CENTRAL REGION (573) 882-8388
LAKES
Binder: 49 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on river worms; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms; channel catfish fair on liver and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 47 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair; white bass and catfish slow; paddlefish good; black bass closed in the Osage River. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good; black bass fair; catfish and white bass slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and black bass good; white bass and catfish slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 49 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow, try jerkbaits on steep banks; crappie slow using jigs in the brush at 10 to 15 feet deep; paddlefish slow, some fish are being snagged but they are hard to come by. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 49 degrees, dingy; black bass slow, try using jerkbaits on steep banks; crappie slow, try jigs in the brush at 10 to 15 feet deep. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Little Dixie: 57 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on minnows; channel catfish fair on chicken livers; all other species slow; area is closed to all activity including fishing from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Lamine: 50 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on dough baits; paddlefish snagging slow; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Missouri (Middle): 51 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish good on dough baits; blue catfish good on stinkbaits and livers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 47 degrees, dingy; crappie fair; white bass and catfish slow; paddlefish good; black bass closed. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 47 degrees, dingy; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Montrose: 53 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 48 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good; crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 46 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good; crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Smithville: 45 degrees, low, dingy; largemouth bass fair using jigs in shallow water; catfish fair using nightcrawlers on the upper ends of the lake; white bass good on the upper ends of the lake; crappie slow with some success in brush piles; walleye slow with some success using floating Rogues. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Truman: 49 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on secondary points using crankbaits; crappie slow; catfish fair on live bait. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Truman Tailwaters: 49 degrees, dingy; releasing 30,000 cfs; walleye, white bass and hybrids good on jigs; catfish fair on live baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Missouri River: No report available.
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 51 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on jig & pig; channel catfish fair on doughbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Long Branch: 49 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Mark Twain: 52 degrees, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Sever: 49 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows beneath bobbers near woody structures; bluegill fair on jigs; muskie good on large jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Thomas Hill: 52 degrees, normal, muddy; small channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 44 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 48 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 43 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Mozingo: 42 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on tube jigs or minnows in deeper brush; walleye good and moving out into the main channel from the dam; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Paho: 44 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Pony Express: 44 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Grand: 54 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish slow; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 45 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish and carp fair on earthworms; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 55 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass fair on various baits and lures; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Norfork: 54 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on various lures and baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 56 degrees, falling, dingy; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Big Piney (Upper): 48 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Bryant Creek: 52 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Current: 57 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Eleven Point: 58 degrees, normal, clear; all species good on all lures and baits. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 56 degrees, falling, dingy; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Gasconade (upper): 58 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Jack's Fork: 62 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
North Fork: 50 degrees, high, clear; rainbow trout and brown trout fair on wet flies. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 61 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs and live minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Council Bluff: 55 degrees, black bass good on spinnerbaits and jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Cypress Lake: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on small jigs; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and jigs; bluegill fair on small spinnerbaits and live baits (crickets and worms); channel catfish slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Duck Creek: 54 degrees, clear; bluegill fair on crickets; crappie slow on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Lake Girardeau: 58 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Perry County Lake: 58 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie slow on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Robert DeLaney Lake: No report available.
Wappapello: 57 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on live bait and nightcrawlers on trotlines and jug lines at night. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 54 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Castor River (above Zalma): 56 degrees, high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Mississippi (below Charleston): No report available.
St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; channel catfish fair on large minnows drifted in deep holes; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): No report available.
