|
|
|
Binder: 53 degrees, normal, murky; crappie good on minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Blind Pony: 52 degrees, low, clear; channel catfish & blue catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Little Dixie: 53 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish & blue catfish good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Lamine: low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Missouri (Middle): low, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 63 degrees, normal, murky; black bass fair on worms, minnows & spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on worms & liver; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co. or Maries Co.): No report available.
Maramec Spring: 57 degrees, normal, clear; trout good. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Montauk: 55 degrees, high, murky; up 6"; trout good to excellent. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
James A. Reed Area: 45 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish fair at Catclaw, Jackrabbit, & Nell on cut shad, liver, & nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair at Catclaw, Bluestem, Plover, & Gopher fish near the weed beds & brush piles; bluegill fair on worms & crickets at all lakes; crappie excellent at all lakes with fish starting to move into the beds, try jigs & minnows under a bobber. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Smithville: 42 degrees, normal, clear; catfish fair on worms & shad, slow in coves & the trimble area; crappie fair on jigs in deep water, fishing best from docks and flats right now with 10 to 12 inch crappie being caught; black bass slow; walleye slow they haven't started to move up the dam yet. Anticipate good walleye fishing in another week with the best fishing in evenings until sunrise using minnows, worms, and crankbaits; white bass slow; Smithville Lake spillway slow; Missouri River is fair with nice channel catfish & blue catfish being caught from the banks using shad. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Hunnewell: 48 degrees, normal, murky; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Long Branch: 46 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Mark Twain: 50 degrees, low, dingy; crappie good; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Sever: 47 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Thomas Hill: 54 degrees, low, murky; crappie fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 48 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 52 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Mozingo: 37 degrees, low, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Paho: 48 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Pony Express: 58 degrees, low, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Chariton: 53 degrees, low, muddy; carp fair on worms; channel catfish fair on cut shad sides; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Grand: 70 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 54 degrees, low, clear; carp & channel catfish slow, some are being caught on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Norfork: 57 degrees, high, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Big Piney (Upper): 58 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 43 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass slow on plastic grubs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Bryant Creek: 57 degrees, high, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Current: 50 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Eleven Point: 50 degrees, high, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Gasconade: 56 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Jack's Fork: 51 degrees, high, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
North Fork: 54 degrees, high, murky; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Clearwater Lake: 55 degrees, high, clear; smallmouth & largemouth bass fair on crankbaits & tube jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Council Bluff: 50 degrees, high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Duck Creek: 57 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on plastic worms; crappie & bluegill slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Lake Girardeau: 59 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Wappapello: black bass good on crankbaits; crappie excellent on minnows & jigs; bluegill fair on crickets & worms; catfish good on trotlines & limblines using worms & live baits. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Black River (near Annapolis): 50 degrees, high, clear; all species slow to fair. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Castor River (above Zalma): 50 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Mississippi (below Charleston): No report available.
St. Francis (above Wappapello): No report available.
St. Francis (below Wappapello): high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Bull Shoals (West): approximately 11' above pool; main part of the lake & stream arms muddy; white bass good using minnows & swimming minnows; walleye good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Bull Shoals (East): 58 degrees, high, murky; black bass, white bass & crappie fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Lake Taneycomo: 11' high & clear throughout; water temperature downstream is 44 degrees; drift fishing with bait is slow due to fast current; orange & silver Little Cleos fished in the backwater between Cooper Creek & Branson is fair; blue & silver 3 inch Rapalas fished in the backwaters from Roark Creek to Kanakuk is also fair; very few limits have been caught in the last several days; flood gates will be turned on if Table Rock hits 920 (according to the Corps of Engineers); Table Rock is at 919.9. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Stockton: 46 degrees, clear; 3' high; all species slow to fair. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Table Rock (James River arm): 56 degrees, clear; 1' high; crappie good to excellent on red & white jigs & minnows; black bass fair on soft baits; catfish fair on trotlines & cut shad; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Table Rock (main lake): 54 degrees, 4' high; mid-lake colored & lower lake clear; black bass good on jerk baits & crankbaits; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
James River (lower): 60 degrees, dingy; 1' - 2' high; white bass good to excellent on small crankbaits; plastic baits & spinnerbaits; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Roaring River: 59 degrees, low, murky; trout good. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 59 degrees, high, murky; black bass good on crankbaits & soft plastics in shallow water; crappie & bluegill fair on small baits; carp & catfish slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 59 degrees, high, murky; catfish slow until water warms. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Big River: 47 degrees, rising, dingy; crappie fair on minnows & jigs; suckers fair on red worms. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): normal, clear; suckers good on natural baits; rock bass fair. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Meramec (below Eureka): 54 degrees, normal, clear; black bass & crappie fair on crankbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Missouri (below New Haven): 49 degrees, low, channel catfish fair on natural baits; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 40 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 44 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on minnows & jigs in 12 to 15' of water; black bass fair on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 44 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 44 degrees, low, clear; crappie good in 12 to 15' of water on minnows & jigs; black bass fair on jigs around chunk rock banks; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 44 degrees, low, clear; crappie good on minnows & jigs; black bass fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Montrose: 55 degrees, clear; catfish & black bass fair; crappie slow; pressure light. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Pomme de Terre: 50 degrees, clear; 2 1/2' high; crappie good over brush piles on jigs & minnows; black bass fair on spinnerbaits & crankbaits; white bass fair in upper lake on Roadrunners; bluegill good on worms around docks. (Report made on 4/11/2002)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 54 degrees, murky; 2 1/2' low; all species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 55 degrees, murky; 1 1/2' low; all species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Truman: 51 degrees, clear; normal pool; paddlefish fair; crappie fair on jigs & minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Truman Tail Waters: 51 degrees, clear; releasing 800 cfs; catfish good on cut shad; crappie fair on jigs & minnows; white bass fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Big Niangua: 46 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 40 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
Bennett Spring: normal, clear; trout good. (Report made on 4/10/2002)
NOTE: The fishing report does not necessarily reflect current floating conditions. CAUTION: Special regulations apply to designated portions of water bodies. Some baits and lures may not be legal for all portions. Please check regulations carefully.