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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
7/3/2008 at 11:47:08
Attention Fishing Report Subscribers:
Welcome to this week's fishing report!
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.
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CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 76 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill and redear sunfish good on crickets
and worms; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and plastic frogs; channel
catfish fair on liver and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 79 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair
on worms and dark-colored soft plastics; white bass slow on light-colored soft
plastics and crappie jigs; crappie fair on minnows and crappie jigs; catfish
fair on cut shad, stinkbaits and shrimp. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 81 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on
dark-colored soft plastics and buzzbaits; white bass slow on light-colored soft
plastics; crappie fair on crappie jigs and minnows; catfish fair on worms,
stinkbaits and cut shad. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 81 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair; white
bass slow; crappie slow; catfish fair in the evening on shad sides. (Report made
on 7/2/2008)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 81 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair at night
on 10 inch black Power Worms; crappie good on minnows in 10 to 15 feet of water
in brush; catfish good using cut shad and chicken livers. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 81 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good at night
using 10 inch black Power Worms; crappie good on minnows in 10 to 15 feet depth
in brush; catfish good on cut shad and chicken livers. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Little Dixie: 69 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures;
bluegill good on small worms or jigs; crappie fair on jigs; all other species
slow; area is closed for all activity (including fishing) from 10:00pm to
4:00am. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
RIVERS
Lamine: 70 degrees, muddy; river at flood stage but falling; substantial debris
floating in water; all species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Missouri (Middle): 69 degrees, muddy; river at flood stage but falling;
substantial debris floating in water; all species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 79 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good on shad;
crappie good on minnows and jigs; white bass good on spinnerbaits; black bass
fair on plastic worms. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 82 degrees, clear; largemouth bass, bluegill and redear
sunfish good; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Montrose: 77 degrees, clear; catfish and black bass fair; crappie slow; fishing
pressure light. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 78 degrees, dingy; catfish good; all other species
fair. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 78 degrees, high, dingy; catfish good; all other
species fair. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Smithville: 75 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair using
Carolina-rigged Brush Hogs, plastic lizards and plastic worms in the flooded
vegetation; walleye fair using minnows, worms, leeches and crankbaits along the
points and flats; white bass fair using Pepper spoons, jigs and minnows along
main lake humps, along dam and Trimble Dam; catfish fair using shad sides and
nightcrawlers in the shallows; crappie fair using minnows and jigs in the brush
piles; Smithville Lake Spillway: all species good. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Truman: 78 degrees, high, muddy; black bass good using topwater lures off main
points and secondary flats at three to five feet depths; crappie fair using
minnows and jigs at 20 feet depth; white bass and hybrid bass fair using spoons
and Sassy Shad; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Truman Tailwaters: 78 degrees, dingy; releasing 31,000 cfs; catfish fair; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
RIVERS
Missouri River: high, muddy; fair for all species. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 75 degrees, high, clear; channel catfish good on shad sides; bluegill
good on nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Long Branch: 74 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Mark Twain: 75 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair on minnows; largemouth bass
fair on spinnerbaits; channel catfish fair on setlines; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/3/2008)
Sever: 75 degrees, normal, muddy; largemouth bass good on plastic worms and
spinnerbaits; crappie good on minnows; bluegill and redear good on jigs and
mealworms; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Thomas Hill: 75 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 74 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.
(Report made on 7/3/2008)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 75 degrees, normal, dingy; drum good on nightcrawlers;
all other species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 76 degrees, normal, clear; bass good on spinnerbaits or
topwater lures; channel catfish good on stinkbaits; bluegill and crappie good on
live baits; walleye good on worms and crankbaits. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Mozingo: 77 degrees, normal, clear; walleye, channel catfish, bluegill, black
bass and crappie good. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Paho: 74 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and catfish fair; all other species slow.
(Report made on 7/2/2008)
Pony Express: 75 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish good using chicken
livers and stink bait; carp good in the shallows; all other species fair.
