Fishing report for March 19

Missouri

▪ NORFORK: 55 degrees, muddy in the creeks, clear on the main lake, clear, 4 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: bass good on jerkbaits along the banks; stripers good at night on jerkbaits along the banks; walleyes good on jerkbaits, jigs in 15 to 20 feet of water on pea gravel in the river (fish are spawning).

▪ LONGVIEW: 50 degrees, 47-inch clarity, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies excellent on jigs 15 feet down in 28 feet of water off the marina docks and in the timber where the the Little Blue River enters the reservoir.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, one-half unit running most of the day. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on sculpin-colored jigs and size 16 to 18 gray scuds, black midges. Below Fall Creek: trout good on yellow and white or pink and chartreuse PowerBait or air-inflated night crawlers.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 45 degrees, clear, 11/2 feet low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: bass good on paddletail grubs on one-quarter-ounce jigheads 25 feet down in 50 feet of water in pole timber off main-lake points.

▪ REED AREA: 50 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: brown trout good on minnows; rainbow trout good on PowerBait; crappies good on jigs under bobbers; channel catfish fair.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 42 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs off the marina docks at Camp Branch Marina and in brush from Highway W bridge to Sailboat Cove.

▪ TRUMAN: low 40s, clear, 1/2 foot high. Outlook: Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, grubs. Below the dam: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: catfish fair on cut shad near the Oar House; walleyes, white bass fair on jigs in the current.

▪ JACOMO: Low 40s, clear, normal. Outlook: Jacomo Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigging spoons, jigs off the marina docks.

▪ STOCKTON: 43 degrees on the main lake, 50s in the creeks, clear on the main lake, stained in the creeks, 3 feet low. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs in 8 to 16 feet of water in pre-spawn areas; bass fair on jigs, jerkbaits in 10 to 12 feet of water off main-lake points and chunk-rock banks; walleyes good on stickbaits in 6 to 12 feet of water late in the evening off main-lake points.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 45 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: white bass good on jerkbaits along windy banks in the bigger creeks.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: High 40s, clear, normal. Outlook: Blue Springs Lake Marina report: crappies fair to good on jigs 6 feet down in 12 feet of water and deeper. Best fishing has been in the afternoon.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 43 degrees, clear, 21/2 feet low. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: crappies poor to fair on minnows, jigs in 25 to 30 feet of water in the brush; walleyes poor to fair on jerkbaits in 5 to 10 feet of water (fish are staging for spawn.)

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 42 degrees, clear, 51/2 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ MILFORD: 40s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: walleyes fair on stickbaits at dusk along the dam; catfish excellent on shad on the flats.

▪ HILLSDALE: Low 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies good on jigs in 16 feet of water off the marina docks and in brush on main lake; walleyes fair along the dam.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 49 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: trout good on Power Bait lakewide; channel catfish very good on shad sides, night crawlers on the Grassy Slope.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Low 40s, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Vice Oertle reports: catfish excellent on shad in the shallows.

▪ CLINTON: 43 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies, white bass good early and late on jigs in rocky areas, brush.

▪ POMONA: 44 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Harbor Marina reports: crappies good on jigs in 12 to 15 feet of water off the marina docks.

▪ MELVERN: 41 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Marina reports: crappies very good on Bobby Garland Patriot-colored jigs in 18 to 20 feet of water off marina docks and on minnows in 12 to 16 feet of water in main-lake brush.

▪ WILSON: low 40s clear, 8 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: stripers good, walleyes fair to good on slab spoons, swimbais on the west side of Lucas Point and in Hell Creek area; channel catfish good on shad in Elm Creek, Minooka area and Lou’s Point.

▪ KILL CREEK: 52 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: trout fair early on yellow and orange PowerBait and a variety of silver, flashy lures; crappies, bass fair on jigs.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 55 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: trout fair early on yellow PowerBait, silver Little Cleos, largemouth bass fair on Little Cleos, spinners.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 38 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: catfish good on shad sides in the river; all species poor on the lake.

▪ EL DORADO: 48 degrees, clear, 21/2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies good on jigs in 4 to 5 feet of water in the creeks and in 18 to 20 feet of water in main-lake brush; blue catfish fair on cut bait in the windy shallows.

▪ PERRY: High 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in 12 to 16 feet of water along Highway 92 and in the Rock Creek area; white bass fair on twisters, jigs in the creeks; saugers fair on twisters in rocky areas and in river; channel catfish fair to good on shad.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: Low to mid 40s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: white bass fair to good on twisters, spinners, jigging spoons in rocky areas; smallmouth, blue cat and wipers poor to fair.

▪ LA CYGNE: 40s on the main lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 48 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Pritchard’s Guide Service reports: paddlefish snagging good to excellent along the main river channel from Sailboat Bridge to Patricia Island; white bass very good on Go-Go Minnows in the Neosho and Spring rivers; blue catfish good on shad in the main river channel.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: fly fishing: trout good on white or pink jigs, streamers and sculpin pattern flies. Ruby midges and squirrel nymphs also have worked. Spin fishing: trout good on 1/8-ounce white or white-gray jigs, spoons. Brown trout good on stickbaits, Rapalas.

▪ BEAVER (ARK.): High 40s, clear, 3 feet low. Outlook: Joe Farkas Striper Guide Service reports: stripers good on minnows, shad in the back of coves and feeder creeks; walleyes good trolling Flicker Shad crankbaits in the mid-lake area.

This story was originally published March 18, 2015 at 1:27 PM with the headline "Fishing report for March 19."