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Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Lake spanning Camden/Miller/Morgan/Benton counties, Missouri. 54,000 acres, 1,150 miles of shoreline. Year-round bass tournament destination; spring crappie + paddlefish snagging. Created 1931 by Bagnell Dam on the Osage River.

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Overall bite score

Scored 8 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled17
Pressure trendNOAAfalling60
SolunarComputedmoon 52% lit42
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed70
WindNOAA10
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

3 tracked species in Lake of the Ozarks, with the months each fishes best.

Bluegillabundant
Spotted Basscommon
Striped Basspresent

Water facts

TypeLake
CountyCamden/Miller/Morgan/Benton
StateMissouri
WaterFreshwater

Lake of the Ozarks SP Public Beach #1 (Kaiser), Public Beach #2, multiple commercial marinas around the perimeter. Heavy recreational traffic mid-day summer weekends. Fish dawn/dusk.

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