapolis): 66 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass fair on artificial crayfish and live minnows. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Castor River (above Zalma): high, clear; black bass fair on crankbaits, tube baits and minnows. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Mississippi (below Charleston): 66 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits and stinkbait on backwaters; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) St. Francis (below Wappapello): 73 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 5/29/2008) ---------------------- SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881 LAKES Bull Shoals (West): 65-67 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on spinnerbaits, surface lures in early morning and jigs; walleye fair on worms and jerkbaits. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Lake Taneycomo: 51 degrees, high, dingy; upper lake: trout good on white marabou jigs, Rogues and orange glo balls drifted with the current; lower lake: trout good on orange and chartreuse Power Baits, corn and nightcrawlers; marabou jigs are working well on brown trout. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Pomme de Terre: 69 degrees, dingy; 3' high, black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic baits, catfish good on worms and cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Stockton: 73 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on plastic worms, crappie fair on small crankbaits and a jig tipped with a minnow, catfish fair on nightcrawlers, walleye fair on jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or minnows. (Report made on 5/28/2008) Table Rock (James River arm): 64 degrees, high, dingy; 12 feet high, black bass good on soft plastic minnows, using blue and gray with an 1/8 ounce jig head, best at the end of gravel points; goggle-eye good on small crankbaits and soft plastic crawdads, fishing deep pockets of water and around large chuck rock; catfish good on trotlines and limb lines using live green sunfish and setlines in 15 feet of water. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Table Rock (main lake): 64 degrees, high, clear; water levels 12 feet high; black bass good, especially smallmouth bass on green spinnerbaits with copper colored blade, casting around heavy structure, allow bait to sink to botton, largemouth bass striking as bait sinks. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Big Niangua: 65 degrees, high, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 5/28/2008) James River (lower): 68 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and google-eye good on soft plastics, catfish fair on limb lines baited with liver or bluegill. (Report made on 5/29/2008) ---------------------- ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953 LAKES Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 72 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 5/29/2008) Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 72 degrees, high, muddy; catfish good on prepared baits and shrimp; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 5/29/2008) RIVERS Big River: 59 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on limb lines baited with 3 to 4 inch bluegill; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 64 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 5/29/2008) Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 68 degrees, rising, dingy; black bass slow on minnows, plastic worms and jigs; channel catfish slow on prepared baits; bluegill fair on crickets; goggle-eye fair on worms and plastic worms; crappie fair on minnows; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Meramec (below Eureka): 68 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on crankbaits and natural baits; channel catfish good on worms and cut baits; drum good on worms; carp good on doughbaits and corn; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) Missouri (below New Haven): 58 degrees, high, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/29/2008) ---------------------- TROUT PARKS Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, normal, dingy; 3 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 (any bright 3 color and chartreuse w/ flame dot); other successful lures are Rooster Tails in bright colors, kapok and Power Baits (orange colors) all fished deep; May fishing hours are 6:30am to 8:15pm. June fishing hours are 6:30am to 8:30pm 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 5/29/2008) 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 5/29/2008) 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 5/29/2008) 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 5/29/2008) ---------------------- "Quality Fishing…………..Our Mission, Our Passion" www.missouriconservation.org
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