Missouri Lakes Fishing Report by Steve Wilson

Lake - Lake of The Ozarks 03/07/07:

The changing weather conditions makes for interesting fishing on Lake of the Ozarks. But big fish are still biting. I have had 4 people fishing with me catch the biggest bass of their lifetime in the past two weeks. Two of those fish were 9 # ers. That’s pretty good fishing for this part of the country.

Lake level: 655.43 Light generation is scheduled for the next few days. This should drop the lake to 655.30 in the next few days. Truman lake level: 706.99

Bagnell Dam and Gravois area: Clear with stained water in the upper Gravois. The water temps range from 45-mid 50's. The wide range of water temperature and color make this a very popular fishing area. The larger fish are being caught out of the mouth of the Gravois and North Shore area on shad colored jerkbaits in the cooler water. Main and secondary points have been best for the jerkbait. Jigs are producing in the creeks. (coves) Fish 1/4 to 5/16 finesse jigs and chomper grubs 2'-8' deep around the docks on the chunk rock banks. Warts are also working good as you go up the Gravois or into the bigger creeks.

Glaize area: Clear with stained water in the upper Glaize. The water temps are 44-low 50's. Their still are fish suspended off the points and bluffs in the 8'-12' range. These fish are being caught on shad colored jerkbaits in the cooler water. Chompers grubs are working good on the pea gravel banks near channels. Warts are starting to work good also. Phantom green is a pretty good color in these clear conditions.

Nianguas: Clear to slightly stained. Water temps range from 45 at the mouth to mid 50's. In the cool water fish can be caught on jerkbaits, jigs and wiggle warts. This weeks rains will hopefully bring some color into the rivers and improve the bite in this area. Bright red warts and spinnerbaits will work good then. Fish the channel banks right in front of the pea gravel. A good back up bait to the two reactions baits is the finesse jig.

Osage River: Hurricane Deck Bridge to Truman Dam. Clear to stained in the upper portions. We haven’t had very much rain. If we do get some flooding conditions that pretty much eliminates the river for a few days. But not much rain yet. A little rain will bring good color to the backs of the creeks. Right now the fishing is good in the Osage. Not as good as on the lower end. But there are less fish in the upper end. The water is a little cooler in the Osage. It ranges from 45-low 50's. The fish are on the chunk rock banks. They have been there since the cold front came through last Thursday. Another good warm up will bring them to the pea gravel. Wiggle warts and jigs fished on secondary points and chunk rock banks has been real consistent. But other patterns will emerge as the warm rains dirty and warm up the lake.

Thanks and Good luck!

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