FISHING REPORT

RIVERS

Black (above Clearwater): Clear, 4 1/4' above normal and falling; smallmouth bass fair on artificial crayfish; all other fishing slow.

Castor (above Zalma): Clear, normal; catfish good on minnows; bass good on minnows and artificial lures; goggle-eye and sunfish good on crickets, small minnows and worms.

Current: Dingy but clearing, 2' above normal; goggle-eye and bass good on all lures; all other fishing fair to good.

Mississippi (above St. Louis): Muddy, falling slowly; catfish excellent to good on pole and line on crayfish and nightcrawlers; all other fishing slow; closed to boating.

Mississippi (below Charleston): Muddy, 7' high; fishing slow for all species; closed to boating.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): High, all fishing slow.

St. Francis (above Wappapello): Clear, normal; bass good on minnows and artificial lures; catfish good on minnows; goggle-eye and sunfish good on crickets, small minnows and worms.

LAKES

Clearwater: Clear, 20' above normal; crappie fair on jigs and crankbaits using trolling method; carp fair on corn using pole and line; bass fair on spinnerbaits; bluegill fair on crickets and worms; catfish fair on nightcrawlers using juglines; all other fishing slow.

Duck Creek: Clear to dingy, full pool; crappie fair on jigs; bass good on live and artificial bait; bluegill fair to poor; vegetation 50 percent.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell tailwaters): Normal, muddy; all fishing slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): Muddy; black bass good on plastic worms, rattling jigs fished slow, also bright colored top water lures; crappie fair to poor using minnows over brush at various depths; catfish fair on shad sides and worms; white bass fair using Rooster Tails off points late evening.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): Muddy; white bass good; all other fishing slow.

Wappapello: Murky, 9' above normal; discharge 3020 CFS, 333.55 tailwater; catfish good on worms; bluegill good on crickets and worms; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; bass slow. NOTE: Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11 inches to reduce the numbers of small stunted bass in Wappapello Lake. All beaches closed, People's Creek campground closed due to high water.

TROUT AREAS

Bennett Spring: Off color, slightly up; trout good.

Maramec Spring: Clear, normal; fishing good.

Montauk: Clear, normal; rainbow trout good in early a.m.

Roaring River: Clear, above normal; trout good.