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Vernon County Fishing
There are many, not necessarily well known places to fish in Vernon
County. If you only have a few hours to get away, try looking at these Vernon County
options. Browse the area and see what species of fish are available, hiking trails,
handicap accessible and so on. Have a fun outing and let us know how it was.
Balltown Access: 1 River-194.0 acres
Big Drywood Creek Conservation Area: 1 Stream-12.5 acres
Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area: 1 Stream, 2 Lakes and 8 Ponds-4417.0 acres
Cephas Ford Access: 1 River-106.96 acres
Clear Creek Conservation Area: 1 Stream and 5 Ponds-762.0 acres
Douglass Branch Conservation Area: 1 Stream, 3 Ponds-511 acres
Four Rivers Conservation Area: 1 Stream, 2 Lakes and 10 Ponds-6696.35 acres
Osage Prairie Conservation Area: 3 Streams and 9 Ponds-1506.01 acres
Schell-Osage Conservation Area: 1 River, 3 Lakes and 35 Ponds-8633.09 acres
Missouri Fishing
1999 Detailed Fishing Prospects for Streams, Lakes and Trout Parks in Missouri.
Missouri has some of the best fishing anywhere. Please follow the links to learn about such things as:
Wildlife Code: Sport Fishing: Seasons, Methods, Limits
The Weekly Fishing Report is posted every Thursday
7/2/2009 at 10:13:38
Attention Fishing Report Subscribers:
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 "2009 Fishing Prospects at Selected Missouri Lakes and
Streams" available at: www.mdc.mo.gov/fish/prospects/
PLEASE CHECK REGULATIONS CAREFULLY: Special regulations may apply to designated
portions of water bodies; some baits and lures may not be legal for all
portions.
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CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 83 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures and
spinnerbaits; bluegill fair on worms and crickets; channel catfish fair on
stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 88 degrees, dingy; black bass fair;
crappie fair; catfish good; white bass good. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 88 degrees, clear; black bass fair; crappie fair;
catfish good; white bass slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 88 degrees, dingy; crappie slow; catfish good;
black bass good; white bass slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 88 degrees, dingy; black bass fair using black
worms or Chompers, trolling on secondary points; crappie slow, some success
using minnows around brush in water 12'-15' deep; catfish good on stinkbaits and
hotdogs with added scent fished in the backs of coves. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 88 degrees, dingy; black bass fair using black worms
or Chompers, trolling on secondary points; crappie slow, some success using
minnows around brush in water 12'-15' deep; catfish good on stinkbaits and
hotdogs with added scent fished in the backs of coves. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Little Dixie: 79 degrees, falling, dingy; crappie fair on white jigs; largemouth
bass fair on topwater lures; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and
nightcrawlers; bluegill fair on crickets; Area is closed to all activity
including fishing from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Lamine: 80 degrees, normal, muddy; blue catfish fair on stinkbaits and
nightcrawlers; flathead catfish fair on goldfish; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
Missouri (Middle): 79 degrees, falling, muddy; drum good on crayfish; channel
catfish fair on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/1/2009)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 85 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cut shad and
turkey liver; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; white bass good on spinnerbaits;
black bass fair on plastic worms. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 87 degrees, high, clear; largemouth bass good; channel
catfish, crappie, bluegill and redear sunfish fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
Montrose: 87 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair; all other species slow;
fishing pressure light. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 86 degrees, dingy; catfish good; all other species
fair. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 86 degrees, dingy; catfish good; all other species
fair. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Smithville: 76 degrees, high, dingy; largemouth bass good around newly submerged
stumps, beaver dens and grass using brush hawgs or jigs; crappie good in the
deep water using crappie jigs and minnows with some success using
black/chartreuse or blue/chartreuse jigs; catfish fair in the back of coves
using variety of baits along the riprap and in rocky areas; walleye fair using
minnows, nightcrawlers, leeches and deep diving crankbaits along the flats;
white bass good on pepper spoons on the main lake flats.
