Trout Fishing Report for Bennett Spring
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May 31, 2025

by Cory Bennett   

How's Fishing?

We've had a good week of fishing. I was able to fish several times and did well. I had some great days and some “ok” days. But I did catch fish so that is a plus! This week we’ve had a little rain but the water is not up too bad. It is pretty clear but has a slight stain to it. The Niangua River is defiantly rolling but a majority of anglers have reported good fishing.

Several anglers have reported having good luck with the John Deere Mini Jig. The cream mop like always did well along with the orange mop. Glo balls were also a huge hit in Tri Colored Original, Jimi Hendrix, Apricot and also the white. The dry fly bite picked up this week with Griffiths Gnat and the blue wing olive. I tried a couple evenings and had several misses but couldn’t connect. The strip was also good with Woolys and crackleback. The key to catching fish for the last couple of weeks has been running everything deep.

In the Rooster Tails, chrome was pretty good this week. Orange glitter and Rainbow trout were also a couple repeat sales as customers reported they were working well. In zone 3 Rainbow floating magnums were working well. With the fast-moving water several anglers were sticking with baits that kept on the hook good. The anglers that were using Power Bait reported it worked well just having trouble keeping it on with the swifter water. With that being said the water has slowed down the last couple of days and salmon peach Power Bait was the ticket for several anglers.

We have a great forecast for the next couple of days with a chance of rain towards the middle of the week. Make sure to check out my live streams for current stream condition. I hope everyone has a great week. Good luck and be safe and as always, we’ll see you on the stream.




Stream conditions


BENNETT SPRING - gage height 2.45 feet
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

NIANGUA RIVER - gage height 3.70 feet
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923250/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D




Recommendations

Flies

Griffith's Gnats
Crane Fly
Zebra Midges
Pale Evening Dun
Light Cahill
Black Caddis
Bennett Blue Cracklebacks
Olive Cracklebacks
Copper Johns
Wooly Buggers- olive, brown, white, black

Zone 1 or 2

Mopflies- cream, brown, orange, chartreuse, gray, olive
Megaworms-pink and white, red, white
Bedspread jig
Opossum Hair Roaches~brown, black, white
Peacock Jigs
Original Tricolor Glo-balls
John Deere with Yellowtail

Old Gray John Deere
John Deere
Cream Delight Fur Bugs
Peach Fur Bugs
Popsicle Glo-Balls
Sherbet Glo-balls
Jimi Hendrix Glo-Balls
Hatchery Pellet with Red Dot Glo-Balls

Light Roe Glo-Balls
Egg Glo-Balls
Tricolor Sockeye Glo-Balls
Camo Glo-Balls

Pink Lady Glo-Balls
Marabou - black and yellow, brown and yellow, gingersnap, black, Shell and white, white, Tequila Sunrise (orange and yellow), , salmon and brown, John Deere (Moss and Yellow), Black and White, Olive and Black, Blue and Moss, Chartreuse and Black, olive and yellow, moss, ginger, yellow, red and white
Rooster Tails - Flame Spot, Red, Glitter Flame, Flash Blue

Zone 3
Green Pumpkin PowerBait
Bumblebee Powerbait
Hatchery Pellet Powerbait
Salmon Peach PowerBait
Fluoroscent Orange PowerBait
PowerBait Power Eggs Red, Bubblegum, White, Orange
Meal Worms
Salmon Eggs
Minnows
Worms
Shrimp




Bennett Spring Events
Bennett Spring Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring

See https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park for more Bennett Spring Events and dates



Have fun, stay safe and tight lines!

Thanks for reading,

Cory

The Guy from Weaver’s



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