Pine Lake Fishing near Bourbon, Missouri

• Overview

  Look for Pine Lake in the Crawford County part of Missouri. Elevation runs to 922 feet. It covers about 19 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Bourbon at 4.6 miles is the nearest place to stop. St. Louis is the closest city, 69 miles away. This one is safely inside the county line. Classed as a reservoir in our data.

• Where to Fish on Pine Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Open biodiversity records for Crawford County list rainbow darter, smallmouth bass, longear sunfish and meramec saddled darter. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Pine Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 77°F; the cold one sits at 29°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Pine Lake fishes to that pattern most years. Warm spells bring fish up, cold snaps push them down.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Kemp Lake sits 2.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Pine Lake.