Fishing report and best times for sept 23 2011 ~ LAWOK LEPAS

Fishing report and best times for sept 23 2011
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Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. —

The lake level was 658.0 (660 is normal pool level); with minimum generation scheduled the lake should drop to 657.9 by the weekend. Truman Lake is still two feet under normal pool. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam is 75 degrees with upstream temperatures of 70 to 76 degrees depending on location and time of day.

BLACK BASS – Three tournaments reported taking 20, 17 and 16 pounds to win. Lower Osage: Good on dock corners with square bill crankbaits, also try Bullseye jigs around brush. Glaize Arm: Good on blue/black jigs, Texas-rigged Berkley Chigger Craws or similar baits. Mid-Lake: Fair to good with small square bill crankbaits like Rebel’s Wee R or Strike King’s KVD Square Bill on dock corners. Also try Bass Pro Shops’ Speed-O-Craw or Texas-rigged Berkley Chigger Craws in brush. Niangua Arm: Fair, try red shad or blue-flake 10-inch Power Worms or HAVOC Craw Fatty fished around brushy dock corners. Gravois Arm: Fair on Bullseye jigs and spinnerbaits. Upper Osage: Fair around brush, try jigs and red shad colored Power Worms. Osage 60 MM: Good with small square bill crankbaits like Rebel’s Wee R or Strike King’s KVD Square Bill on dock corners.

CATFISH — Bagnell Tailwater: Good for catfish on cut bait. Lower Osage: Good on juglines and trotlines baited with traditional catfish baits. Glaize Arm: Good, try 12-feet deep with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Very good, try drifting with live shad. Niangua Arm: Very good off docks in coves with nightcrawlers, cut bait and chicken livers. 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: Fair to good, try cut bait. Truman Tailwater: Fair for blue catfish on whole or cut shad.

CRAPPIE – Bagnell Tailwater: Good on medium minnows but fish are very 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 humps and bluff ends. 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: Good on blue-and-white or blue-and-chartreuse jigs 10 to 12-feet deep, also try minnows. Truman Tailwater: Very good on minnows or Slab Hunter jigs.

WALLEYE – Bagnell Tailwater: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: No reported fish. Upper Osage: No reported fish. Mid-Lake: No reported fish. Niangua Arm: No reported fish.

WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Tailwater: Poor, try white Rooster Tails when the flow is good. 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: Poor to fair on main lake points with Dixie Jet Spoons, Road Runners or Worden’s Rooster Tails. Gravois Arm: Good on points and creek mouths, try Road Runners, Rooster Tails or Dixie Jet Spoons. Osage 60 MM: Good on windblown points using Mann’s Little George or similar tailspinners. Truman Tailwater: Good 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.

UPDATES – Bagnell Dam – Dam Bait Shop (573-216-2084); Lower Osage – Mike Foree @ Osage Beach Bait & Tackle (573-348-9333); Glaize Arm – Melton’s Rawhide Trading Post (873-2380); Midlake – John Blankenbeker (573-280-1455); Niangua Arm – Darrell Taylor; Gravois – Mike Foree; Upper Osage – Guide Wayne Clemons (573-345-0123); Little Niangua River – Greenmill Campground, (573-363-5577); Osage 60 MM – Osage Tackle Co. (www.superslabseries.com), (573-374-2278); Truman Dam – The Station Bait & Tackle (660-438-7664); Tourney Results – www724outdoors.com; Lake Level (573-365-9205). Compiled by Darrell Taylor.

Lake of the Ozarks

Best Fishing & Hunting Times

A. M. P. M.

Minor Major Minor Major

23 1:59 8:12 2:25 8:38

24 2:45 8:59 3:12 9:25

25 * 3:32 9:45 3:58 10:11

26 ** 4:19 10:32 4:46 10:59

27 *** (N) 5:10 11:24 5:38 11:51

28 ** 6:07 ----- 6:35 12:21

29 * 7:08 12:54 7:38 1:23

30 8:14 1:59 8:44 2:29