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MISSOURI FISHING REPORTS These pages are updated on Thursday Posted: 07/02/2009
On some of the lakes we have 2 or more reports so make sure you scroll down to read all of them.
Updated 07/02/09 Report by:
Updated 6/25/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 802.0 Temperature: Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 21 cfs. Level: 0.44 feet high Report by 40 Woods Bait & Tackle Missouri Wildlife Check In Station Braggin' Board Catfish fair using shad and cut bluegill Bluegill good using crickets Crappie fair on minnows in 15 to 20 feet deep Bass No Report
Updated 06/25/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 655.9 Temperature: High 80's Outflow: 12584 cfs Level:11.83 feet high Fishing Report by: .bullshoalslakeboatdock.com JUNE 25TH THURSDAY. Yo! Its time for the changes! Fishing is finally changing with the water temperature going up. We have had HOT weather this past week or so with the temperature hitting the 90's everyday. The water temperature has zoomed up to the mid to high 80's on the surface. According to the divers the thermo cline is around the 25' level around the lake give or take a few feet. The water clarity is excellent still. I would expect a change in this soon. They are starting to drop the lake very SLOWLY, that will affect the water visibility some. The lake level is around 669 and dropping 3 inches a day. Projected back to normal is July 29th at this time. That can change depending on rain fall. Fishing is changing. The fish are starting to move down in the daytime around the thermo cline. That is where most of the fisherman are catching them. Spear fisherman continue to do good with the season opening 10 days ago. They are reporting lots of catfish in the brush. They are seeing tons and tons of fish. Most of them smaller then keeper size. Good for the future. FISHING PATTERNS WHITE BASS- The white bass have shifted to mostly a night bite under lights. They are using minnows under lights in 15 to 30 feet of water with the bait and catching mostly white bass with some crappie and walleye mixed in. They are also catching some trolling minnow looking baits during the day. Early and late they are tolling in 5 to 15 feet of water. During the mid day they are trying to get down to the thermo cline level of 20-30 feet to catch them. BASS- The patterns haven't changed much. Just the depths. Fish your baits on the surface or shallow couple hours either side of sunup and a couple hours either side of sun down. After 8:00 am or so, then you need to drop deeper into the cooler water zone from 18 to 25 feet for most of the day till a couple of hours before dark. Then move up shallower again. - Top water baits are starting to produce bass. The classics like Zara spook, Devils Horse, Flukes, shallow running rebels and rogues, and any other top water you prefer. With the brush around the bank the best way to work this is parallel your bait just in front of the brush. - Floating worms rigged weedless with baby split shot in the brush along the bank. Bubble gum worms, centipede or french fry worms, lizards and other plastics. - flipping a jig and frog, jig and plastic anything in the brush. - spooning by retrieving- put your boat in 12 - 20 feet of water then flip your spoon just at the brush line, work it back to the boat by "jigging" it. This pattern is very easy and very productive for all species but is producing smaller fish. 1. Spinner baits are catching Largemouth and Smallmouth on the chunk rock banks, pockets and brush piles in shallow water. 2. Stick baits that look like a minnow and shad. Vary your speed and retrieve until you find what works. Try to simulate a dying shad. 3. Carolina rig a lizard or a french fry worm. Work this bait slow on shallower sloping banks for better effect. 4. Live minnows or night crawlers- Split shot these along the banks 5. Crank baits- This pattern is better on a cloudy windy day. Back in the creeks in the dirty water. 