The lake level was 659.3 (660 is normal pool level); with light generation scheduled through Friday, the lake should rise to 659.5 by the weekend. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam is 48 degrees with upstream temperatures of 46 to 52 degrees depending on location and time of day. Truman Lake is one foot over pool. Moderate weather this week should improve fishing, otherwise very little has changed in the fishing report. Anglers should observe caution; immersion at these temperatures can cause hypothermia very quickly.
BLACK BASS – Bass can move onto windblown rocky banks during warm spells and are vulnerable to black buzzbaits and shad-colored jerkbaits. Try swapping the blade from a 1/2 ounce buzzbait onto a 3/8 ounce buzzbait and use 20 pound mono to keep the buzzbait on the surface with a slower retrieve. Lower Osage: Fair, try small jigs, shaky heads and jerkbaits like Smithwick’s Rogue on main lake points. Also try dock corners later in the day with square bills like Norman’s Fat Boy. Glaize Arm: Fair, try buzzbaits and Rogues on cloudy days along shallow shorelines. Mid-Lake: Fair, try shaky heads early and dock corners later with Fat Boy and Rebel Wee R crankbaits. Niangua Arm: Fair, try jigs tipped with Berkley’s Chigger Craw fished around dock brush. Gravois Arm: Fair, try buzzbaits along rocky shorelines; also try dock corners later with Fat Boy and Rebel Wee R crankbaits. Upper Osage: Fair on Rogues, also try buzzbaits on rocky shorelines. Osage 60 MM: Poor, try jerkbaits over submerged brush.
CATFISH: Bagnell Tailwater: Fair, try ‘perch’. Lower Osage: Fair on juglines and trotlines baited with traditional catfish baits. Glaize Arm: Fair, try nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Fair, try cut shad 30 feet deep behind islands. Niangua Arm: Fair in coves with nightcrawlers, cut bait and chicken livers. Little Niangua River: Fair to good, drift with cut shad or chicken livers. Gravois Arm: Fair drifting with chicken livers. Upper Osage: Fair on cut shad or shrimp. Osage 60 MM: Fair on nightcrawlers and fresh bait. Truman Tailwater: Fair for blue catfish on whole or cut shad.
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Tailwater: No reported fish. Lower Osage: Very good, try jigs tipped with minnows 9 to 12-feet deep. Glaize Arm: Very good on Shimmer Stix Crappie Carrot fished 9 to 10-feet deep. Mid-Lake: Very good, fish are 6 to 10 feet deep in front of docks. Niangua Arm: Very good on small jigs fished 3 to 8 feet deep, try Blakemore Road Runners. Gravois Arm: Good on minnows or Road Runners fished 10 to 12 feet deep. Upper Osage: Very good with minnows tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles or minnows. Osage 60 MM: Excellent on black-and-chartreuse jigs fished 6 to 8 feet deep, also try minnows. Truman Tailwater: Very good on minnows or Slab Hunter jigs.
WALLEYE – No reported fish.
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Tailwater: No reported fish. Lower Osage: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: Fair for quantity and size on white jigs in coves and on points. Mid-Lake: Poor, look for sporadic surface feeding activity. Niangua Arm: Poor, try points for whites and hybrids with spinnerbaits and Dixie Jet Spoons. Gravois Arm: Poor, try points and creek mouths with Dixie Jet Spoons and Blakemore Road Runners. Osage 60 MM: No reported fish. Truman Tailwater: Fair on spoons and large swimbaits.
BLUEGILL – Poor, try worm pieces, Berkley’s Gulp Crickets or Nightcrawler pieces around docks.
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.
Provided by Darrell Taylor
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