FishingMissouri• TABLE ROCK: 47 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: bass excellent on suspending stickbaits along wind-blown banks and on four-inch white grubs in the river arms; crappies good on tube jigs off timbered points in the Long Creek arm.
• TRUMAN: 38 to 42 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Rocky Top reports: crappies good on pearl and gray jigs, minnows 25 to 30 feet down in 35 to 40 feet of water in main-lake brush. Below the dam: crappies excellent on jigs off the docks below Highway 65; walleyes fair to good, white bass, wipers fair on plastic baits in the current when there is power generation.• BULL SHOALS: 46 degrees, 10- to 12-foot clarity, one-half foot low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: largemouth, smallmouth bass good on Hot’n Tots, small plastic worms along banks.• NORFORK: 47 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in main-lake brush; bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits along the banks.• STOCKTON: 37 degrees, clear, 3 feet low. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs under schools of shad in 35 feet of water; walleyes fair on jigs in 25 to 30 feet of water under shad; bass fair on stickbaits in 12 to 15 feet of water along rocky banks.• TANEYCOMO: clear, three units running from 7 p.m. until noon,; no power generation from noon to 6 p.m. Outlook: Lilley’s Landing reports: trout good on night crawlers, minnows from Short Creek to Fall Creek and on pink micro jigs under floats in the Trophy Area.• LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 43 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in 8 to 30 feet of water and on stickbaits in the shallows in the coves.• POMME DE TERRE: 38 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Nemo Landing reports: all species poor.• SMITHVILLE: 36 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in the main-lake brush and along channel edges.• LONGVIEW: 39 degrees, 24-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.• JAMES A. REED: 33 degrees, clear, normal. Ice on lakes, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Missouri Department of Conservation reports: all species poor.• BLUE SPRINGS: 38 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Blue Springs Lake Marina reports: crappies fair in jigs off the marina docks. • JACOMO: 36 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Lake Jacomo Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.Kansas• MILFORD: 35 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Clem’s Corner reports: walleyes fair on plastic baits in the outlet; crappies fair to good on minnows in main-lake brush.• TUTTLE CREEK: 35, degrees, clear, normal; mostly ice-covered. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies good on chartreuse jigs in 25 to 30 feet of water in the brush.• POMONA: 36 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies good on jigs along channel edges.• GLEN ELDER: 35 degrees, clear, 1 foot low; 50 percent ice-covered. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair on jigs in main-lake brush.• HILLSDALE: 36 degrees clear, 2 foot low. Outlook: Crappie.com reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in main-lake brush and along channel edges.• LA CYGNE: clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports. Largemouth bass, white bass, channel catfish fair at the hot-water outlet when there is power generation. • SHAWNEE MISSION: 36 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.• KILL CREEK: 37 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.• HERITAGE: 36 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.• EL DORADO: 37 degrees, clear on the main lake, murky on the upper end, 3 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: all species poor.• PERRY: mid 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Perry Yacht Marina reports: all species poor.• MELVERN: 37 degrees, clear, 21/2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Marina reports: all species poor.• CLINTON: 36 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: all species poor.HuntingMissouri waterfowl• FOUNTAIN GROVE: 2,000 to 3,000 Canada geese. Mostly ice-covered, but not safe. Goose hunting has been poor.• SWAN LAKE: 230 mallards; 26 Canada geese. Mostly ice-covered.• SQUAW CREEK: 2,065 ducks (mostly mallards); 22,830 geese (98 percent snows). 95 percent ice-covered.• BOB BROWN: Low waterfowl numbers. Hunting has been poor.• NODAWAY: Low waterfowl numbers. Goose hunting has been poor.• GRAND PASS: 60,000 mallards; 100 Canada geese. Goose hunting has been poor.• FOUR RIVERS: No report available.• SCHELL-OSAGE: 20,000 snow geese; 200 Canada geese. Skim ice on marshes. Goose hunting has been poor.• SMITHVILLE: 75,000 snow geese; 5,000 Canada geese. Ice on lake, but starting to break up. Hunting has been fair to good in the area. • OTTER SLOUGH: 50,000 snow geese; 7,000 whitefront geese; 33,000 ducks. Goose hunting has been fair to good.Kansas waterfowl• CHEYENENE BOTTOMS: Less than 5,000 mallards; 2,000 to 20,000 geese, depending on the day. Five whooping cranes are using the wildlife area. Goose-hunting zones are closed to light-goose hunting.• MARAIS DES CYGNES: 35,000 mallards; a few geese. Ice on marshes, but not safe. Hunting has been fair to good.• NEOSHO: 10,000 to 15,000 ducks; 2,700 geese (60 percent darks, 40 percent snows). Hunting has been fair.• FLINT HILLS: 11,700 mallards; 1,500 snow geese. Hunting has been fair.• TUTTLE CREEK: 400 Canada geese; 100 mallards. Hunting has been poor.• MILFORD: 500 Canada geese; 100 mallards. Hunting has been poor.• MELVERN: 500 to 1,000 ducks; 500 Canada geese. Hunting has been fair.• HILLSDALE: 1,200 waterfowl. Hunting has been poor to fair.• CLINTON: 10,000 ducks; 2,000 Canada geese. Hunting has been fair to good.• GLEN ELDER: 30,000 mallards; 4,000 divers; 53,500 geese (75 percent snows).• KIRWIN: 45,000 snow geese; 18,000 dark geese; 12,000 mallards.• MCPHERSON VALLEY:3,000 geese (mostly darks); 250 mallards. Hunting has been poor to fair.• JAMESTOWN: No waterfowl. Ice on marshes.Read more Outdoors
Posted on Thu, Jan. 26, 2012 05:13 PM
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Fishing and hunting report for Jan. 26
Brent’s best bet
You don’t have to wait until spring to fish for bass in the Ozarks. The action has been excellent this week at Table Rock Lake. Bass have been caught on stickbaits along windy banks and on four-inch grubs in the river arms.
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