Fishing and hunting report for Dec. 14

BULL SHOALS: Mid-50s, clear, 7 feet low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: Smallmouth bass good overnight on jigs and jig-and-pigs off the bluffs and on topwater baits late afternoons and early evenings. Below the dam: Cotter Trout Dock reports: Light generation; rainbow trout fairly good on PowerBait, shrimp, Little Cleos (gold) and hammered spoons (silver blue). Berry Bros. Guide Service reports: Significant wadable water; Buffalo Shoals is the hot spot; woolly buggers, Y2Ks, prince nymphs, pheasant tails, midges, San Juan worms and sowbugs.

TANEYCOMO: 54 degrees, fairly clear, morning generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trout fair to good on pink Power Worms and Powerbait (orange/white); for fly fisherman, zebra midges, thread midges and microjigs (dark colors), all fished under a bobber.

NORFORK: 55 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: Stripers good on Bink’s spoons or swimbaits casting or trolling 35 to 40 feet down on main-lake flats; black bass good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits fished near shorelines; crappies good on jigs or minnows 25 to 30 feet down over Corps brush piles.

LONGVIEW: 45 degrees, 34-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: Crappies good to very good (and good-sized) on jigs off the docks; channel catfish fair on cut bait off the docks; all other species slow.

POMME DE TERRE: 50 degrees, fairly clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: Crappies fair on jigs or minnows off the bluffs; all other species slow.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 50s, clear, 5 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: Crappies excellent (and good-sized) 4 to 6 feet down on minnows or jigs over brush piles and off condo docks; bass good on jigs, spinnerbaits or jerkbaits in 3 to 20 feet of water off chunk-rock points; all other species slow.

REED AREA: 36 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Crappies good on tube jigs and minnows near brush piles and weed beds; all other species slow.

STOCKTON: 52 degrees, clear, 4 feet low. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: Crappies good on jigs or minnows in 16 to 18 feet of water over brush piles; all other species slow.

JACOMO: Low to mid-40s, slightly stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies good on minnows or jigs off pay docks; walleyes fair on minnows around the marina; all other species slow.

BLUE SPRINGS: Low to mid-40s, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies fair to good on minnows or small jigs off marina docks; all other species slow.

TABLE ROCK: High 50s, off-color, 2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Bill Babler reports: Black bass good on suspending jerkbaits off windy banks, also 50 feet down in creeks; all other species slow.

TRUMAN: 46 degrees, slightly stained, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Bob Bates reports: Crappies excellent (and good-sized) on Swarm jigs off the bluffs in 20 to 25 feet of water (shad are gathering at those locations, and fish are gorging themselves); blue catfish very good on live or cut shad 25 to 30 feet down; all other species slow.

SMITHVILLE: 38 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Camp Branch Marina reports: White bass good on jigs or minnows on the flats and near bridge pillars or riprap, also off the pay docks; crappies good on jigs (chartreuse is best) or minnows off the pay docks; all other species slow.

COFFEY COUNTY: 69 degrees at hot-water outlet, clear, 4 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: White bass and largemouth bass good, blue catfish fair to good; all other species slow. High winds have hindered access.

MELVERN: 47 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: Crappies fair on minnows and dark-colored jigs off the docks; white bass poor to fair in areas near flooded timber at the west end; channel catfish fair lakewide on cut bait; smallmouth bass fair on spoons and shallow-running crankbaits along shorelines and riprap; largemouth bass fair on shallow-running crankbaits near rocky shorelines, also on jigs around the docks; all other species slow.

CLINTON: 40s, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: White bass fair late on jigging spoons and crankbaits off windy, rocky points or over roadbeds; crappies fair (but small) on jigs off the marina docks; all other species slow.

WILSON: 43 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot high. Outlook: Guide Dale Hines reports: Stripers good on slab spoons near drop-offs and humps; all other species slow. High winds have hindered access.

PERRY: High 40s, clearing, 2 feet high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: White bass fair off the Rock Creek docks; crappies very good (and good-sized) on smaller jigs or minnows off docks; all other species slow. High winds have hindered access.

MILFORD: 42 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: Catfish fair to good (blues on cut bait 30 to 40 feet down near channel ledges; channels on nightcrawlers 10 to 20 feet down); crappies fair to good on jigs or minnows 10 to 25 feet down off points or over ledges or brush; walleyes fair on spoons, nightcrawlers or crankbaits 20 to 30 feet down on flats and off points; white bass and wipers fair to good on jigs or spoons off windy points or over channel ledges; smallmouth bass fair on jigs off gravel banks and points; largemouth bass fair on jerkbaits or jigs off secondary-creek points and ledges.

HILLSDALE: 42 degrees, fairly clear,  1/2 -foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: Crappies poor to fair on jigs and minnows around the docks; channel catfish good on nightcrawlers or dip baits on bottom of river channels; walleyes good on nightcrawlers off points and near shad schools; all other species slow. High winds have hindered access.

LA CYGNE: 59 degrees at the hot-water outlet, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: Crappies good on minnows or jigs; largemouth bass fair to good; all other species slow.

GLEN ELDER: 44 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: Trout good on nightcrawlers or PowerBait; all other species slow.

TUTTLE CREEK: 48 degrees, stained, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: Crappies fair on jigs or minnows 12 to 15 feet down off points and over brush; catfish poor to fair in upper end; trout good on PowerBait, corn or minnows; all other species slow.

BOB BROWN: 49,350 ducks, mostly mallards. Last week, 57 hunters averaged 1.9 ducks apiece.

NODAWAY VALLEY: 34,690 ducks, mostly mallards; 325 snow geese. Last week, 34 hunters averaged 1 duck apiece.

LOESS BLUFFS: 39,946 ducks, mostly mallards; 106,280 geese, mostly snow geese.

MONTROSE: 7,000 ducks, mostly divers; 7,700 snow geese. Last week, 32 hunters averaged 2.5 ducks apiece.

FOUR RIVERS: 55,525 ducks, mostly mallards. Last week, 52 hunters averaged 2.8 ducks apiece.

SCHELL-OSAGE: 23,275 ducks, mostly mallards; 3,250 geese, mostly snow geese. Last week, 98 hunters averaged 1.1 ducks apiece.

GRAND PASS: 175,000 ducks, mostly mallards; 275 geese, mostly Canada geese. Last week, 112 hunters averaged 3.2 ducks apiece.

FOUNTAIN GROVE: 58,000 ducks, mostly mallards; 5,525 geese, mostly snow geese. Last week, 103 hunters averaged 0.6 ducks apiece.

SWAN LAKE: 23,795 ducks, mostly mallards; 28,662 geese, mostly snow geese. To access the online draw, go to https://swanlake.recaccess.com/

CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 10,000 to 20,000 ducks, mostly mallards and pintails; 50,000 to 100,000 geese, mostly snow geese. Duck season reopens Saturday; marshes have been icy.

MARAIS DES CYGNES: 40,000 ducks. Nov.27-Dec. 4, 181 hunters averaged 0.8 ducks apiece.

NEOSHO: 25,000 ducks, mostly mallards; 500 geese, mostly white-fronted geese.

PERRY: 7,500 ducks, mostly mallards. Marshes have been icy.

TUTTLE CREEK: 100 ducks; 100 geese.

MILFORD: 425 ducks; 625 geese.

QUIVIRA: 7,515 ducks, mostly mallards; 43,194 geese, mostly Ross’ and snow geese; 250 sandhill cranes.

MELVERN: 175 mallards.

This story was originally published December 13, 2017 at 2:40 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Dec. 14."