Fishing report for Oct. 5

BULL SHOALS: 77 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: Catfish fair on cut bait using jug lines; smallmouth and Kentucky bass excellent at night (7 p.m. to midnight) on topwater baits, also on spinnerbaits 8 to 10 feet down while casting from slightly deeper water. Below the dam: Cotter Trout Dock reports: four generators in use; trout fair to good on spoons (blue/silver) or  1/8 -ounce jigs. Berry Bros. Guide Service reports: No wadable water; the Narrows has been the hot spot; grasshopper season continues, also woolly buggers,Y2Ks prince nymphs, pheasant tails, midges, San Juan worms and sowbugs.

TANEYCOMO: 50s, clear, as many as three generators in use between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trout fair to good on pink Power Worms, Ozark Shad, nightcrawlers, trout beads and marabou jigs; for fly fisherman, use grasshoppers, beetles, ants, stimulators, white Mega Worms and woolly buggers.

NORFORK: 77 degrees, stained, 3 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: Black bass and crappies good to very good on  1/4 -ounce Bink’s spoons 30 to 32 feet down in Corps brush piles; walleyes good on  1/2 -ounce Bink’s spoons off secondary points; all other species slow.

LONGVIEW: 72 degrees, 35-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: Crappies very good (and good-sized) 10 to 15 feet down on jigs or minnows lakewide; catfish fair to good on liver, worms and cut shad; bluegills good on worms and crickets; all other species slow.

POMME DE TERRE: 73 degrees, varying clarity, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: All species slow.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 76 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: Bass good on soft plastics and jigs 15 to 20 feet down over main-lake brush piles; crappies excellent (and good-sized) 4 to 6 feet down on minnows or jigs over brush piles and off condo docks; all other species slow.

REED AREA: 72 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Bluegills and redears fair on worms under a bobber; channel catfish fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait; black bass fair on soft plastics near cover; crappies fair on tube jigs and minnows near brush piles and weed beds.

STOCKTON: 73 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: White bass good trolling Flicker Shads across flats; crappies fair on minnows over brush piles in 10 to 15 feet of water; walleyes fair to good on jigs and nightcrawlers in 4 to 6 feet of water off points; catfish good on fresh shad drifted across in the flats in 5 to 20 feet of water; black bass fair to good on crankbaits and soft plastics off chunk rock banks, also on square-billed crankbaits and spinnerbaits in shallow water.

JACOMO: High 60s to mid-70s, slightly stained, near normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Largemouth bass good on minnows near cover and drop-offs; channel catfish fair to good on liver and cut shad; bluegills fair on crickets in rocky areas; crappies fair to good early on jigs or minnows around the marina docks; flatheads fair to good at night on goldfish and bluegills off points and on flats; all other species slow.

BLUE SPRINGS: High 60s to mid-70s, stained, near normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Largemouth bass good on soft plastics around cover and minnows around drop-offs; hybrids fair on Alabama rigs off the dam; channel catfish fair on liver, cut shad and nightcrawlers lakewide; bluegills fair to good on red worms and crickets in rocky areas; crappies good (but small) on minnows and jigs off docks and over brush piles; all other species slow.

TABLE ROCK: 77 degrees, dingy, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Black bass fair on crank baits off chunk rock banks; all other species slow.

TRUMAN: 74 degrees, clarity varies, 1 foot low. Outlook: Cody’s Guide Service reports: Crappies fair to good on jigs and minnows lakewide fishing near the bottom; white bass fair on jigs off windy points and over humps; catfish good on rod and reel using cut shad or live shad.

SMITHVILLE: 72 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: Catfish excellent — channels on dip baits, liver and shad using rod and reel, also on goldfish, bluegills and cut bait using trotlines and limb lines, for flatheads and blues use skipjack and shad; white bass good on pepper spoons, inline spinners, Road Runners and Rat-L-Traps off windy points; crappies excellent (and good-sized) on minnows under a bobber in 10 to 15 feet of water over main-lake brush piles; all other species poor.

SHAWNEE MISSION PARK: 78 degrees, murky. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Catfish fair to good on liver or cut bait; black bass and wipers fair on live bait or jigs in deeper water; crappies poor to fair on live bait or soft plastics. Trout stocking scheduled for Oct. 25.

