Lake of the Ozarks Fishing Report June 20, 2025: Bass, Crappie, and More on Fire

Artificial Lure here with your Lake of the Ozarks fishing report for Friday, June 20, 2025.

The summer bite is absolutely on fire right now across the Ozarks. We’ve had a run of warm, mostly clear days with early mornings starting in the upper 60s and highs pushing into the mid-80s. Sunrise was right around 5:45 AM with sunset coming in close to 8:37 PM, giving you plenty of daylight to find a prize catch. The lake level’s been rising after a wet spring, and the dam’s still running some water, so you’ll find a good amount of current, especially down by the main channels. No tides to report in these parts, but the water movement from the dam is the key to action this week.

Bass fishing is top notch right now. Anglers are reporting strong numbers of largemouth, especially behind docks in 1-4 feet of water. The hot lure for keepers has been a wacky-rigged stick bait in green pumpkin, with some folks cleaning up flipping crankbaits in crawfish patterns along chunk rock and rip rap banks, mostly up the river arms in dirtier water. There’s been consistent success using frogs and toads early and late in the day, especially in shallow back coves and on secondary points between the 32 and 34 mile markers. Several fish in the 17 to 19-inch range have been caught and released this week, with the occasional lunker topping 19.5 inches, according to the latest reports on Omnia Fishing.

The crappie bite has slowed a bit compared to past years, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, but solid fish are still being taken off brush piles near points, especially on the Glaize Arm. Small jigs (1/32 to 1/8 oz) and live minnows are the ticket, and most keepers are right at or just above the 9-inch limit. White bass are fair—your best odds are on windy points and submerged islands using shad-imitating lures. Catfish action is steady, with blues, channels, and flatheads coming in from deeper channels and near structure, especially during night hours.

For those looking to try something different, walleye are being caught trolling bright-colored crankbaits along steep rocky points and humps—orange, white, and chartreuse are the go-to colors. Paddlefish, carp, and gar are also in play for those looking to mix it up.

Hot spots this week include the docks and shallow coves between mile markers 32 and 34 for bass, and the brush piles on the Glaize Arm for crappie. The Truman Dam tailwater is producing hybrids and occasional big bites for the adventurous.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lure. Here with your Lake of the Ozarks fishing
report for Friday, June twentieth, twenty twenty five. The summer
bite is absolutely on fire right now across the Ozarks.
We've had a run of warm, mostly clear days with
early mornings starting in the upper sixties and highs pushing
into the mid eighties. Sunrise was right around five forty

(00:21):
five am, with sunset coming in close to eight thirty
seven PM, giving you plenty of daylight to find a
prize catch. The lake level's been rising after a wet
spring and the dam still running some water, so you'll
find a good amount of current, especially down by the
main channels. No tides to report in these parts, but
the water movement from the dam is the key to

(00:42):
action this week. Bass fishing is top notch right now.
Anglers are reporting strong numbers of large mouth, especially behind
docks in one to four feet of water. The hot
lure for keepers has been a wacky rigged stick bait
in green pumpkin, with some folks cleaning up flipping crank
baits in crawfish patterns along chunk rock and rip wrapped banks,

(01:04):
mostly up the river arms in dirtier water, There's been
consistent success using frogs and toads early and late in
the day, especially in shallow back coves and on secondary
points between the thirty two and thirty four mile markers.
Several fish in the seventeen to nineteen inch range have
been caught and released this week, with the occasional lunker

(01:26):
topping nineteen point five inches according to the latest reports
on omnia fishing. The crappy bite has slowed a bit
compared to past years according to the Missouri Department of Conservation,
but solid fish are still being taken off brush piles
near points, especially on the glaze arm. Small jigs, thirty
calf to one eighthats and live minnows are the ticket

(01:49):
and most keepers are right at or just above the
nine inch limit. White bass are fair. Your best odds
are on windy points and submerged islands using shad imitating lures.
Catfish action is steady, with blues channels and flatheads coming
in from deeper channels and near structure, especially during night hours.

(02:09):
For those looking to try something different, whiley are being
caught trolling bright colored crankbaits along steep rocky points and humps.
Orange white and chartruse are the go to colors paddlefish,
carp and gar are also in play for those looking
to mix it up. Hot spots this week include the
docks and shallow coves between mile markers thirty two and

(02:30):
thirty four for bass and the brush piles on the
glaze Arm for crappy. The Truman Dam tailwater is producing
hybrids and occasional big bites for the adventurous. Thanks for
tuning in to your daily Ozark's fishing Report. Be sure
to subscribe to keep up with the bite and tight
lines out there. This has been a quiet please production.

(02:51):
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