The lake level was 659.4 (660 is normal pool level); with medium to minimum generation scheduled the lake should fall slightly to 659.0 by the weekend. Truman Lake is two feet under normal pool. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam is 85 degrees with upstream temperatures of 83 to 83 degrees depending on location and time of day. A thermocline exists from 24 to 30 feet deep throughout most of the lake.
BLACK BASS – It took 19.6 pounds to win the recent Wednesday Night tourney, Big Bass was 5.4 pounds. It took about 22 pounds to win the Bass World Sports tourney. Lower Osage: Fair, try Bullseye jigs and Texas-rigged 10-inch Berkley Power Worms fished around brush 12 to 15-feet deep. Glaize Arm: Fair on blue/black jigs, Power Worms and Norman’s DD22 crankbaits. Mid-Lake: Fair on crayfish or green pumpkin jigs tipped with Bass Pro Shops’ Speed-O-Craw fished around brush, also try Texas-rigged Berkley Chigger Craws. For keeper Kentucky bass, try live crayfish along sea walls and bridge pilings. Niangua Arm: Fair, try red shad or blue-flake 10-inch Power Worms or HAVOC Craw Fatty fished around deep brush. Also try vertical jigging with nickel or white Dixie Spoons around windblown marina docks. Gravois Arm: Fair on Bullseye jigs and Power Worms. Upper Osage: Fair around brush, try jigs and red shad colored Power Worms. Osage 60 MM: Fair, fish are scattered looking for young-of-the-year shad, try spinnerbaits and crankbaits.
CATFISH – The hottest bite on the lake again this summer. Bagnell Tailwater: Very good for blue and channel catfish on cut shad. Lower Osage: Very good on juglines and trotlines baited with traditional catfish baits. Glaize Arm: Excellent, try 12-feet deep with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Some 80-plus pound fish are being caught deeper. Mid-Lake: Very good, try drifting with live shad. Niangua Arm: Excellent off docks in coves with nightcrawlers, cut bait and chicken livers. Also try juglines in 15 to 25 feet of water. Little Niangua River: Very good on all traditional catfish baits. Gravois Arm: Good drifting with chicken livers. Upper Osage: Good on cut shad or shrimp. Osage 60 MM: Excellent on nightcrawlers and B.J.’s or Sonny’s prepared baits. On juglines try nightcrawlers and cut shad. Truman Tailwater: Excellent for blue catfish on whole or cut shad.
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Tailwater: Very good on medium minnows, fish are deep. Lower Osage: Fair, try minnows or jigs 12 to 15-feet deep. Glaize Arm: Good on Shimmer Stix Crappie Carrot fished 12 to 18-feet deep. Mid-Lake: Fair, fish are 12 to 14 feet deep in front of docks. Niangua Arm: Fair on small crankbaits or Blakemore Road Runners fished in front of docks or suspended just off of flats and points. Gravois Arm: Fair on minnows or Road Runners fished 10 to 12 feet deep. Upper Osage: Fair with minnows tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles. Osage 60 MM: Fair, try red or blue-with silver jigs 15 to 18-feet deep around docks. Truman Tailwater: Very good on minnows or Slab Hunter jigs.
WALLEYE – Bagnell Tailwater: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: No reported fish. Mid-Lake: No reported fish. Niangua Arm: No reported fish.
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Tailwater: Good for white bass when the flow is increased. Lower Osage: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: Very good for quantity and size on white jigs in coves and on points. Mid-Lake: Fair, try trolling points and flats with small crankbaits or 1/4-ounce Road Runners. Niangua Arm: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Very good on points and creek mouths, try Road Runners, Rooster Tails or Dixie Jet Spoons. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good in the backs of coves, try Worden’s Rooster Tails. Truman Tailwater: Excellent for stripers on topwaters early and late, try live shad during the day.
BLUEGILL – Bagnell Tailwater: Excellent for big ‘gills on nightcrawler pieces or wax worms. Lakewide: Try around docks with worm pieces or Berkley’s Gulp Crickets or Nightcrawler pieces.
NOTE: The Lower Osage is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is between the 22 and 38-mile marks; the Upper Osage is between the 38 and 55-mile marks; the Osage 60 MM is between the 55-mile mark and the 89-mile mark; and the 89 MM is between the 89 MM and the Rt. 65 Bridge.