6. Plastics such as grubs, hula grubs, tube jigs - work these slow along the bottom simulating a crawling craw fish. 7. TOP WATER - is now active as of the first week of may. WALLEYE- The night bite has slowed down on the walleye mostly due to water temp and the brush against the bank. Its hard to fish in the brush. With the water temp rising the walleye are starting to move a little deeper. The best patterns are- - spoon casting with your boat in 12 - 20 feet of water towards the bank just short of the brush line. Work your bait back to the boat while "jigging" it. - spilt shot a night crawler - this pattern is working but catching lots of smaller sunfish and bluegills. If you are catching these fish that is good because that is what the walleye are feeding on and that's where you need to be fishing for them. - trolling - either flat trolling, bottom bouncing or down rigging. This should start any day. - casting rouges, rebels and xraps. This pattern is still working but you need to get deeper so the deeper diving baits, suspending baits, or weighted baits will work. Also, try to parallel the bank instead of casting at it and retrieving it. If you parallel your bait will be in the ZONE for a longer time. CRAPPIE - Not much change- They are catching them in brush piles and standing timber in 10 to 25 feet around the lake on small minnows and small jigs. CATFISH- The catfish are up with limb liners catching them at night in 2 to 10 feet of water. White River: NOTHING EVER CHANGES ON THE RIVER EXCEPT THE WATER LEVEL!!! THE FISHING IS ALWAYS GREAT!! The river fishing has been great!! Check out the 2009 picture page for photos of some big ones caught over the last couple of weeks. Nothing new on the patterns. --- Worms, night crawlers, power baits, salmon eggs, Count down Rapala, spoons, rooster tails, jigs and just about any other type of trout bait or pattern you have heard of. Come visit our expanded bait and Tackle department and good luck and good fishing to you all. Good luck and good fishing, and please come and see us at Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock for all your fishing needs…Thank you! JOHN EASTWOLD’S FAVORITE SAYING - FISHING IS ALWAYS GOOD - SOMETIMES CATCHING CAN BE SLOW.
Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 500.0 Temperature: 85 Release Rate: 709 Level: 2.71 feet high and clear
Largemouth Bass slow White Bass slow Crappie slow on jigs and live worms Smallmouth Bass slow Spotted Bass slow Catfish slow using live bait Bluegill slow Updated 07/02/09 Water Temp: Lake Level: Full
Open around the first of January each year and close around the end of November. Anyway check when you get your lake permit. Also our permits have been lowered. Crappie No report Bass No report Channel Cat No Report Updated 07/02/09 Temperature: 76 and High Sunfish fair using live worms Largemouth Bass fair using top water lures and dark colored soft plastics Crappie slow Bluegill good using worms and crickets Catfish good on liver and night crawlers
GRAND RIVER Updated 07/02/09 Temp: 69 falling and muddy Catfish fair Flatheads: fair Blue Cats: fair Largemouth Bass: No
Report Updated 6/25/09 Temperature: Clarity: Level: 0.00 feet low The park registration office is now open seven days a week 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Lake Jacomo Park Headquarters. Report by 40 Woods Bait & Tackle Missouri Wildlife Check In Station Braggin' Board Catfish fair at both lakes using shad and cut bluegill Bluegill fair on red wigglers Crappie fair on minnows in 15 to 20 feet of water Bass fair early on top water
Updated 07/01/09 Temp: 87 WATER LEVEL: FULL POOL WATER CONDITION: CLEAR Report by Bob Mattucks Channel catfish FAIR Largemouth bass good Bluegill sunfish FAIR Redear sunfish FAIR Crappie FAIR TROUT FAIR Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 658.96 Temperature: Inflow: 27884 cfs Outflow: 30265 cfs. Level: 0.95 feet low Report By: Old Oarhouse Inn Braggin' Board No Report Remember: A bad day fishing is better than a great day at work! Did you know 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish? We support catch and release. Throw ‘em back and they’ll grow on you! Bruce
Updated: 6/25/09 Report By: Anthony Ford: Catfish & Spoonbill Guide
Catfishing on Lake of the Ozarks is really good catching
limits of blues 4-15lbs in 2-3 hrs with a trophy fish now and then .
Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 791.0 Temperature: 82 Inflow: 25 cfs Outflow: 230 cfs Level: 2.22 feet high and dingy Channel Catfish fair using live bait Flathead fair on setlines using leeches, night crawlers and stink baits Walleye slow Crappie fair using jigs and minnows Largemouth Bass fair using crank lures Bluegill slow White Bass slow Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 891.0 Temperature: Inflow: 5 cfs Outflow: 8 cfs Level: 0.08 feet .low An active bald eagle nest in
the upper end of the Mouse Creek arm of Longview Lake has prompted the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to temporarily close the area as a
protective measure through the end of July.