(Report made on 7/2/2009)
Truman: 85 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good using cut baits and shad; black
bass good off windy points; white bass and hybrid striped bass fair on humps at
15' depths using Sassy Shad and spoons; crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 10'
to 12' depths. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Truman Tailwaters: 84 degrees, clear; releasing 14,720 cfs; catfish fair; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, catfish fair using goldfish; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 81 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good on chicken liver;
largemouth bass fair on crankbaits; bluegill fair on nightcrawlers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Long Branch: 82 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish and hybrid striped bass
fair on natural baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; largemouth bass
fair on lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Mark Twain: 83 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; channel
catfish fair on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; largemouth bass fair on
spinnerbaits and buzzbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Sever: 85 degrees, normal, dingy; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets
and meal worms; largemouth bass good on buzzbaits and Rapalas; crappie fair on
minnows; channel catfish and bullheads good on liver, nightcrawlers and
stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Thomas Hill: 84 degrees, normal, muddy; small channel catfish good on
nightcrawlers and prepared baits; crappie fair along rip-rap using minnows and
jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 78 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish good
on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers; blue catfish good on cut baits; flathead
catfish good on live baits; carp good on nightcrawlers and sweet corn; walleye
and shovelnose sturgeon good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/2/2009)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 76 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on grubs and
Beetle Spins; crappie good below Mark Twain Lake using chartreuse jigs; channel
catfish fair on stinkbaits; drum good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/2/2009)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3100
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 80 degrees, rising, clear; bass good; channel catfish good;
crappie, bluegill and walleye slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Mozingo: 78 degrees, rising, clear; bass good on deep points and brush using
crankbaits and plastics; crappie good on jigs and Crappie Nibbles; bluegill good
on worms; walleye slow on crankbaits. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Paho: 82 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie and bass fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
Pony Express: 82 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on stinkbaits,
liver and cut shad; panfish good on crickets and worms; all other species fair.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Grand: 69 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue
catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 78 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on
worms; flathead catfish good on live baits and fair on worms; blue catfish fair
on cut baits and live baits; carp fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/2/2009)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 88 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
Norfork: 87 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 79 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass and
goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures and jigs; channel catfish fair on live
bait. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Big Piney (Upper): 75 degrees, normal, clear; black bass slow but some success
on topwater lures in early morning and late evening; goggle-eye and sunfish fair
on live baits. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Bryant Creek: 79 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on
soft plastic lures. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Current: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on topwater lures;
goggle-eye good on jigs. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Eleven Point: 65 degrees, normal, clear; rainbow trout good on corn and minnows;
all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 80 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass and
goggle-eye fair on jigs and soft plastic lures; channel catfish and flathead
catfish good on live baits. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Gasconade (upper): 79 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass, goggle-eye and sunfish
fair on live baits; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Jack's Fork: 71 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on
soft plastic worms and Flukes. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
North Fork: 69 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye good on
soft plastic lures. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 85 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
Council Bluff: normal, largemouth bass good on topwater lures and dark colored
soft plastics during low light periods; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
Cypress Lake: 82 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers
and chicken livers; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures and spinnerbaits;
bluegill fair on worms and crickets; crappie slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Duck Creek: 84 degrees, clear; bluegill good on crickets in 4 to 5 foot depths;
all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Lake Girardeau: normal, clear; all species good. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Perry County Lake: 84 degrees, clear; channel catfish good on liver and worms;
bluegill fair on wax worms. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Robert DeLaney Lake: channel catfish fair on natural baits; largemouth bass
fair; crappie fair in deeper water; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
Wappapello: 85 degrees, falling, black bass good early morning and late evening
on spinnerbaits and buzzbaits; channel catfish good on live baits and
nightcrawlers using trotlines and jug lines at night; bluegill fair on crickets
and worms; crappie slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 79 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
Castor River (above Zalma): normal, clear; all species good. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
Mississippi (below Charleston): high, muddy; channel catfish fair using natural
bait on pole and line and jug line; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on topwater
lures and buzzbaits early morning and late evening along weedbeds and where
riffles transform to pools; channel catfish good in deeper holes on large
minnows and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/1/2009)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): 86 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good
on nightcrawlers, red worms, chicken livers and stinkbaits; flathead catfish
fair on goldfish and sunfish; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 77-80 degrees, high, clear; black bass good on jigs, soft
plastics, and nightcrawlers; walleye fair on jerkbaits and nightcrawlers;
bluegill fair on crickets. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Lake Taneycomo: 52 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake: trout good on scuds, San
Juan worms, Rooster Tails and olive/white marabou jigs; lower lake: trout
good on chartreuse/bubble gum colored Power Baits, corn and nightcrawlers.
