FISHING REPORTS
Posted: 12/16/2000
Due to the weather conditions the fishing reports will be coming in slowly.
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Temperature: Clarity: Lake level:
Crappie no report
Largemouth Bass no report
Bluegill no report
Channel Catfish no report
Sunfish no report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 802.0 Temperature: Clarity: fair
Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 7 cfs. Level: 0.19 feet high
Report by Forty Woods Bait & Tackle Missouri Check In Station
The ramps are closed and what isn't closed is froze over
Crappie Poor
Channel Catfish Poor
Largemouth Bass Poor
Hybrids No Report
Stripers No Report
Bluegill No Report
Walleye No report
Panfish poor around the edges
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 654.00 Temperature: Outflow: 1650 cfs Level: 7.50 feet low
Report by Bob's Bait & Tackle
Walleye No Report
Largemouth Bass No Report
Kentucky No Report
Crappie No Report
Channel Catfish No Report
Flathead No Report
White Bass No report
Bluegill No Report
Smallmouth Bass No Report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 500.0 Temperature:
Release Rate: 359 Level: 5.80 feet low
Largemouth Bass Poor
White Bass No report
Crappie Poor
Smallmouth Bass No report
Spotted Bass No report
Catfish Poor
Bluegill No Report
Carp No Report
Drum No Report
Temperature: Level: normal
Bluegill/Redear No Report
Largemouth Bass No Report
Crappie No Report
Catfish No Report
(Below Urich)
Report by R & R Sporting Center Missouri Check In Station
Flatheads No Report
Channel and Blue Cats No Report
Crappie No Report
Temperature: Clarity: Level: 0.00 feet low
Report by Forty Woods Bait & Tackle Missouri Check In Station
The ramps are closed and what isn't closed is froze over
Crappie poor
Catfish poor
Largemouth Bass poor
White Bass poor
Hybrids No Report
Bluegill No Report
Walleye No Report
Panfish No Report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 660.0 Temperature:
Inflow: 600 cfs Outflow: 500 cfs. Level: 3.80 feet low
Report by Missouri Angler Bait & Tackle
The lake level is 656.0 with a water temperature of 52 degrees, which was taken at Bagnell Dam by AmerenUE. The water temperature ranges from 52 degrees in the main lake area to 44 degrees in the upper ends of the rivers and creeks. The main Osage, Gravois, Grand Glaize and Niangua Rivers are clear with visibility from 6 to 10 feet. There are some coves and small creeks having a dingy colored appearance, but the water is fairly clear with a visibility of 4 feet. The largemouth are still spread out and can be found in the backends of the creeks out to the main lake points.
LARGEMOUTH BASS - GOOD The lucky Craft Pointer, Smithwick Rouge and Fluke with insert weights are catching keeper largemouth on secondary and main lake points, and around boat docks on the steeper banks and points. Also producing are spinnerbaits and medium diving crankbaits on windy chunk rock/pea gravel mix points and channel swing banks. The jig n pig in front of docks with brush 9 to 15 feet has been producing some keeper largemouth and twin tail grub worked on chunk rock banks in the same depth.
SPOTTED BASS (KENTUCKY'S) - GOOD Jerkbaits and Fluke with insert weights worked around boat docks on chunk rock points and creeks on short cove points. The spinnerbait and medium diving crankbaits worked on windy chunk rock points and banks in the creek arms.
WHITE BASS - GOOD Medium depth crankbaits, small spinners (Mepps, Road Runner and Rooster Tails) on windy main lake non channel points and on secondary points in the creek arms.
CRAPPIE - GOOD Minnows, jigs and Road Runners over main lake brush 10 to 25 feet and in creeks over deep brush 10 to 25 feet.
CATFISH - NO REPORT
BLUEGILL - NO REPORT
WALLEYE - NO REPORT
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 791.0 Temperature:
Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 7 cfs Level: 6.82 feet low
Channel Catfish no report
Flathead no report
Walleye no report
Crappie no report
Largemouth Bass no report
Bluegill no report
White Bass no report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 891.0 Temperature:
Inflow: 15 cfs Outflow: 11 cfs Level: 0.09 feet high
Walleye no report
Channel Catfish no report
Crappie no report
Largemouth Bass no report
White Bass no report
Bluegill/perch no report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 606.0 Temperature:
Release Rate: 50 cfs. Level: 6.60 feet low
Report by Kaseyville Bait and Tackle
White Bass poor
Channel Catfish poor
Flathead Catfish poor
Largemouth Bass slow using shad colored, shallow running crankbaits
Crappie slow a few are being taken in the river below the dam or in the main lake on minnows in 18 to 20 feet deep
Bluegill poor
Temperature:
Report by Maple Leaf Bait Shop Updated 12-01-00
We are now open all winter. (8am - 12pm)
Fishing is slow, but duck hunting is good.
Catfish Slow
Bass Good using spinners and going deep
Crappie Good at 15 feet deep
Bluegill Slow
Temperature: Clarity: Level:
Report by R & R Sporting Center Missouri Check In Station
Channel Catfish No Report
Flathead No Report
Largemouth Bass No Report
Stripers No Report
Crappie No Report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 839.0 Temperature: Clarity: clear
Inflow: 85 cfs Outflow: 100 cfs Level: 0.31 feet high
Report by J&N Sporting Goods Closed for the Winter
Largemouth Bass poor
Crappie poor
White bass slow using lighter colored wiggle warts 10 feet deep over deeper water
Catfish no report
Bluegill no report
Temperature: Clarity: clear Level: low
Largemouth Bass No Report
Channel Cat No Report
Bluecat No Report
Bluegill No Report
Crappie No Report
Water Temp: Level:
Sunfish No Report
Crappie No Report
Channel Catfish No Report
Largemouth Bass No Report
Bluegill No Report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 864.2 Water Temperature:
Clarity: clear except in the backs of the creeks
Inflow 25 cfs Outflow: 8 cfs Level: 1.32 feet high
Report by Burton's Bait and Tackle
Burton's Bait & Tackle Tournaments and Results WEEKEND THURSDAY
Crappie: Good -Are being taken on tube jigs in 15 to 20 feet deep around the brush at the Camp Branch Marina Dock
Catfish: Poor- Using shad sides in the coves in 10 feet deep.
