LAKES
n Clearwater Lake: 60 DEGREES, HIGH, WHITE BASS GOOD ON BUCKTAIL JIGS AND SPINNERS; BLACK BASS GOOD ON MINNOWS; CRAPPIE FAIR ON MINNOWS AND GRUBS; ALL OTHER SPECIES SLOW.
N COUNCIL BLUFF: 62 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on small minnows; all other species slow.
n Duck Creek: 72 DEGREES, NORMAL, CLEAR; WARMOUTH SUNFISH GOOD ON CRICKETS; BLACK BASS AND BLUEGILL FAIR; CRAPPIE SLOW.
N LAKE GIRARDEAU: 64 degrees, high, clear; bluegill fair on crickets; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow.
n Wappapello: RISING, CATFISH GOOD USING LIVE BAITS ON LIMBLINES AND TROTLINES; BLACK BASS FAIR ON ARTIFICIAL LURES; CRAPPIE FAIR ON MINNOWS AND JIGS; BLUEGILL FAIR.
RIVERS
N BLACK (NEAR ANNAPOLIS): 60 degrees, high, clear; white bass good on Bucktail jigs; all other species slow to fair.
n Castor (above Zalma): NO REPORT AVAILABLE.
N MISSISSIPPI (BELOW CHARLESTON): 60 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow.
n St. Francis (above Wappapello): HIGH, MUDDY; ALL SPECIES SLOW.
N ST. FRANCIS (BELOW WAPPAPELLO): 63 degrees, rising, murky; crappie good on minnows; all other species slow.
-- Mo. Dept. of Conservation
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