Thread: Mark Twain Lake advise

Welcome to the board rjb97
Ok now about Mark Twain Lake, there is quite a few places to stay ( Southfork, Cannon Dam, Country Inn ) and a few more, I don't know about Southfork and Country Inn but Cannon Dam will let you have pets, I just came from there, you can contact them at
Cannon Dam General Store & Cabins
42526 Cabin Road, Rt. J
Perry,
MO. 63462
(573) 565-3432
I believe they have a resident guide, If you know nothing about the lake I would recommend
Fishing right now is on and off, some people are catching there limits some are not even catching, I came home with 13 keepers, thought it was a little tough but there was severe thunderstorms Saturday early and I don't think that helped.
Depending on where you put in and fish, there is a lot of stumps in the creek arms so be careful. Water temp is around 60 down close to dam, water today was clear at dam area ( see about 2 feet down ) about middle on the lake it has more color and you can only see about 6 inches.

Lake is on a nice rise right now.........should make things interesting for sure. Next couple of weeks look really nice in terms of weather, so once the fish get acclimated to the lake levels, I'd be surprised if you didn't find some on the banks or real close.

Mongo,

What time did you get off the water? It was really gettin with it about 5:00 yesterday when we were leaving our place!


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welcome! and what mongo said.
very well said mongo

Fished Saturday from 7 - 4, poured on us...then about 10 or 11 Sun Came out, fished Pidgeon's Roost, caught most of my fish around noon in 9 to 10 fow 8' down, nothing big. Sunday fished Big Indian Creek never caught a fish, fished for about two hours and went home, about 10:00 am, didn't like the way it was looking

Originally Posted by mongo82

Welcome to the board rjb97
Ok now about Mark Twain Lake, there is quite a few places to stay ( Southfork, Cannon Dam, Country Inn ) and a few more, I don't know about Southfork and Country Inn but Cannon Dam will let you have pets, I just came from there, you can contact them at
Cannon Dam General Store & Cabins
42526 Cabin Road, Rt. J
Perry,
MO. 63462
(573) 565-3432
I believe they have a resident guide, If you know nothing about the lake I would recommend
Fishing right now is on and off, some people are catching there limits some are not even catching, I came home with 13 keepers, thought it was a little tough but there was severe thunderstorms Saturday early and I don't think that helped.
Depending on where you put in and fish, there is a lot of stumps in the creek arms so be careful. Water temp is around 60 down close to dam, water today was clear at dam area ( see about 2 feet down ) about middle on the lake it has more color and you can only see about 6 inches.

I just stayed at Country Inn Resort and it's a nice place but if I recall they don't allow pets. Here is the phone # to call (573)267-3800. We fished over Easter wknd and a big cold front came in and slowed the fishing for us, we caught fish and some over 12" but they were in 15' to 18' fow holding about 10'to12' down we got the best bites on blk/blue or blk/chartruse skirts or orange twister tails & minnows. We put in at Ray Berhenes boat ramp and fished mostly in the Indian Creek arm's Hope this helps, Good Luck And Good Fishing I'm thinking about coming back down on the weekend of the 28 I really enjoy fishing Mark Twain Lake

Thank you for your responses. Looking forward to a fun weekend and hopefully a few Crappie.

rjb97,

You should do fine on MTL by yourself. The water is around 609.3 and suppose to crest around 610 on thursday. Crappie are really pounding the bait right now. big Females staging out in 18 fow and males near structure at the banks. Went out with my dad yesterday afternoon around 4 and caught 13 keepers. We dont keep anything under 10''. Good Luck to you this weekend.

Originally Posted by dep589

rjb97,

You should do fine on MTL by yourself. The water is around 609.3 and suppose to crest around 610 on thursday. Crappie are really pounding the bait right now. big Females staging out in 18 fow and males near structure at the banks. Went out with my dad yesterday afternoon around 4 and caught 13 keepers. We dont keep anything under 10''. Good Luck to you this weekend.

welcome to the site! what area of the lake were you fishing?