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Fishing Report
A step back in time
by John Neporadny, jnoutdoors.com
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Fishing report
Your guide to catching fish at LOZ!
Built in the early 1930’s, our recently restored rooms will take you back to simple times. The early days of bus & railway rest stops, road-trips in the family car, and the quintessential motor court -the era of the Great American Motel. Located in downtown Eldon Missouri.
407 E. 4th Street, Eldon, MO Book online at HistoricRandlesCourt.com
The lake level was 658.8, generation of 39,000 cubic feet per second (CFS) throughout the week for a level of 658.9 by the weekend. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 60 degrees. Truman Lake was at the 717.2 level.
To Note: The Lower Lake is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is from the 22- to 38-mile mark, the Upper Osage is from the 38-mile mark to the Route 65 Bridge.
Tournament Results
Josh Dryland and Will Gleas won the Second Annual Mizzou Bass Fishing Fundraiser Tournament last Saturday with 13.7 pounds.
Bagnell Dam spillway/Osage River
Water clarity: Clear. Catfish: Good on skipjack herring.
Lower Lake
Water clarity: Clear in the coves and stained on the main channel. Black bass: Fair on shaky head plastic craws, wacky worms and topwater lures along gravel banks and main channel bluffs. Crappie: Fair on jigs 3 to 4 feet deep along chunk rock banks or trolling crankbaits in open water.
Gravois
Water clarity: Clear. Black bass: Good on jigs and Zara Spooks along gravel banks or main channel rock banks. Crappie: Good on jigs along the gravel spawning banks and brush piles 4 to 5 feet deep.
Mid-Lake
Water clarity: Murky. Black bass: Fair on shaky head worms, crankbaits and jigs along rocky banks in coves. Crappie: Fair on jigs 3 to 6 feet deep in brush along gravel banks.
Grand Glaize
Water clarity: Muddy. Black bass: Fair on creature baits, jigs and Chatterbaits along steep banks in coves. Crappie: Fair on jigs and minnows 6 feet deep along gravel banks.
Niangua
Water clarity: Muddy. Black bass: Slow on shaky head worms in backs of coves or secondary points. Crappie: Slow on jigs 3 to 5 feet deep along gravel banks.
Upper Osage
Water clarity: Muddy in the coves above the 70-mile mark and stained on the main channel. Black bass: Good on topwater lures and spinnerbaits around docks along gravel banks. Crappie: Good on jigs or minnows 4 to 6 feet deep along gravel banks. Catfish: Good tight-lining cut shad.
Truman Dam spillway
Water clarity: Stained. Crappie: Fair on jigs and minnows in the dead-water channel. White bass and hybrid white bass: Fair on jigs and jerkbaits. Catfish: Fair on fresh shad.
Sources Guide Alfred Chapman (573-465-3810), www.lakeozarkfishingguideservice. com; Big Ed’s Guide Service (573-6926710) www.bigedsguideservice.com; Guide Jack Uxa (573-434-2570) www. lakeoftheozarksfishingguide.com; Guide John Blankenbeker (573-280-1455); Guide Terry Blankenship (573-480-2835); Guide Jim Dill (573-204-9005) www. jamesdillguideservice.com; Fitz Fishing (573-693-9299); Bryants Osage Outdoors (573-374-2278); Casey Scanlon (913449-3176) and Cody’s Bait & Tackle (660723-5115). Tournament Results—Thanks to www.bassingbob.com.