KILL CREEK PARK: 78 degrees, murky. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Bass fair on live bait or jigs in deeper water; crappies and panfish poor to fair on worms or soft plastics; catfish fair on liver or cut bait. Trout stocking scheduled for Oct. 25.

COFFEY COUNTY: 90 degrees at hot-water outlet, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: Smallmouth bass poor to fair; all other species slow. High winds have hindered access.

MELVERN: 73 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: Smallmouth bass and white bass fair on spoons and shallow-running crankbaits along shorelines and riprap, also fair in flooded timber near west end; channel catfish very good on cut bait or minnows around the docks and good in deeper water on liver, shrimp or cut shad; blue catfish very good on cut bait near the docks and on mud flats at northwest end of lake; walleyes fair on bottom bouncers or trolling in 6 to 7 feet of water on the west end; all other species slow.

CLINTON: 75 degrees, stained, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: Catfish good on dip baits, liver and nightcrawlers over bean holes; crappies fair on jigs in 10 to 16 feet of water in timber; wipers and white bass fair to good late vertical jigging north of the island and near old road bed; walleyes fair trolling crankbaits.

POMONA: 77 degrees, fairly clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: Catfish very good on nightcrawlers and Sonny’s dip bait on rod and reel off the docks and on limb lines; wipers good early and late on crankbaits and spoons 10 to 15 feet down; crappies fair to good (but small) on jigs off the docks.

WILSON: Low 70s, clear,  1/2 foot low. Outlook: Knotheads Baitshop reports: Stripers fair on slab spoons and live bait in shallow water; blue catfish good on rod and reel or juglines with cut bait on west end; channel catfish fair near Minooka Park on cut bait, minnows or shad sides; smallmouth bass good on Zoom Horny Toads or minnows in shallow water; walleyes fair on Lazer Eye spinnerbaits in 2 to 4 feet of water around weed beds; largemouth bass good on variety of baits lakewide; white perch excellent.

PERRY: 72 degrees, stained, 2 feet high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: Channel catfish very good in shallow water, also over bean holes on Sonny’s dip bait; crappies excellent (but small) on jigs and minnows over brush piles and off the docks; walleyes and white bass very good trolling Bubbas, also casting off windy points.

MILFORD: 74 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Wipers good early and late (late is better) where fish are surfacing on 1-ounce Double-W Shad Flutter spoons and Bubbas in deeper water at midlake; white bass good early and late, also on Double-W Shad Flutter spoons and Bubbas, in School Creek and Rush Creek areas.

HILLSDALE: 73 degrees, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: Crappies very good (but small) on jigs lakewide; channel catfish and flatheads very good on variety of baits; walleyes good on nightcrawlers in 10 to 12 feet of water off points and on flats.

LA CYGNE: 70s, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: White bass good; blue catfish good (and good-sized); all other species slow.

GLEN ELDER: 66 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks & Tourism reports: Walleyes fair to good early and late on jigs or crankbaits, also baited jigs, off main-lake points and shallow drop-offs; catfish fair to good over bean holes and drifting dip baits or shrimp over the flats between Granite Creek and the causeway; white bass good to excellent on variety of lures and methods; black bass good in shallow water on jig-and-pigs, Ned rigs, soft plastics and spinnerbaits.

TUTTLE CREEK: 76 degrees, stained, 3  1/2 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Channel catfish good over bean holes on dip baits; white bass spotty; all other species slow.

WYANDOTTE: 74 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boat Rental reports: Catfish good lakewide on nightcrawlers, minnows or liver; crappies spotty on jigs and minnows in 18 feet of water; black bass good (but small) on a variety of baits; bluegills good on wax worms, meal worms and crickets, also fly fishing.

EL DORADO: 70s, fairly clear, 2  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks & Tourism reports: Crappies good on jigs in 8 to 11 feet of water in timbered creek channels; blue catfish fair on cut bait near flooded creek channels; channel catfish good 8 to 14 feet down over bean holes; wipers and white bass fair to good trolling crankbaits along ledges or old roads or casting soft plastics off windy points; walleyes fair trolling crankbaits over submerged roads, humps and ledges.

This story was originally published October 4, 2017 at 5:01 PM with the headline "Fishing report for Oct. 5."