Missouri Department of Conservation

Statewide Weekly Fishing Report

CENTRAL REGION: (573) 884-6861

Binder: 63 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill good on crickets & worms; channel catfish & blue catfish fair on natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Blind Pony: 60 degrees, low, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; sunfish fair on worms; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish & blue catfish fair on prepared baits. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 59 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie slow on minnows & jigs; catfish slow on cut shad, worms & stinkbaits; white bass slow on worms, silver spoons & white plastics. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 62 degrees, dingy; crappie good on minnows & jigs; black bass good on spinnerbaits & crankbaits; catfish slow on cut baits, stinkbaits & worms; white bass fair on worms, silver spoons & white plastics. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 62 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish excellent; bluegill good; black bass, white bass & crappie fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 65 degrees, dingy; black bass good on lizards & plastic worms; bluegill good on earthworms & crickets; catfish good on earthworms, hotdogs & shad; crappie fair on jigs & minnows 3 to 15' deep; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 62 degrees, dingy; black bass good on lizards & plastic worms; bluegill good on earthworms & crickets; catfish good on earthworms, hotdogs & shad; crappie fair on jigs & minnows 3 to 15' deep; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Little Dixie: 60 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish & blue catfish good on liver; crappie good on minnows; all other species good. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Lamine: high, muddy; channel catfish fair on cut baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Missouri (Middle): high, muddy; blue catfish, flathead catfish & channel catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 54 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

KANSAS CITY REGION: (816) 655-6250

James A. Reed Area: 66 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish, bluegill & crappie fair; largemouth bass good. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Montrose: 71 degrees, clear; 1/2' above full pool; catfish & black bass good; crappie fair; access to Deepwater Creek open; fishing pressure very light. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 65 degrees, muddy; 3' low; all species fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 66 degrees, muddy; 6' low; catfish good from the bank; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Smithville: 61 degrees, low, clear; catfish excellent on worms; crappie excellent on minnows & jigs; black bass fair on Rogues. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Truman: 64 degrees, clear; 3' above normal pool; crappie good; white bass good on humps; black bass good on plastic worms and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Truman Tail Waters: 65 degrees, crappie good on jigs; white bass & hybrid bass fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Missouri River: 59 degrees, muddy; catfish excellent on river worms. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

NORTHEAST REGION: (660) 785-2420

Hunnewell: 64 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish good on shad; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Long Branch: 63 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish fair on trotlines; crappie good on jigs & small spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Mark Twain: 68 degrees, rising, muddy; crappie, largemouth bass & channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Sever: 62 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on minnows & jigs; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Thomas Hill: 68 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish good on liver & prepared baits; largemouth bass fair on aritificial lures; crappie fair on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

RIVERS

Mississippi (above St. Louis): 64 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Salt (below Mark Twain): 63 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

NORTHWEST REGION: (816) 271-3100

Mozingo: 62 degrees, low, clear; crappie & largemouth bass good; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Paho: 63 degrees, low, dingy; crappie & largemouth bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Pony Express: 63 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on small jigs; largemouth bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

RIVERS

Chariton: high, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Grand: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Missouri (below Iowa line): 62 degrees, high, dingy; carp,channel catfish & sturgeon fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

OZARK REGION: (417) 256-7161

Bull Shoals (East): 68 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass good on soft plastics & topwater lures; white bass fair on minnows & jigs; catfish fair on juglines & trotlines. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Norfork: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on minnows & jigs; catfish good on trotlines; black bass fair on soft plastics; crappie fair on jigs. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 65 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on soft plastics & crankbaits; catch and release rock bass & sunfish good on nightcrawlers. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Big Piney (Upper): 64 degrees, normal, clear; catch and release smallmouth bass & goggle-eye good on soft plastics. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Bryant Creek: 65 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on jigs & minnows. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Current: 68 degrees, normal, clear; catch and release smallmouth bass good on soft plastic tube baits; goggle-eye good on live baits & small jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Eleven Point: 59 degrees, normal, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Gasconade: 63 degrees, normal, dingy; sunfish & rock bass good on small jigs & nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 66 degrees, normal, dingy; catch and release black bass good on soft plastics & crankbaits; rock bass good on jigs & minnows; crappie fair on jigs & minnows; catfish fair on live baits. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Jack's Fork: 63 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

