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Bull Shoals (West):

85 degrees, high, clear; Dam/Swan Creek area: black bass fair on nightcrawlers and soft plastic baits; Beaver Creek area: black bass fair on jigs, soft plastics and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/30/2011)

Lake Taneycomo:

59 degrees, normal, clear; trout good on chartreuse/bubble gum Power Baits, floating nightcrawlers, olive/white marabou jigs, and orange glo balls; night fishing is good up near the dam stripping wooly buggers and using black/chrome or blue/chrome Rogues. (Report made on 9/1/2011)

Pomme de Terre:

82 degrees, low, clear; crappie fair on minnows and jigs in 15′ of water around structure; largemouth bass slow, best on plastic baits in 15′ of water around structure and near points; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/31/2011)

Stockton:

75 degrees, low, clear; catfish good while drifting along flats in 15′-20′ of water; crappie good on minnows in 15′-20′ of water over brush piles; black bass good in 15′-20′ of water over brush piles; white bass good while trolling with jigs; walleye good on jigs and nightcrawlers on flats and around points in 15′-25′ of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/31/2011)

Table Rock (James River arm):

83 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair while dragging soft plastic crayfish around points; live nightcrawlers and live crayfish are working well in 25′ or more of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/30/2011)

Table Rock (main lake):

83 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass fair while dragging soft plastic crayfish around points; live nightcrawlers and live crayfish are working well in 25′ or more of water; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/30/2011)

RIVERS

Big Niangua:

75 degrees, normal, clear; trout good on natural baits and Power Baits below Bennett Spring; black bass fair on soft plastics; goggle-eye fair on soft plastics and jigs; all other species slow. (Report made on 8/31/2011)

James River (lower):

84 degrees, low, clear; goggle-eye good on minnows and spinners around rootwads and rocky structure; black bass fair on crankbaits off of points and Texas rigged with live worms and dark colored soft plastic worms in the evening; crappie fair on green jigs and minnows over brush piles; catfish fair on cut baits and nightcrawlers; best at night on trotlines and limb lines. (Report made on 8/31/2011)

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