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Missouri

Thomas Hill Reservoir

Thomas Hill Reservoir is a 4,016-acre Missouri reservoir in Macon County where creek arms drive the spring and fall largemouth movement.

Surface
4,016acres
Primary species
Largemouth
§ 01Today on the water · Thomas Hill Reservoirvia Open-Meteo · 03:15 local
Air temp
78.5°F
Barometric
29.96″
→steady 24h(-0.05)
Wind
5mph
from SSW
Moon
Waxing Crescent
day 4.0 · 17% lit

Air conditions sampled near the lake center, not measured on the water · refreshed ~15 min

§ 03Next 3 daysvia Open-Meteo · interpretation
  1. 17
    julFri

    Stable window

    hi 90° · lo 70°

    Anytime through the day. Quiet weather day; lean on seasonal pattern and structure.

    ── light sw wind · settled

  2. 18
    julSat

    Stable window

    hi 95° · lo 73°

    Anytime through the day. Quiet weather day; lean on seasonal pattern and structure.

    ── light sw wind · settled

  3. 19
    julSun

    Watch the wind

    hi 95° · lo 75°

    Lean into wind-fed shorelines, all day. Wind drives bait position today; pick the shoreline taking it.

    ── stiff w wind

§ 04Field notesMissouri

Where it is

Thomas Hill Reservoir sits in Macon County, Missouri, covering about 4,016 acres. The fish move with the calendar, and the productive water moves with the fish.

Seasonal pattern

Spring. Thomas Hill Reservoir's creek arms warm first, and Macon County largemouth follow them in — staging on the funnels, then spawning through protected pockets as mid-spring settles.

Summer. Reservoir summers here mean fish sliding off the banks by mid-morning; submerged wood on the deeper edges of its 4,016 acres carries the middle of the day.

Fall. Bait pushes back up the creek arms and the bass go with it — the reservoir's most movement-heavy stretch of the year.

Winter. North-central Missouri cold slows everything down; deep structure and a patient presentation define the season.

Key structure

  • Creek and cove mouths that funnel fish and bait
  • Weed edges and the clean lines along them
  • Inside turns where a bank changes angle
  • Submerged wood, brush, and laydown cover

The calendar decides which of these is worth time on a given day.

Forage

The forage base on Thomas Hill Reservoir is baitfish and panfish; largemouth stay with those schools as they shift.

Access

Public launch points exist around Thomas Hill Reservoir; verify current conditions and water levels through local sources before a trip.

Regulations

Check current state and local regulations before fishing; limits and seasons can change.

§ 05Sources & field guides

Field guides

Data & references

  • Today's conditions — Open-Meteo, refreshed every ~15 min
  • Moon phase — local astronomical calculation, no external API
  • Lake area, depth, structure — Identity, surface area, coordinates and county/state are from the ProjectD canonical waterbody index (snapshot conus-20260518-v1, group gnis:00727587). Maximum depth and regulation links were not available from an acceptable source and are intentionally omitted.
  • Regulations — verify current state and local regulations before fishing

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