Mouse Creek at Longview Lake has a new gate and the area will be closed at 9:00 p.m. and will not reopen until 8:00 a.m. All fisherman need to have their vehicles out of the area by 9:00 p.m. or their vehicles could be locked in for the night and/or ticketed. Catfish good off the docks on stink baits and down deep back in the coves using worms and cut baits Bass slow Crappie good using jigs and minnows off the dock Updated 06/25/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 606.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 490 Level: 5.05 feet high Report by: South Fork Resort WOW, it has been one hot week here. Mid to upper 90’s every day. Believe it or not it doesn’t seem to be bothering the fish to much. We have had some good reports on bass. No idea where, though I caught one while crappie fishing in 10 feet of water. —– There are still some white bass being caught. We caught ours mostly while crappie fishing, but you could sure see them busting bait on the surface, so I am sure they could be targeted that way as well.—- The Catfishing seems to be a bit slow, but we did have some guys in that did ok. No monsters, but they said they caught some.—– Crappies are some work to catch. The best pattern right now seems to be in 10′ of water and about 6′ deep. Caught some on crappie rockets and some on minnows. Trouble is the best bite is right around noon, and that is a darn hot time to be sitting on the lake. Well, no one said it was easy. The water level is at about 613.5. You don’t even want to know the water temp…….my gauge showed 93 to 96. The one thing to remember is to really work at caring for your catch if you want quality fish to eat. They will darn near boil in your live well if you don’t keep it running constantly. We just used a 20# bag of ice in the live well for ours and they were nice and fresh when we go to shore after 8 hours in the sun. No water, just the ice. Minnows have a tough time as well. Freeze a water bottle and put it in your bucket. Keep another in the cooler for later. Good luck out there and drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. 3 to 4 bottles per person is not to much for sure. That's some fun fishing!! Get out there and enjoy the season. Updated 07/02/09 Temperature: Crappie No Report Bass No Report
MISSOURI RIVER
(Homers Landing) River Level: high Catfish :good using gold fish
Waverly Area No Report Updated 07/02/09 Temperature: 87 Channel Catfish: fair Flathead: slowLargemouth Bass: fair Stripers: slow Crappie: slow Updated 06/25/09 Temp:
Report By: Big Birds Bait and Tackle selling
bait at 136 and 71 bypass The boat pass price changed to $8.00 day pass and $45 for the year also Crappie excellent and catching there limit in the morning using minnows and jigs Smallmouth Bass good Walleye good Bass good
God bless Bilby Ranch
Lake Report by: Big Birds Bait and Tackle Largemouth Bass No Report Channel catfish No Report Walleye No Report Crappie No Report Bluegill No Report
Nodaway River Report by Big Birds Bait and Tackle Catfish good Bass good on road runners Bluegills good on worms Crappie good on jigs
102 River Report by Big Birds Bait and Tackle Catfish good Updated 06/26/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 839.0 Temperature: 85+ Inflow: 50 cfs Outflow: 250 cfs Level: 0.46 feet high Report by Pomme Muskie Guide Service They are now as of 6-26-09 letting out 2500 cubic feet of water per second. This amounts to approximately 19,000 gallons of water per second. Fishing has been fairly good with all species hitting good. The fish to my way of thinking have been sluggish with the hot water, 85+ degrees. Crappie are being caught in 20+ feet of water around trees and brush piles. Bass are being caught off the shore lines and in the deeper waters. Walleye are being caught on the flats. White bass are surfacing and being caught by trolling a white crappie jig.
