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Hunting and fishing report
•NORFORK: 43 degrees, clear on the main lake, murky in the creeks, normal. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers, walleyes good on stickbaits near the Udall Bridge; black bass fair on grubs, jigs in 45 to 50 feet of water in the creek-channel swings.
•JAMES A. REED: 34 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: brown trout good on jigs, sliver and gold spoons; rainbow trout good on Power Bait.
•TANEYCOMO: 45 degrees, clear, power generation until 11 a.m. Outlook: Lilley’s Landing reports: trout good on egg flies, jigs, San Juan worms drifting in the Trophy Area and on Power Eggs below Fall Creek. When there is no current, jigs under floats, San Juan worms fished in the Trophy Area, are working best.
•THOMAS HILL: Mid 50s at hot-water outlet, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Mac’s Cove Marina: crappies fair to good on jigs at the hot-water discharge; bass good on Rat-L-Traps near warm water; hybrids fair to good on Rat-L-Traps, chicken liver in the hot-water area.
•TRUMAN: 36 degrees, murky, 4 feet high. Outlook: Rocky Top Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on pink and chartreuse jigs 30-feet down in 40 to 45 feet of water. Below the dam: walleyes poor to fair (a few are being caught on Sassy Shad).
•LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 40 degrees, clear, 3 feet low. Outlook: Fisheries biologist Greg Stoner reports: crappies good on jigs in 6 to 10 feet of water off docks.
•SMITHVILLE: 37 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks.
•BLUE SPRINGS: 36 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Blue Springs Lake Marina reports: crappies fair (but mostly small) on jigs off the marina docks.
•LONGVIEW: 36 degrees, 9-inch clarity, 1 foot high. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs off the marina docks).
•TABLE ROCK: 47 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Indian Point Marina reports: all species poor.
•JACOMO: 36 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Lake Jacomo Marina reports: all species poor.
•POMME DE TERRE: 40 degrees, murky, 7 feet high. Outlook: Nemo Landing reports: all species poor.
•STOCKTON: 38 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Mini Mart reports: all species poor.
•BULL SHOALS: 46 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Highway 125 Marina reports: all species poor.
Kansas
•WILSON: 36 degrees, clear; 3 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife and Parks reports: white bass, stripers good on jigs in Hell Creek and on the west end of the lake.
•LA CYGNE: 60 degrees at the hot-water outlet, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: white bass, wipers good on Shimmy Shad at the hot-water outlet.
•COFFEY COUNTY: 62 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 56 degrees on the main lake, clear, slightly low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: white bass good on jigging spoons.
•POMONA: 36 degrees, clear, 2 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Lighthouse Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, small spoons off the marina docks.
•CLINTON: 36 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks.
•MELVERN: 34 degrees, clear, one-half foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks.
•GLEN ELDER: 33 degrees; clear, 7 feet low. Outlook: Corner Bait and Tackle: all species poor.
•SHAWNEE MISSION: 35 degrees, clear, low. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: Trout fair on Power Bait.
•HERITAGE: 35 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Parks and Rec reports: Trout fair on Power Bait.
•HILLSDALE: 35 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Rand’s reports: all species poor.
•EL DORADO: 35 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Maynard’s reports: all species poor.
•PERRY: 34 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Perry Yacht Marina reports: all species poor.
•MILFORD: 36 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Clem’s Corner reports: all species poor.