FISHING REPORT

RIVERS:

Castor (Above Zalma): Clear, low; bass good on artificial lures & topwater lures; all other species slow.

Current: 57 degrees , clear, 1' below normal; all species fair on artificial & natural bait.

Gasconade (Middle, near Waynesville): 70 degrees , slightly below normal, clear; black bass & goggle-eye good to excellent on spinner baits, crankbaits, top water lures & live baits; all other species good on all baits.

James River (Upper): 72 degrees , clear, low; sunfish good on crickets & worms.

Lamine: Normal level, clear; channel catfish good; other species fair.

Meramec (Below Eureka): 71 degrees , clear, low; bass fair on topwater lures; catfish fair on trotlines using live bait.

Meramec (Above Sullivan): 65 degrees , clear, normal; bass good on artificial lures; gigging good for suckers & drum.

Mississippi (Below Charleston): Clear, normal; catfish excellent on trotlines, juglines & pole & line using cut bait & worms; all other species fair.

St. Francis (Below Wappapello): 81 degrees , muddy, low; catfish fair on worms; all other species slow.

St. Francis (Above Wappapello): Clear, low; black bass good on artificial lures, topwater lures & jig & pig; all other species slow.

LAKES:

Bull Shoals: 66 degrees , clear, 4' low; all species fair. Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 74 degrees , murky; catfish fair on chicken livers; bass fair on spinnerbaits & plastic worms; bluegill good on worms; crappie good on minnows & jigs; all other fishing slow.

Clearwater: 70 degrees , clear, 1 1/2' below normal; crappie fair on live bait; white bass fair on spinnerbaits & jigs, catfish good on minnows using juglines; bluegill good on crickets & worms along bank; all other species slow.

Duck Creek: 88 degrees , vegetation 90%; bass good on topwater lures from sunset to sunrise; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 77 degrees , normal, dingy; white bass good; black bass fair; all other species slow. If water stays down gigging will be good this weekend.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 75 degrees , clear; bluegill & catfish good; white bass & crappie fair; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 75 degrees , clear; catfish good; crappie slow to fair; white bass & black bass slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 75 degrees , clear; black bass fair on spinnerbaits around structures; white bass excellent on shad deep & trolling deep running lures; crappie slow, catfish excellent on shad sides & live bait on pole lines; walleye excellent fishing shiners & nightcrawlers; sunfish excellent on worms.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 76 degrees , clear; bluegill & catfish good; crappie & white bass fair, all other species slow.

Pomme de Terre: 70 degrees , clear, slightly below normal pool; black bass good around shorelines & drop offs using plastic worms, lizards & spinnerbaits, crappie good at 8-15' depths around docks & bridge pilings using minnows & jigs; walleye good around shallow sandy points using deep divers trolling; bluegill good around shorelines & docks using crickets & worms; catfish fair using stinkbaits on trotlines; muskie excellent.

Truman: 68 degrees , dingy, slightly below normal pool; catfish good along flats & in coves using cut bait; all other species slow.

Wappapello: Discharge at 190 CFS, 324.45 tailwater low; crappie good at 4-6' depths; bass good on spinnerbaits; all other species fair. NOTE: Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11 inches (daily limit 6) to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello Lake.

TROUT AREAS:

Bennett Spring: Clear, normal; trout good.

Maramec Spring: 57 degrees , clear, normal; fishing good.

Montauk: 56 degrees , clear, normal; rainbow trout good in early a.m.

Roaring River: Clear, normal; trout good.

NOTE: This is the final fishing report for 1995. Beginning in

spring 1996, MDC hopes to provide recorded regional fishing

reports via toll-free telephone lines. If a written report for

media use can also be provided, it may be smaller or in

different form.

It will help to know who relies on this report, and what

information is most critical. We ask users to express needs and

concerns in writing so they may be conveyed clearly to all

involved in decision making. Mail to:

Fishing Report

Information Services Division, MDC

P. O. Box 180

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180

Shannon Cave (314-751-4115 X 250) and Ken Drenon (X848) are

available for more information or to discuss concerns.

Contact: Ken Drennon (Information Services Supervisor)

(314)751- 4115 ext. 848.