Report compiled by Darrel Taylor
BLACK BASS – It took 19.6 pounds to win the recent Wednesday Night tourney, Big Bass was 5.4 pounds. It took about 22 pounds to win the Bass World Sports tourney. Lower Osage: Fair, try Bullseye jigs and Texas-rigged 10-inch Berkley Power Worms fished around brush 12 to 15-feet deep. Glaize Arm: Fair on blue/black jigs, Power Worms and Norman’s DD22 crankbaits. Mid-Lake: Fair on crayfish or green pumpkin jigs tipped with Bass Pro Shops’ Speed-O-Craw fished around brush, also try Texas-rigged Berkley Chigger Craws. For keeper Kentucky bass, try live crayfish along sea walls and bridge pilings. Niangua Arm: Fair, try red shad or blue-flake 10-inch Power Worms or HAVOC Craw Fatty fished around deep brush. Also try vertical jigging with nickel or white Dixie Spoons around windblown marina docks. Gravois Arm: Fair on Bullseye jigs and Power Worms. Upper Osage: Fair around brush, try jigs and red shad colored Power Worms. Osage 60 MM: Fair, fish are scattered looking for young-of-the-year shad, try spinnerbaits and crankbaits.
CATFISH – The hottest bite on the lake again this summer. Bagnell Tailwater: Very good for blue and channel catfish on cut shad. Lower Osage: Very good on juglines and trotlines baited with traditional catfish baits. Glaize Arm: Excellent, try 12-feet deep with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Some 80-plus pound fish are being caught deeper. Mid-Lake: Very good, try drifting with live shad. Niangua Arm: Excellent off docks in coves with nightcrawlers, cut bait and chicken livers. Also try juglines in 15 to 25 feet of water. Little Niangua River: Very good on all traditional catfish baits. Gravois Arm: Good drifting with chicken livers. Upper Osage: Good on cut shad or shrimp. Osage 60 MM: Excellent on nightcrawlers and B.J.’s or Sonny’s prepared baits. On juglines try nightcrawlers and cut shad. Truman Tailwater: Excellent for blue catfish on whole or cut shad.
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Tailwater: Very good on medium minnows, fish are deep. Lower Osage: Fair, try minnows or jigs 12 to 15-feet deep. Glaize Arm: Good on Shimmer Stix Crappie Carrot fished 12 to 18-feet deep. Mid-Lake: Fair, fish are 12 to 14 feet deep in front of docks. Niangua Arm: Fair on small crankbaits or Blakemore Road Runners fished in front of docks or suspended just off of flats and points. Gravois Arm: Fair on minnows or Road Runners fished 10 to 12 feet deep. Upper Osage: Fair with minnows tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles. Osage 60 MM: Fair, try red or blue-with silver jigs 15 to 18-feet deep around docks. Truman Tailwater: Very good on minnows or Slab Hunter jigs.
WALLEYE – Bagnell Tailwater: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: No reported fish. Mid-Lake: No reported fish. Niangua Arm: No reported fish.
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Tailwater: Good for white bass when the flow is increased. Lower Osage: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: Very good for quantity and size on white jigs in coves and on points. Mid-Lake: Fair, try trolling points and flats with small crankbaits or 1/4-ounce Road Runners. Niangua Arm: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Very good on points and creek mouths, try Road Runners, Rooster Tails or Dixie Jet Spoons. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good in the backs of coves, try Worden’s Rooster Tails. Truman Tailwater: Excellent for stripers on topwaters early and late, try live shad during the day.
BLUEGILL – Bagnell Tailwater: Excellent for big ‘gills on nightcrawler pieces or wax worms. Lakewide: Try around docks with worm pieces or Berkley’s Gulp Crickets or Nightcrawler pieces.
NOTE: The Lower Osage is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is between the 22 and 38-mile marks; the Upper Osage is between the 38 and 55-mile marks; the Osage 60 MM is between the 55-mile mark and the 89-mile mark; and the 89 MM is between the 89 MM and the Rt. 65 Bridge.
Report compiled by Darrel Taylor
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