Area fishing conditions

As of Wednesday

Lakes

Clearwater Lake: 75 degrees, high, dingy; black bass & channel catfish fair on minnows & worms; all other species slow.

Council Bluff: 73 degrees, normal, clear; largemouth bass fair on soft plastic lures & spinnerbaits; catfish fair; all other species slow.

Cypress Lake: 80 degrees, normal, murky; bluegill good on crickets & worms; black bass fair on topwater lures; catfish & crappie slow.

Duck Creek: 85 degrees, normal, clear; bluegill good on crickets; largemouth bass fair on buzzbaits.

Lake Girardeau: 79 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow.

Wappapello: bluegill good on crickets & worms in the brush; black bass fair on spinnerbaits & buzzbaits; crappie fair on minnows & jigs; catfish fair on trotlines with live baits.

Rivers

Black River (near Annapolis): 75 degrees, normal, clear; smallmouth bass & rock bass fair on minnows, artificial worms & tube baits; all other species slow.

Castor River (above Zalma): 73 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on minnows; all others good.

Mississippi (below Charleston): No report available.

St. Francis River (above Wappapello): No report available.

St. Francis (below Wappapello): 74 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow

-- Mo. Dept. of Conservation