Missouri Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Lake of The Ozarks 06/08/05:

District 78 Tackle Shop fishing report from Red Oak Resort

The fishing is still good in the mid lake area from the Glaize to about Proctor Creek. Bass, crappie, bluegill, and cats are all biting good on various baits.

Bass: The bass are biting very good on Texas and Carolina rigged brush hawgs and worms. Natural colors such as watermelon, green pumpkin and red shad are all producing good fish in 8-10 feet of water with some fish beginning to show summer patterns on deeper brush piles. A few people have reported catching fish on deep cranks. The topwater bite of last week has deminished considerably as has the spinnerbait and fluke bite.

Crappie: The crappie are still out around the 15-20 foot mark on brush. Yellow jigs, chart tubes and live baits are the best bet. To find fish over 11 inches much moving is required with only 1 or 2 quality fish coming from each piece of cover. Limits are still being caught of good fish , but it requires 4-6 hours of fishing.

Bluegill : The giant 'gills never really got going this year. We caught many barely hand size fish over the last couple weeks and many are still there, just no size to them. Live baits such as wax worms, red wigglers and crickets are all catching average to small fish. They are still on the banks or along the docks in shallow, 2-6 feet of water.

Catfish: The cats are getting hot with many 15 plus pound fish being caught by trotlines and jug fishermen this week. The flatheads are starting to show up in good numbers along with the blues and channels. Live baits for the flatheads such as shad and goldfish especially after dark are working best. For blues, many are trolling cut shad in 10-20 feet of water at a slow speed.

The channels in the 3-7 pound range are being caught on nightcrawlers, minnows, and prepared ( stink ) baits in 15 feet or less of water from either boat or bank.

White Bass: I have no report of any white bass activity this week. The guys are not fishing for them right now.

Good luck and be careful this week.