The lake level was 658.8 (660 is normal pool level), with heavy generation, the lake should drop to 658.1 by the weekend. Truman Lake is 6-feet over pool with moderate generation scheduled. The surface temperature at Bagnell Dam is 88 degrees and 86 to 89-degrees upstream depending on the location, time of day and air temperature.
Little has changed in the fishing report except a thermocline has dropped to 30-plus feet throughout most of the lake.
LARGEMOUTH AND SPOTTED BASS – One day and two evening tournaments reported last week taking 10.3, 14.8 and 17.9-pounds to win respectively.  Lower Osage: Poor to fair, try Bulls Eye jigs and 7 or 10-inch Berkley Power Worms on rocky main lake points.  Glaize Arm: Poor to fair, try 10-inch blue-fleck Power Worms or Norman’s DD22 on points.  Mid-Lake: Fair on 7 and 10-inch blue-fleck Power Worms.  Niangua Arm: Poor, try Berkley’s 10-inch tequila sunrise Power Worm or crankbaits like Norman’s Deep Little ‘N’, DD22 or Rapala’s DT10 12 to 16-feet deep on points.  Gravois Arm: Fair, try 10-inch blue-fleck Power Worms or Norman’s DD22 on points.  Upper Osage: Fair, try football jigs tipped with NetBait’s Paca Chunk in green pumpkin color on main lake points with current.  Osage 60 MM: Poor, try green pumpkin colored 5 to 6-inch finesse worms. 
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: No reported fish.  Lower Osage: Poor on minnows.  Glaize Arm: Poor, try minnows 8 to 25-feet deep around brush.  Mid-Lake: Poor, try jigs or minnows 18 to 20-feet deep for fish suspended around points.  Niangua Arm: Poor, try Blakemore Road Runners or minnows under slip bobbers alongside docks with brush.  Gravois Arm: Poor, try minnows or jigs 8 to 25-feet deep around brush.  Upper Osage: Poor, try chartreuse and black plastic on Road Runner heads.  Osage 60 MM: Fair very early using white-and-turquoise jigs with orange heads in 15 to 18-feet deep.  Osage 89 MM: No reported fish.  Truman Dam Tailwater: Poor for both size and quantity.     
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: No reported fish.  Lower Osage: No reported fish.  Glaize Arm: Poor, look for fish running shad on windy main lake points.  Mid-Lake: No reported fish.  Niangua Arm: No reported fish.  Gravois Arm: No reported fish.  Upper Osage: No reported fish.  Osage 60 MM: Fair on windblown main lake points using 1/4-ounce Worden’s Rooster Tails or KastMaster spoons.  Truman Dam Tailwater: Fair for whites using minnows. 
WALLEYE – Niangua Arm: Poor, try trolling Norman’s Little ‘N’ or Sebile’s Koolie Minnow M90 on humps.  Osage 60 MM: No reported fish.
CATFISH – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Very good for channel cats on Sonny’s prepared bait.  Lower Osage: No reported fish.  Glaize Arm: Fair on shad sides.  Mid-Lake: Very good on rod and reel baited with nightcrawlers.  Niangua Arm: Excellent on Berkley’s Gulp! Catfish Dough or nightcrawlers, 8 to 10-feet deep in coves.  Gravois Arm: No reported fish.  Upper Osage: No reported fish. Osage 60 MM: Excellent on nightcrawlers fished on a rod-and-reel off docks or drifting. Osage 89 MM: Very good on shad.  Truman Dam Tailwater: Good on fresh bait and cut shad.
BLUEGILL – Excellent on nightcrawler pieces, Berkley’s Gulp Earthworm or small pieces of Gulp! Alive! Minnows around docks.   
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 – Riverview RV Park, (573-365-1122) – Bagnell Dam Tailwater; Osage Beach Bait & Tackle, Mike Foree, (573-348-9333) – Glaize Arm; Osage Guide Keith Enloe (573) 480-5001 - Mid-Lake; Darrell Taylor – Niangua Arm; Dahl’s Mini Mart (573) 372-6298 - Gravois Arm; Upper Osage - Guide Wayne Clemons (573) 345-0123; Osage 60 MM - Osage Tackle Co., (573) 374-2278; White Branch Marina (660-438-6344) - 89MM; the Station Bait & Tackle (660) 438-7664 - Truman Dam Tailwater; tourney results, mwbt.com/fishing/ - 7/24 Outdoors. Lake level; (573) 365-9205.