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 51 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs; walleye fair on jerkbaits; white bass good on swimming minnows; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake Taneycomo: 45 degrees, high, clear; upper lake: trout good on white/olive colored marabou jigs and black/chrome or blue/chrome Rapalas; lower lake: trout good on chartreuse/orange colored Power Baits, corn and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Pomme de Terre: 51 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on plastics and crankbaits in 12 to 20 ft of water; crappie good on minnows and tube jigs in 12 to 20 ft of water around structures; white bass fair on white or chartreuse Road Runners upstream; walleye slow but are being caught trolling with crankbaits; catfish slow using shad, worms or stinkbaits sitting on the bottom. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Stockton: 51 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on crankbaits and Texas rigged worms on Big Sac arm, fair on crankbaits on Little Sac arm; walleye fair on crankbaits near dam, slow up river on both Big and Little Sac arms; crappie fair on minnows or white jigs; white bass fair up river on Big and Little Sac arms; catfish slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Table Rock (James River arm): 53 degrees, high, clear; white bass good just below the city of Galena in eddies or back waters. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Table Rock (main lake): 53 degrees, high, clear; white bass good on white spinners, pearl swimming minnows and live minnows. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 48 degrees, high, clear; goggle-eye bass good on worms and live baits; brown and rainbow trout good on Power Baits. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
James River (lower): 58 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 56 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on spinnerbaits; bluegill fair; catfish slow; crappie good on minnows; all other species slow; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 56 degrees, high, muddy; black bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits; catfish slow; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Big River: No report available.
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 52 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish fair on cut baits, blood baits and worms; all other species slow with some success on worms. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 62 degrees, falling, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Meramec (below Eureka): 54 degrees, falling, muddy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill slow on worms; channel catfish slow on cut baits and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Missouri (below New Haven): 54 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species good on shad and cut baits. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, high, dingy; stream is up a few inches due to recent rains, somewhat off color; successful lures and baits include: jigs (black/yellow), ginger and pink; mini-jigs (brown roach and John Deere); glo balls (original tri-color and white); also successful are Rooster Tails, hot pink brassies, rainbow Power Baits and pink and black/yellow plastic worms. April fishing hours will be: 7:00 am to 7:30 pm.
Weed cutting is planned for Tuesday, April 14 from 9am-3pm weather permitting.
For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=06923500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, dingy; stream is up slightly and somewhat murky; still a greenish cast; use bright colors. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, falling, clear; Fishing times are 7:00am to 7:30pm for the month of April. The water in the park is clear with good flow. Fishing is good. In the fly area scuds and mini marabou jigs suspended under a float are producing good numbers of fish, also Cracklebacks and brassies are producing well. Check at the lodge for other good fly choices; in the bait area, corn, doughbait and Power Baits in white, yellow, green, cheese and pink are producing good numbers of fish. Good fishing and good luck! (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, rising, clear; water is up still but mostly clear; 2-3 lb test line is recommended; fishing is from 7:00 am until 7:30 pm; plastic eggs in white, brown and yellow or plastic worms in white, cheese, pink or orange are working well; Rooster Tails in black, skunk and brown are also working well; for current or detailed information call 417-847-2430.
For current real time streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
(Report made on 4/8/2009)
LAKES
Binder: 49 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill fair on river worms; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms; channel catfish fair on liver and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 47 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair; white bass and catfish slow; paddlefish good; black bass closed in the Osage River. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good; black bass fair; catfish and white bass slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and black bass good; white bass and catfish slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 49 degrees, high, dingy; black bass slow, try jerkbaits on steep banks; crappie slow using jigs in the brush at 10 to 15 feet deep; paddlefish slow, some fish are being snagged but they are hard to come by. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 49 degrees, dingy; black bass slow, try using jerkbaits on steep banks; crappie slow, try jigs in the brush at 10 to 15 feet deep. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Little Dixie: 57 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on minnows; channel catfish fair on chicken livers; all other species slow; area is closed to all activity including fishing from 10:00pm to 4:00am. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Lamine: 50 degrees, normal, dingy; channel catfish good on dough baits; paddlefish snagging slow; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Missouri (Middle): 51 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish good on dough baits; blue catfish good on stinkbaits and livers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 47 degrees, dingy; crappie fair; white bass and catfish slow; paddlefish good; black bass closed. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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KANSAS CITY REGION (816) 655-6254
LAKES
James A. Reed Area: 47 degrees, dingy; channel catfish fair; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Montrose: 53 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Schell-Osage (Atkinson Lake): 48 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good; crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Schell-Osage (Schell Lake): 46 degrees, normal, dingy; catfish good; crappie good; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Smithville: 45 degrees, low, dingy; largemouth bass fair using jigs in shallow water; catfish fair using nightcrawlers on the upper ends of the lake; white bass good on the upper ends of the lake; crappie slow with some success in brush piles; walleye slow with some success using floating Rogues. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Truman: 49 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on secondary points using crankbaits; crappie slow; catfish fair on live bait. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Truman Tailwaters: 49 degrees, dingy; releasing 30,000 cfs; walleye, white bass and hybrids good on jigs; catfish fair on live baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Missouri River: No report available.