Largemouth Bass: Poor - In 6 to 8 feet deep using black/blue jigs or fire tiger crankbaits.
White Bass: No report
Walleye: Poor - Using various colored small crankbaits while trolling the main lake.
Bluegill: No report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 867.7 Temperature: Clarity: Murky
Inflow: 125 cfs Outflow: 40 cfs Level: 6.00 feet low
Report by Sonsac Marine and Southwinds Motel
Largemouth Bass & Smallmouth Bass: slow, but slow rolling spinners or jigs tripped with pork will catch some nice fish. Points at the backend of coves with cover seem to be the best.
White Bass: no report
Crappie are hitting jigs over deep cover and along the bridge piers-coves in 25 to 30 feet deep seems to be the best. Start at the bottom and work up until you find the correct depth were they are biting--most are very nice size
Walleye: very slow must have been caught fishing deep drop offs with spoons. On windy cloud cover days can still be caught with blue/chrome or black/chrome crank baits
Channel Catfish No Report
Bluegill No Report
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 917.0 Temperature: 49-52 Clarity: clear
Release Rate: 1386 cfs. Level: 9.65 feet low
Report by: Pete's Professional Guide Service
DAM AREA, KIMBERLING, BAXTER, CAMPBELL POINT
WATER TEMP.49-52
The deep bite was on....I don't know what happened to it. Normally the colder it gets the better the deep bite gets. There have been a few fish being caught deep on 3"-4" grubs, on 1/4 oz & 3.8 oz. jig head, also tube baits, and the best colors I have found are smoke, salt & pepper, blue gill or watermelon. Drop shot rigs with the same bait or try 4" worms. I was using Zoom finesse worms in watermelon red, and their meathead worm in salt & pepper, chrome & white jigging spoons, on long sloping gravel points, main lake and secondary points, 40' - 70' deep. In the past week I think a lot of the fish have sucked down and holding tight on the bottom. They have not been showing up on the electronics as they were. I believe the deep bite will be back but it was nearly non-existent this weekend. I ended up moving up into the river the past 3 days....
UPPER JAMES RIVER , KING'S RIVER, & LONG CREEK
WATER TEMP. 46-50
We went from the main lake into the rivers, still not much success. Friends of our fishing tournament this week end and they said they caught their fish up in the rivers on wood, with jigs, and they had good limits. We were catching some stickbait fish in the Aunt's Creek area, on main lake and secondary points with submerged timber in 10' - 15'. Try some crankbaits between these same trees and the bank. 2' - 10' - wigglewarts, bombers, bandits, crawdad patterns. Work these baits real slow.
Temperature: Level:
Report by River Run Outfitters
Trout Fishing continues to be very good on Lake Taneycomo. The only problem right now is generation. They have been generating early in the a.m. and running most of the day once or twice week. The rest of the time, they run until early afternoon, or not at all.
Fly fishing in the Trophy Trout Area is catching large numbers of fish as well as some nice size fish (18 inches plus). Best flies are:
size 14 flashback scud
size 14 tan scud
size 12 chartreuse glo-balls
size 12 roe red egg pattern
size 12 chamois leech
size 16 red micro San Juan worm
size 14 gray sow bug
size 8 and 10 olive woolly bugger
size 14 or 16 Adams
size 20 Li'l Easy, copper
size 14 & 16 Crackle Back
Deep water down below the Trophy Trout Areas is fishing well with 100th oz. olive, or black and yellow jigs and the 128th oz. chartreuse glo-ball.
Some of the area fishing docks report that bait fishing has also been good.
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 722.00 Clarity: murky Level: 6.00 feet low
Temperature:
Report by Kaseyville Bait and Tackle Updated 12-01-00
Crappie fair on minnows in 8 feet of water off of T Highway
Channel Catfish poor
Striper poor on the move in the warm water arm on anything you want to throw at them
Largemouth bass poor
Flathead poor
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 706.0 Temperature: 40-44 Clarity : stained
Inflow: 400 cfs Outflow: 2133 cfs Level: 1.28 feet low
Crappie slow using red/white or red/yellow tube jigs in 20 to 30 feet deep where the channel bends
Largemouth Bass slow in 10 to 12 feet of water using a blue/black jigs about half way back in the coves.
Catfish slow some are being taken off the dam
White Bass slow
Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 359.0 Temperature: Clarity: clear
Outflow: 1610 cfs Level: 0.64 feet high
Report by Wappapello Sports Two
Crappie fair in heavy brush on minnows or pink/red tube jigs in 3 to 4 feet deep over 8 to 10 feet of water
Largemouth Bass fair on deep running crankbaits during the day by the channels and in the afternoon in the coves
Catfish fair using cut bait by the dock
Bluegill no report
White bass no report
Note: On the waters of Wappapello Lake & its tributaries, all Walleye & Sauger must be returned to the water unharmed immediately after being caught. Anglers are encouraged to harvest bass under 11" (daily limit 6) to reduce the numbers of small bass in Wappapello lake.
This page was last updated 01/10/01