Aug. 9 Fishing Report

LAKES

Binder: 83 degrees, normal, muddy; largemouth bass fair on plastic worms and spinnerbaits; bluegill fair on river worms and crickets; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow.

Bull Shoals (East): 85 degrees, high, dingy; all species slow.

Bull Shoals (West): 78-83 degrees, high, clear; black bass good on jigs, soft plastic lures and crankbaits; bluegill good on crickets and worms; walleye fair on jerkbaits; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 82 degrees, dingy; black bass fair; crappie fair; catfish good; white bass good.

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 84 degrees, clear; black bass fair; crappie fair; catfish good; white bass slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 84 degrees, dingy; catfish good on chicken livers; black bass fair; white bass slow; crappie slow.

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 84 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on Texas rigged worms, 6 inches long in pumpkin seed and watermelon colors fished at night; crappie fair on minnows 18 to 20 feet deep around brush but sizes are small; catfish good on flats in 20- to 25-foot deep water using cut shad or stinkbaits; hybrid striped bass and white bass fair at Ha Ha Tonka, best using live shad after a good rain when plenty of water is flowing.

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 84 degrees, dingy; black bass fair on Texas rigged worms, 6-inch long in pumpkin seed and watermelon colors fished at night; crappie fair on minnows 18 to 20 feet deep around brush but sizes are small; catfish good on flats in 20- to 25-foot deep water using cut shad or stinkbaits.

Lake Taneycomo: 57 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake: trout good on scuds, San Juan worms, and olive/white marabou jigs; lower lake: trout good on orange, chartreuse, white and bubble gum colored Power Bait and Gulp.

Pomme de Terre: 79 degrees, normal, clear; crappie good on minnows in 12' to 20' of water over brush piles; black bass good on soft plastic lures around structures; catfish good on shad and nightcrawlers; all other species slow.

Stockton: 77 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on tube baits and Texas rigs; crappie fair over structures in 20 to 25 feet of water; walleye fair off points using bottom bouncers and deep divers while trolling; all other species fair.

Truman: 81 degrees, clear; crappie fair suspended at 15- to 20-foot depths off the bluffs in 30 to 40 feet of water using minnows and jigs and in the tree rows on the edge of the flats in 18 feet of water at 6- to 8-foot depths; black bass fair in the timber on the breaks and main lake tree rows using spinner baits early and late; catfish fair on jug lines and trotlines using cut baits and leeches; white bass and hybrid striped bass slow.

Truman Tailwaters: 81 degrees, clear; catfish fair; all other species slow.

RIVERS

Lamine: 80 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish fair on stinkbaits and nightcrawlers, all other species slow.

Missouri (Middle): 78 degrees, normal, muddy; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species fair.

Missouri (West): High, catfish good using shad sides.

Osage (lower, at Tuscumbia): 82 degrees, dingy; catfish good on cut shad and turkey liver; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; white bass good on spinnerbaits; black bass fair on plastic worms.

For the complete report, visit mdc.mo.gov/fish/fishrt/.