(Report made on 7/2/2009)
Pomme de Terre: 83 degrees, falling, clear; crappie good in 12' to 15' of water
over brush piles; black bass good in 12' of water around structures on plastic
baits; walleye good on crankbaits while trolling in the flats; catfish good on
live baits; white bass slow; muskie slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Stockton: 77 degrees, high, clear; crappie good on minnows and jigs; black bass
fair on crankbaits; walleye fair off points using bottom bouncers and deep
divers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Table Rock (James River arm): 85 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on soft
plastic salamanders in dark colors, black or green tube baits in at least 20' of
water, soft plastic crayfish in dark colors in at least 20' of water with the
best fishing in early morning or late evening. (Report made on 6/30/2009)
Table Rock (main lake): 85 degrees, rising, dingy; black bass fair on soft
plastic salamanders in dark colors, black or green tube baits in at least 20' of
water, soft plastic crayfish in dark colors in at least 20' of water with the
best fishing in early morning or late evening. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 74 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on soft plastics;
rainbow and brown trout good on bright colored Power Baits below Bennett Spring;
goggle-eye good on worms and other live baits. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
James River (lower): 78 degrees, normal, dingy; smallmouth bass good on minnows
and soft plastics; catfish good on limb lines. (Report made on 6/30/2009)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 82 degrees, high, dingy; black bass
good on soft plastics and crankbaits; channel catfish good on liver; crappie
slow; bluegill fair on worms; carp fair on corn; all other species fair; catfish
limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 86 degrees, falling,
clear; channel catfish good on worms; black bass good on soft plastics and
topwater lures; bluegill slow; all other species fair on worms; catfish limit:
4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 7/2/2009)
RIVERS
Big River: 76 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on plastic worms and live
worms; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on worms; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 74 degrees, normal, dingy; channel
catfish fair on cut baits and blood baits; bluegill good on worms and crickets;
black bass fair on minnows and plastic baits; all other species slow. (Report
made on 7/2/2009)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 76 degrees, normal, clear; channel
catfish fair on prepared baits; black bass good on minnows, plastic worms,
plastic crawdads and crankbaits; all other species good on worms and minnows.
(Report made on 7/2/2009)
Meramec (below Eureka): 74 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on limb
lines and trotlines using cut shad and bluegill; black bass slow on jigs and
crankbaits; crappie slow on minnows and jigs; bluegill slow on worms. (Report
made on 7/2/2009)
Missouri (below New Haven): 80 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish good on
worms; all other species good on shad and cut baits. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, high, dingy; successful lures and baits
include: jigs (black/yellow, white); mini-jigs (brown roach and john deere); glo
balls (any 3 color combo and white); also successful are kapok flies, hot pink
brassies, and bumblebee rooster tails, yellow and orange Power Baits and
trout nip. For more info call 417-532-4418.
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 7/2/2009)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, spring branch is at normal flow; water has
greenish cast and is clearing; fishing good; white colored lures and baits
working well. (Report made on 7/1/2009)
Montauk State Park: 60 degrees, falling, clear; fishing is good; the river
remains a few inches above normal and is beginning to clear up; in
the bait area, corn, doughbaits and Power Baits in white, yellow, green, cheese
and pink are producing good numbers of fish; in the fly area, scuds and mini
marabou jigs suspended under a float are producing good numbers of fish; also
heavier weighted marabou jigs fished in the swift water are doing well; check at
the lodge for other good fly choices. (Report made on 7/2/2009)
Roaring River State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; 2-3 lb. test line is
recommended; check at park store or local fly shops for best flies and bait; for
current or detailed information on stream conditions call 417-847-2430. The next
Kids Fishing event will be August 15.
For current real time streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided
by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
(Report made on 7/1/2009)
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