(Report made on 7/3/2008)
RIVERS
Grand: 67 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish and blue catfish good;
flathead catfish fair; all other species good. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 71 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report
made on 7/2/2008)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 83 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
Norfork: 83 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 75 degrees, falling, dingy; black bass and
goggle-eye slow with some success on soft plastic lures and crankbaits. (Report
made on 7/3/2008)
Big Piney (Upper): 73 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass and goggle-eye fair on
soft plastic lures in early morning and late evening. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Bryant Creek: 70 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
Current: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass and goggle-eye fair on jigs;
suckers fair on worms. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Eleven Point: 63 degrees, high, clear; rainbow trout good on corn; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 77 degrees, high, muddy; black bass and
goggle-eye slow on minnows and jigs; channel catfish fair on chicken liver and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Gasconade (upper): 77 degrees, high, dingy; black bass, goggle-eye and sunfish
fair on live baits and soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made
on 7/2/2008)
Jack's Fork: 74 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass good on plastic flukes,
goggle-eye good on Beetle Spins. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
North Fork: 67 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 85 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on spinnerbaits;
crappie good on jigs. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Council Bluff: 81 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on live minnows;
redear sunfish fair on live worms; channel catfish good on livers; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Cypress Lake: 79 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on spinnerbaits and
plastic worms; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and cut baits in evening;
bluegill fair on small spinnerbaits and worms. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Duck Creek: 81 degrees, dingy; bluegill fair on crickets and jigs; black bass
fair on worms and topwater lures; channel catfish fair on worms. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Lake Girardeau: 80 degrees, normal, clear; black bass and bluegill fair on worms
and crickets in early morning and late evening; channel catfish good in the
evening on nightcrawlers and prepared baits. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Perry County Lake: 80 degrees, high, clear; bluegill fair on jigs; channel
catfish fair on worms; largemouth bass fair on topwater lures. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
Robert DeLaney Lake: normal, dingy; channel catfish fair on natural baits;
crappie fair on jigs and natural baits in water 7 to 8 feet deep; all
other species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Wappapello: bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish fair on live
baits and nightcrawlers on jug lines and trotlines at night; crappie fair on
minnows and jigs; black bass good on spinnerbaits and plastic worms; white bass
fair on small spinner baits; fishing in spillway is slow due to lower water
levels. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 75 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on
minnows. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Castor River (above Zalma): low, clear; all species good. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
Mississippi (below Charleston): high, muddy; channel catfish fair in backwater
above Ohio River mouth on natural baits; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
St. Francis (above Wappapello): normal, clear; black bass good on large minnows
fished near the bottom and on topwater lures and Zara Spooks; crappie good on
small and medium minnows; channel and flathead catfish good on large minnows and
nightcrawlers. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): high, dingy; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits
and chicken liver; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; drum good on worms and live
baits. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 69-71 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made
on 7/2/2008)
Lake Taneycomo: 51 degrees, high, dingy; upper lake: trout fair on chartreuse,
white, black, and olive colored marabou jigs and chartreuse and silver Rooster
Tails or orange glo balls; lower lake: trout fair on orange, bubble gum and
chartreuse colored Power Baits or on nightcrawlers. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Pomme de Terre: 79 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on soft plastic baits
in flooded cover; catfish and bluegill fair on cut bait and worms; crappie good
on jigs and minnows over top of beds and cover 15 to 20 feet deep; walleye and
white bass are slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Stockton: 83 degrees, high, dingy; walleye good on crankbaits or on jigs tipped
with nightcrawlers; catfish good on nightcrawlers or cut shad; bluegill good on
crickets; crappie fair on minnows and small crankbaits; black bass fair on soft
plastics and some topwater; white bass fair on crankbaits and spoons. (Report
made on 7/3/2008)
Table Rock (James River arm): 80 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair on deep
diving crankbaits, cast around end of points or try watermelon colored
Hula-Grubs with a 3/8 ounce jig head, casting into heavy cover along the banks.
(Report made on 7/3/2008)
Table Rock (main lake): 79 degrees, high, clear; black bass fair on jigs and
soft plastics; bluegill fair on live baits. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 72 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth good on soft plastics;
goggle-eye good on worms; trout good using bright colored lures. (Report made on
7/2/2008)
James River (lower): 75 degrees, high, dingy; smallmouth good on soft plastics;
google-eye good on soft plastics around large chunk rock in deeper water; all
other species fair. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 81 degrees, high, dingy; channel
catfish good on prepared baits; black bass good on soft plastic lures; bluegill
fair on worms; carp good on corn; all other species slow. (Report made on
7/3/2008)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 82 degrees, high,
dingy; catfish good on prepared baits; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 7/2/2008)
RIVERS
Big River: 76 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on 3 to 4 inch sunfish;
bluegill fair on crickets; all other species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 77 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass
fair on minnows, plastic worms and crankbaits; channel catfish fair on blood
baits, cut baits and worms; bluegill good on worms and crickets; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 78 degrees, normal, clear; black bass
good on live baits, topwater lures and plastic baits; bluegill good on worms;
channel catfish good on prepared baits and sunfish; bluegill fair on worms;
goggle-eye good on worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
Meramec (below Eureka): 78 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish good on live
baits; black bass good on crankbaits; carp good on doughbait and worms; drum
good on worms; all other species fair. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Missouri (below New Haven): 74 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish good on
live baits, worms, sunfish and goldfish; carp fair on worms; all other
species slow. (Report made on 7/3/2008)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, clear; 5 inches above normal; successful
lures and baits include: dry flies (# 12 crackleback and renegade); jigs
(ginger, black & yellow); mini-jigs (white floss and John Deere); glo balls
(flame w/ cheese dot and peppermint); also successful are Rooster Tails, kapok
flies and white Power Baits and white plastic worms.
July fishing hours are: 6:30am-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 7/3/2008)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; fishing has been good; fish
size has increased considerably; water is going down and clearing; white and
yellow baits and lures are working well. (Report made on 7/2/2008)
Montauk State Park: 58 degrees, falling, clear; fishing has been good, use light
line no heavier than 2 pound test for best results; fishing has been good on
various wet flies, inline spinnerbaits and crayfish lures; try gray, white,
brown, green/yellow, and black/yellow marabou jigs for best results; check at
the lodge for up-to-date fishing information and for good fly choices; bait
fishermen have been doing well using corn, worms and garlic scented doughbaits;
try Power Baits fished beneath a bobber or drifted without a sinker. 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 7/3/2008)
Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, normal, dingy; water is clearing; 2-3
pound 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 or detailed information call 417-847-2430. 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 7/3/2008)
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