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NORTHEAST REGION (660) 785-2420
LAKES
Hunnewell: 51 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass fair on jig & pig; channel catfish fair on doughbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Long Branch: 49 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Mark Twain: 52 degrees, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Sever: 49 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie fair on jigs and minnows beneath bobbers near woody structures; bluegill fair on jigs; muskie good on large jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Thomas Hill: 52 degrees, normal, muddy; small channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Mississippi (above St. Louis): 44 degrees, falling, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Salt (below Mark Twain): 48 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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NORTHWEST REGION (816) 271-3111
LAKES
Bilby Ranch Lake: 43 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Mozingo: 42 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie fair on tube jigs or minnows in deeper brush; walleye good and moving out into the main channel from the dam; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Paho: 44 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Pony Express: 44 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Grand: 54 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish, flathead catfish and blue catfish slow; all other species fair. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Missouri (below Iowa line): 45 degrees, normal, clear; channel catfish and carp fair on earthworms; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
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OZARK REGION (417) 255-9561
LAKES
Bull Shoals (East): 55 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass fair on various baits and lures; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Norfork: 54 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass good on various lures and baits; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Big Piney (lower, Pulaski Co.): 56 degrees, falling, dingy; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Big Piney (Upper): 48 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Bryant Creek: 52 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Current: 57 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Eleven Point: 58 degrees, normal, clear; all species good on all lures and baits. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Gasconade (middle, Pulaski Co.): 56 degrees, falling, dingy; goggle-eye good on soft plastic lures; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Gasconade (upper): 58 degrees, normal, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Jack's Fork: 62 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
North Fork: 50 degrees, high, clear; rainbow trout and brown trout fair on wet flies. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
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SOUTHEAST REGION (573) 290-5858
LAKES
Clearwater Lake: 61 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs and live minnows; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Council Bluff: 55 degrees, black bass good on spinnerbaits and jerkbaits; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Cypress Lake: 56 degrees, normal, dingy; crappie good on small jigs; largemouth bass fair on spinnerbaits and jigs; bluegill fair on small spinnerbaits and live baits (crickets and worms); channel catfish slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Duck Creek: 54 degrees, clear; bluegill fair on crickets; crappie slow on jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Lake Girardeau: 58 degrees, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Perry County Lake: 58 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie slow on jigs and minnows. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Robert DeLaney Lake: No report available.
Wappapello: 57 degrees, black bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie good on minnows and jigs; bluegill good on crickets and worms; channel catfish good on live bait and nightcrawlers on trotlines and jug lines at night. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
RIVERS
Black River (near Annapolis): 54 degrees, normal, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Castor River (above Zalma): 56 degrees, high, clear; all species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Mississippi (below Charleston): No report available.
St. Francis (above Wappapello): high, dingy; channel catfish fair on large minnows drifted in deep holes; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
St. Francis (below Wappapello): No report available.
