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Bennett Spring	Blind Pony	Blue Springs	Bull Shoals	Clearwater
Council Bluff	Jacomo	James A. Reed	Lake of the Ozarks	Longbranch
Longview	Mark Twain	Montrose	Mozingo	Pomme de Terre
Pony Express	Smithville	Stockton	Table Rock	Taneycomo
Thomas Hill	Truman Lake	Wappapello

			This page was last updated 12/25/18
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Crappie good near brush piles using tube jigs and minnows near brush piles and weed bed lines

Lake level is 613.2. It doesn't look like it will go up much more for now. That means they will most likely be running water through the dam pretty steady for the next week or two.

CRAPPIE: It seems like a lot of people are catching plenty of crappie, but mostly small fish in the 7-8" range. With the Corp going to need to run water through the dam the best bet might be to fish below the dam. They bite pretty quick down there when they run water. The fish tend to be smaller down there but if the lake fish are only 7" or 8" they should be pretty comparable. Toss a jig into the eddies and the bites are pretty much every cast.

No reports on any other fish but with this large inflow of water there should be some catfish action starting up. Look for the usual haunts with inflows.

All of us here at South Fork wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The store will be closing for regular hours as of Christmas. We will go back to regular hours again next spring. Lodging is still available - just call us and we will make arrangements. We also still have minnows and goldfish so just call and we will take care of you.