Fishing report

Taberville Report

by Bobby Dains

Dains Fish Farm

After hours 660/781-8020

The boat ramp is open. The river is down.

Fish are biting. Two campers were here three days. They set two trotlines with a variety of baits. They caught their limits of blue cats every day.

I didn’t weigh their fish but their biggest one looked to go about 40 lbs.

We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

BIG BLUE CAT – Dylan and Justin caught a 66 lb, blue cat on a trotline in the Osage at Taberville. Photo by Bobby Dains.

Caplinger Woods

by Danny Finch

417/276-3838

Fishing is slow, They are catching stripers off the bridge.

The Corps is running water every day pretty well all day.

We serve biscuits and gravy on Saturday and Sunday from when we open at 9 a.m. until we run out.

We charge $5.49 for biscuit and gravy.

We are open Monday thru Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 9-5.

Orleans Trail

by Gator Shaw

573/721-2866

We are open Monday-Thursday 8-5, Friday – Saturday 7-7, Sunday 7-5.

The lake is over 5.64 feet above pool. It’s dropped 4 ft. in the last few days, Water temp is 85 degrees.

I’m seeing lots of crappie. No walleye. Catfish are biting.

We have a 40 boat rendezvous that should show up today. It’s a high performance boat club. They’ve got half the rooms rented.