Have A Muskie Day Updated 07/02/09 Temperature: 82 Clarity: Normal and Dingy
Largemouth fair Catfish good using stink bait, liver and cut shad Smallmouth bass slow Muskie slow Crappie fair on jigs and minnows Bluegill good using worms
Updated 07/02/09 Water Temp: 85 Normal and dingy Muskie No Report Crappie fair on minnows and jigs Blue Catfish good on liver Walleye slow using minnows and leeches Channel Catfish good on night crawlers, liver and stickbaits Largemouth Bass good on soft plastic worms and lizards Bluegill good using crickets and meal worms Updated 07/01/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Poo3: 864.2 Temperature: 87 Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 300 cfs Level: 1.37 feet high Report by Burton's Bait and Tackle Crappie: random: The spawn is over except for a very few confused fish. The fish that have spawned already are on the move and heading for their summer haunts. Fish the exit routes from the coves to catch fish now. Some warm weather and a couple of weeks and the fish should arrive and start biting more consistently. BASS: Good: Some nice bags of fish are being caught in the flooded areas of the lake as the fish have been spawning for the past couple of weeks. We are starting to see balls of fry now which is a good sign. Some topwater action has been reported. Jigs, senkos, and brush-hogs are the more common baits being used. Check Thurs. night tournament results for last weeks catch. CATFISH: Great: The cats have moved into the shallow water to feed on crawlers and the crappie spawn. Use a bobber (strike indicator) to present your favorite bait. White Bass: Good: Had guide trips last week for whites and it was stupid how many fish we caught. Each day is different but good. We also caught some walleye on the humps while fishing for the whites. The whites are on the main lake and biting. Pepper spoons on main lake humps and around the dam. People who are crappie fishing around the dam area are catching lots of white bass. Walleye: Good: The walleye have shown back up on the main lake points and are biting. Had a 9.71 lb monster in the store the other day that John Wise caught. Crankbaits on the main lake points are producing.
Report by Paradise General Store & Andy Bissett. Report for Wednesday morning June 24th 2009 Andy put his boat in at the Camp Branch Marina ramp which is about a miles South of the Smithville Lake Paradise General Store on Collins Rd. Crappie are beginning to head for the main Lake brush piles in 10’ to 15’ and around the bridges. You will find the Black Bass on the points in 2 to 7’ they are hitting good on top waters and football jigs. Andy caught two 5 pounders along with several other nice ones this morning. Andy turns loose all of his Bass catches. Sand Bass are surfacing and are hitting any thing that’s thrown there way. Walleye are being taken on the main points. Andy Bissett Guide Service is available most
days give him a call at 816 866 4371 Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 867.7 Temperature: 77 High and clear Inflow: 350 cfs Outflow: 1040 cfs Level: 1.95 feet high Report By: Square Deal Bait Shop Crappie good on minnows and jigs Black Bass fair on crankbaits Walleye fair off points using bottom bouncers and deep divers
Fishing Report by Thompson Fishing Guide Service : www.fishstockton.com June 24, 2009 Stockton Lake Fishing Report Lake level: 870.01 We’ll start out this fishing report with a question to those of you who begin loading their boats on the ramp with fishing equipment, coolers, snacks, etc. when countless other people are waiting to launch their boats: When you go on a trip, do you begin packing your bags when you are waiting in line at the ticket counter in the airport? Walleye: now that the summer pattern has stepped in, main lake points and lake mud flats are the places you need to be. Slow trolled crank baits late in the evening will produce fish when the light levels are low in shallower water. For the rest of the time, these walleye will be in around 25 feet of water, following the shad as they take advantage of the thermo cline. The thermo cline, you know, is where the cold water meets the warm water. The molecular structure in this 12 foot band of water holds microorganisms that the shad (the #1 bait on Stockton) feed on, and that is why the walleye are there. The walleye move continuously and you need to cover a lot of water, so whether you use trolled deep diving crank baits, or slow drifted crawler harnesses