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SOUTHWEST REGION (417) 895-6881
LAKES
Bull Shoals (West): 51 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs; walleye fair on jerkbaits; white bass good on swimming minnows; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Lake Taneycomo: 45 degrees, high, clear; upper lake: trout good on white/olive colored marabou jigs and black/chrome or blue/chrome Rapalas; lower lake: trout good on chartreuse/orange colored Power Baits, corn and nightcrawlers. (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Pomme de Terre: 51 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on plastics and crankbaits in 12 to 20 ft of water; crappie good on minnows and tube jigs in 12 to 20 ft of water around structures; white bass fair on white or chartreuse Road Runners upstream; walleye slow but are being caught trolling with crankbaits; catfish slow using shad, worms or stinkbaits sitting on the bottom. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Stockton: 51 degrees, normal, dingy; largemouth bass good on crankbaits and Texas rigged worms on Big Sac arm, fair on crankbaits on Little Sac arm; walleye fair on crankbaits near dam, slow up river on both Big and Little Sac arms; crappie fair on minnows or white jigs; white bass fair up river on Big and Little Sac arms; catfish slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Table Rock (James River arm): 53 degrees, high, clear; white bass good just below the city of Galena in eddies or back waters. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Table Rock (main lake): 53 degrees, high, clear; white bass good on white spinners, pearl swimming minnows and live minnows. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Big Niangua: 48 degrees, high, clear; goggle-eye bass good on worms and live baits; brown and rainbow trout good on Power Baits. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
James River (lower): 58 degrees, normal, clear; all species fair. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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ST. LOUIS REGION (636) 300-1953
LAKES
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lake 33: 56 degrees, high, dingy; black bass good on spinnerbaits; bluegill fair; catfish slow; crappie good on minnows; all other species slow; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Busch Memorial Conservation Area Lakes 3, 4, 5, 7, and 24: 56 degrees, high, muddy; black bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits; catfish slow; catfish limit: 4; please remove litter.
(Report made on 4/9/2009)
RIVERS
Big River: No report available.
Bourbeuse (middle, lower, Franklin Co.): 52 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish fair on cut baits, blood baits and worms; all other species slow with some success on worms. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Meramec (above Sullivan, Crawford Co.): 62 degrees, falling, dingy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Meramec (below Eureka): 54 degrees, falling, muddy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; bluegill slow on worms; channel catfish slow on cut baits and worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Missouri (below New Haven): 54 degrees, falling, dingy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species good on shad and cut baits. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
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TROUT PARKS
Bennett Spring State Park: 54 degrees, high, dingy; stream is up a few inches due to recent rains, somewhat off color; successful lures and baits include: jigs (black/yellow), ginger and pink; mini-jigs (brown roach and John Deere); glo balls (original tri-color and white); also successful are Rooster Tails, hot pink brassies, rainbow Power Baits and pink and black/yellow plastic worms. April fishing hours will be: 7:00 am to 7:30 pm.
Weed cutting is planned for Tuesday, April 14 from 9am-3pm weather permitting.
For current streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=06923500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (Report made on 4/8/2009)
Maramec Spring Park: 58 degrees, falling, dingy; stream is up slightly and somewhat murky; still a greenish cast; use bright colors. (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Montauk State Park: 57 degrees, falling, clear; Fishing times are 7:00am to 7:30pm for the month of April. The water in the park is clear with good flow. Fishing is good. In the fly area scuds and mini marabou jigs suspended under a float are producing good numbers of fish, also Cracklebacks and brassies are producing well. Check at the lodge for other good fly choices; in the bait area, corn, doughbait and Power Baits in white, yellow, green, cheese and pink are producing good numbers of fish. Good fishing and good luck! (Report made on 4/9/2009)
Roaring River State Park: 57 degrees, rising, clear; water is up still but mostly clear; 2-3 lb test line is recommended; fishing is from 7:00 am until 7:30 pm; plastic eggs in white, brown and yellow or plastic worms in white, cheese, pink or orange are working well; Rooster Tails in black, skunk and brown are also working well; for current or detailed information call 417-847-2430.
For current real time streamflow information check the streamflow gauge provided by USGS and DNR: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07050152&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
(Report made on 4/8/2009)