North Fork: 58 degrees, normal, clear; white bass good on jigs & minnows; brown trout fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

SOUTHEAST REGION: (573) 290-5730

Clearwater Lake: 63 degrees, high, clear; crappie good on red & chartruese tube jigs with crappie niblets; black bass good on spinnerbaits & plastic worms; white bass good on tube jigs & grubs; channel catfish good on liver & worms; green sunfish good on worms & crickets. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Council Bluff: 65 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on soft plastics & spinnerbaits throughout the day; redear sunfish fair on worms in the a.m. & the late p.m.; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Cypress Lake: 66 degrees, normal, bluegill good on worms & crickets; black bass fair on topwater lures; channel catfish fair on chicken livers; crappie slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Duck Creek: 72 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill fair on crickets & jigs; crappie slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake Girardeau: 72 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill good on crickets & worms; black bass good on spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Wappapello: falling, lake 9 ft. above recreational pool; discharge 2,640 cfs; tailwater 332.2 ft.; channel catfish good on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Black River (near Annapolis): 64 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish good on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Castor River (above Zalma): 70 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Mississippi (below Charleston): muddy; the river is above flood stage; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

St. Francis (above Wappapello): rising, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 67 degrees, dingy; all species fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

SOUTHWEST REGION: (417) 895-6880

Bull Shoals (West): 65 degrees, clear; white bass fair on swimming minnows; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Lake Taneycomo: 48 degrees, clear; trout good from Table Rock Dam to Fall Creek; trout good on nightcrawlers at night below Fall Creek. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Pomme de Terre: 68 degrees, clear; black bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and plastic baits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs 5-15' deep around structures; catfish good on live baits, shinners, cut shad and worms. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Stockton: 66 degrees, black bass fair on plastic baits and Carolina rigs; walleye good on Roadrunners with minnows and trolling crankbaits; crappie fair 15 to 22' deep on jigs and minnows; white bass fair trolling small crankbaits; catfish fair drifting nightcrawlers and shiners. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Table Rock (James River arm): 65 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass good 8 to 10' deep, some fish are starting to come off nests; channel catfish good at night using cut shad around mud flats; crappie good using small jigs around rock bluffs or around submerged timber; bluegill fair using crickets around bridge piers or docks; all other species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Table Rock (main lake): 69 degrees, clear; black bass & catfish fair on plastic lures and live baits; white bass and crappie fair. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Big Niangua: 53 degrees, normal, dingy; all species good. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

James River (lower): 69 degrees, dingy; all species slow due to high water. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

ST. LOUIS REGION: (636) 441-4554

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 69 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass good on lizards and crankbaits; crappie fair on tube baits at sunset; catfish good on worms and liver; carp good on corn and prepared baits. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 69 degrees, normal, clear; catfish fair on liver, worms and prepared baits. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

RIVERS

Big River: high, muddy; rock bass slow on nightcrawlers and minnows; catfish slow on live baits and prepared baits. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 62 degrees, muddy; at flood stage; fishing is slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Meramec (below Eureka): high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

Missouri (below New Haven): 62 degrees, swift and muddy; all species fair on natural baits. (Report made on 5/14/2003)

TROUT AREAS:

Maramec Spring: 57 degrees, spring is clearing and normal; fishing is excellent. Kid's Fishing Day is Saturday May 17, for more information please call 573-265-7801. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Montauk: 58 degrees, clear; normal flow; fishing good on all baits. Kid's Fishing Day is Saturday May 17. Please call 573-548-2585 for more information. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

Roaring River: 56 degrees, low, clear; fishing good. Kid's fishing day is Saturday May 17. For a more detailed and current report visit www.conservation.state.mo.us/areas/hatchery/roaring/ or call 417-847-2430. (Report made on 5/15/2003)

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