across these points, or jigs and minnows, you must be conscious of this strike zone. Crappie: take your sonar, and find brush piles or rock piles that are at the same depth of the thermo cline. The walleye don’t move like crappie, but they station themselves in cover that is at the depth of the thermo cline. To them, this is like pizza delivery. In real estate, the key word is location, location, location. And when it comes to the summer pattern, for all fish, be it walleye, bass, crappie or catfish, thermo cline, thermo cline, thermo cline. Minnows and jigs or small crappie jigs work well for crappie when you find these locations. Largemouth bass: the last two years crop of bass (for the most part) will be above the thermo cline in shallower water chasing random bait fish. You can catch 13 inch bass all day long on spinner baits and crank baits in the first 10-15 feet of water. Like crappie, you need to find cover and structure at the thermo cline level which is around 25 feet. My best weapon is plastic worms. If you are a jig fisherman, this will work also. With the abundance of bait in the water, bass will respond to the easiest and slowest meal available. What about deep diving crank baits? Well, in spite of what they say on television, I don’t know of a deep diving crank bait that you can cast that will stay at the 25 foot level for more than a foot or so unless you can cast about 100 yards. When bass have all the food they want at their beck and call, they will not move far and fast to catch a crank bait. Main lake points, secondary points, creek channels, ditches with brush, at the proper depth is where you should fish and this is when you should build an intimate relationship with your sonar. Top water bite has been hit and miss, because bass aren’t willing to leave home for bait when they don’t have to. For more specialized, in depth instruction on how to catch hawgs in Stockton you will need my professional guidance. We are blessed in the State of Missouri to have some of the best bass fishing lakes in America and Stockton Lake is one of them. The state record for smallmouth was set and broken on Stockton. Because of the excellent walleye fishery here that is known nationwide, a lot of fishermen overlook the bass prospects on Stockton. Channel cat fishing is excellent on Stockton, and is hot right now; we have caught numerous 5-8 pound channel cats while crappie or walleye fishing. If you focus on just channel cats, you should be able to have a fish fry the same night with little effort from boat or shore. Night crawlers, cut shad, chicken livers, you name it, they’ll eat it. The areas north and south of Cedar Ridge boat ramp are good places to go. The various points around the boat ramp across from Mutton Creek marina are also good places to fish from the shore. Shore fishing is accessible now due to the fact that the lake is below most brush lines and I think it would be well worth your effort.
Marty Thompson Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 915.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 1627 cfs. Level: 1.71 feet high Report By: Table Rock Guide Service No Report
Updated 07/02/09 Temperature: level: high Report by River Run Outfitters They continue to pretty much follow the generation projection. Water on at 2:00-3:00 p.m. for several hours then off for the balance of the night into the next day. Hopefully, they will follow last weekend’s pattern and have the water off both Saturday and Sunday until late afternoon when they only turned it on low for a couple hours. Lots of patterns have been working these past few days. Beetles and the Bug Ugly near the bank have been working for those who want to catch something on top. Had several of our regular customers using the Big Ugly up near the Hatchery with good success. Couple other customers came in and they had been doing great on the olive filoplume under a sink tip at the Rockin Chair area. Yesterday was a Primrose & Pearl (P&P) day. Stan had Eric and Becky from Kansas out for a long half day. This is Becky’s second time with a fly rod and she definitely faired quite well this time using the P&P. She out fished Eric in quality and he out fished her with quantity. Bottom line, they both had a great day. Several other folks fishing the Rockin Chair area and below were also doing well with the P&P. A couple of them even came in and purchase all the materials for tying them so they could whip up their own. Buggers and cracklebacks are still fishing well.
Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 722.00 Clarity: normal and muddy Temperature: 84 Channel Catfish good on night crawlers and prepared baits Crappie fair along the rip-rap and using minnows and jigs Largemouth Bass fair on lures
TRUMAN LAKE Updated 07/01/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 706.0 Temperature: 83 Water Clarity: Clear to Light stain. Osage dirty. Inflow: 2500 cfs Outflow: 28256 cfs Level: 7.00 feet high Report By: Sterettcreek.com Fishing Report from Sterett Creek Marina 7/1/09 It's hard to believe but it's the 4th of July already. So far this year the fishing here on Truman has been fantastic and with the way it looks now it will continue to stay that way. The weather has been great this week and the weatherman says we should have a good weekend. LAKE LEVEL: 713.59 BASS: With the high heat, humidity and water temp we did something different last night in the Hawg Fights, we went to a 3 fish limit. This gives more room in the live wells and more oxygen to help keep the fish in better shape. All the anglers I talked to after the tournament said they liked the idea. Also we did not loose a fish. This weeks weights were lower due to the 3 fish limit but it sure is exciting with the weights being that close. First went to Ernie and David Cox ( Ernie brought in a ringer this week) with 8.30 lbs. and had big bass at 3.83 lbs. Second went to Jim Lehares and Bob Dodd with 8.20 lbs. Third went to Jeff Smith and Joe Kosal with 8.01 lbs. The two main patters were main lake tree rows 8' to 10' pitching 10" worms. The second was main lake points in 10' to 12' of water using jig and frog. There is also a top water bite going in the early morning on Pop'Rs and spooks. These fish are up on the flat points. CRAPPIE: The best crappie fishing this week has been off the bluffs. 25' to 30' of water and down 10' to 12'. The was a couple days this week that the bigger fish were suspended 4' to 6' above the smaller fish. I had a couple of people tell me they were catch crappie on small crank baits while fishing the bluff banks. These fish were close to the bluff ends. WHITES & HYBRIDS: The top water action has really got going on the whites. they are surfacing all over in our area. Sassy shad seems to be the best bait on whites and hybrids along with the 1/2oz. spoon. There are fish on the humps in about 15' of water, here again the spoon is the top choice. We have seen several nice hybrids come in this week. Right before dark seems to be the best top water action. CATFISH: We have been seeing a few blues this week. Perch on trot lines seem to be the best. 10' to 15' has been the best depth. Jugs with leeches floated on the flats are catching channels. Set stages about 5'. That's it for this week from Sterett Creek Marina If you are coming to the lakes area this weekend please drive with care. The fireworks display will be shot off the dam Sat night July 4th. Please remember what the 4th is all about and thank a vet. Till next week Tommy
Berry Bend (Osage Arm) Updated 07/02/09 Lake Temp: Report by: Trailside General Store No Report Updated 07/02/09 Water Clarity Lake Temp: Report by: TEBO Creek Bait Stop No Report Updated 06/29/09 Lake level 724.22 Water clarity: Good Shape Lake temp: Grand River Arm by Bucksaw * New Missouri regulations require that jug lines be attended at all times unless anchored. Crappie fishing is good the fish are on the flats. Look for tree rows, road beds and isolated trees in 13 ft of water or more and fish 10 ft deep. Minnows are the bait of choice. We are seeing a lot of fish in the 1 to 2 lbs range. Crappie Masters was here Sat and it took over 11 lbs to win not bad for 7 fish. We had our Bucksaw turn. Sun and it took almost 10 lbs to win with 7 fish. Bass fishing is fair the fish are on the points in 1 to 5 ft of water. Fish a top water early buzz baits and Zara spooks and when the sun comes up switch to a big worm. Catfish are on the flats in 10 ft of water. Fish 5 ft deep using cut bait. we are seeing lots of blue cats come in. Trot lines are the best White bass are being caught on the humps and road beds. Fish 15 ft deep using jigging spoons most fish are being caught early. Remember the hotter it gets the better the crappie fishing gets so come and fish with us.
Grand River Arm (West end) West end Grand River Arm by Cozy Corner Catfishing is great lots of 40 and 50 lb. on perch. White Cats are hitting on shad. Crappie on summer pattern 14 -16ft. down on chartreuse.
Updated 07/02/09 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 359.0 Temperature: 85 Release Rate: 540 Level: 0.93 feet high Black bass good early morning and late evening usingBluegill good using crickets and worms Channel catfish good using live bait and night crawlers and on jug lines and trotlines at night White bass slow using on small spinner bait Crappie fair using spinnerbaits and buzz baits Anglers should note the new 9" minimum length limit regulation for crappie. Note: On the waters of Wappapello Lake & its tributaries, all Walleye & Sager must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught. Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11" (daily limit 6) to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello lake.
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