Fishing report for April 16

Missouri

▪ TABLE ROCK: 58 degrees, off-color, normal. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: largemouth, Kentucky, and smallmouth bass excellent on suspending stickbaits, 4-inch grubs in mouths of major coves (fish are staging for spawn); crappies fair on jigs under floats in 3 to 4 feet of water along rocky banks in river arms; white bass very good on white Road Runners, small crankbaits in the rivers early and late.

▪ NORFORK: 60 degrees, fairly clear, 5 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: bass excellent on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs along the spawning banks; stripers good on swimbaits in 20 feet of water two-thirds of the way back in coves; crappies good on jigs in flooded brush.

▪ TRUMAN: High 50s, slightly murky, one-half foot high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in 12 to 20 feet of water (fish are staging for the spawn); catfish good on cut bait, shad on sand flats in 10 feet of water. Below the dam: crappies, white bass good on jigs, minnows.

▪ LONGVIEW: High 50s, 46-inch clarity, 1 foot high. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks; bass fair on plastic baits (fish are moving toward the shallows).

▪ JACOMO: High 50s, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in 6 feet of water along rocky banks (fish are staging for spawn); channel catfish fair to good at night on liver, minnows, shad on the flats; bass fair on crankbaits, jigs in the shallows.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: High 50s, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bluegills very good on redworms in rocky areas; crappies fair to good on minnows in rocky areas in the morning; bass fair to good on crankbaits, jigs, minnows along the dam.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, heavy power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: trout good on pink Trout Magnets, wooly buggers, minnow imitations in side creeks and very good on 1/8 or 3/32nd ounce jigs off Lilleys’ dock early in the morning before water flows; trout also good on big scud flies in the Trophy Area.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 52 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass good on stickbaits, square-bill crankbaits; spinnerbaits in the shallows along rocky banks and in the mouth of coves in river arms; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in Highway W bridge area, Camp Branch Marina; channel catfish good on liver, worms, shrimp in the coves; white bass good on a variety of lures along face of the dam.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 58 degrees, slightly murky, 4 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies good on jigs along spawning banks in the Gravois arm and Indian Creek; bass good on plastic centipedes, lizards, buzzbaits along the banks; catfish good on cut bait in 8 to 12 feet of water in the back of coves and on the flats.

▪ REED AREA: 58 degrees, dingy, slightly high. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: crappies fair to good on tube jigs near the brush and along rocky banks; brown trout good on minnows and a variety of lures; channel catfish fair on a variety of baits; bass poor.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 57 degrees, clear, on the main lake, dingy in the creeks, 8 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: Kentucky bass fair on jerkbaits off windy banks; crappies poor to fair on minnows in 15 to 20 feet of water in brush.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 58 to 60 degrees, dingy, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ MILFORD: High 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers good on live bait in 5 to 25 feet of water on the main lake; bass good on jigs with trailers on north half of the lake; walleyes fair on stickbaits in the dam area; crappies fair; catfish good on shad.

▪ HILLSDALE: High 50s, clear, one-half foot low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies good on minnows off the marina docks; bass good on a variety of baits in 5 to 10 feet of water in flooded timber; walleyes fair on stickbaits along face of dam; catfish good on shad.

▪ WILSON: Low 60s, clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers, white bass, smallmouth bass fair to good on jigs, crankbaits, live bait in Hell Creek, Otoe area and Elm Creek; catfish fair on shad gizzards.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 58 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows in the creeks and along the banks; channel catfish good at night on chicken livers, night crawlers off points; bass fair to good on crankbaits, plastic baits in the shallows.

▪ KILL CREEK: 58 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on minnows on the flats and along the dam; catfish fair on worms, cut bait; bass fair on jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits in the shallows; catfish fair on worms, stinkbait near the marina.

▪ GLEN ELDER: Mid 50s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair to good on jigs, small spinners on the west side of the lake and in the river; catfish good on shad in the river and on the south side.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 58 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows near the dock; bass fair on spinnerbaits in the shallows; catfish good on worms, cut bait; bass fair on jigs, spinnerbaits, plastic baits.

▪ MELVERN: High 50s, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair on jigs in 10 to 18 feet of water off the marina docks; channel catfish fair in 10 to 15 feet of water in channels.

▪ HERITAGE: 56 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish fair on worms, stinkbait along the dam.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: High 50s, clear, 2 1/2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: bass fair to good on jigs; crappies good on jigs in the evening (fish are starting to move in for spawn); white bass fair to good in the river between the lake and Waterville; catfish very good on shad.

▪ EL DORADO: High 50s near the dam, 60s on upper end, muddy on upper end, clear on the main lake, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows (fish are starting to move into the shallows to spawn); walleyes fair on jigs off windy points; white bass fair to good trolling crankbaits, casting jigs along riprap and points; catfish fair on shad along windy banks.

▪ PERRY: High 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Tightlines Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows (fish are moving toward the banks); catfish poor to fair.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: Mid 50s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth, white bass fair to good.

▪ LA CYGNE: 65 degrees at the dam, 75 degrees at hot-water outlet, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: crappies fair; white bass, wipers poor to fair (a few are being caught).

▪ CLINTON: 58 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in shallow brush and rocky areas; white bass fair to good on jigs, spinners.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 61 degrees, fairly clear on the main lake, muddy in the creeks, high. Outlook: Honey Creek Outdoors reports: paddlefish snagging good in the Twin Bridges area; bass excellent on jerkbaits, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs along spawning banks; crappies excellent on plastic baits, feather jigs, minnows along spawning banks and docks; white bass fair on plastic baits in the rivers.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, heavy power generation in the morning. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: rainbow trout good on Thomas Buoyant Spoons or drift night crawlers, pink glow worms with a yellow Power Egg; brown trout good on suspending jerkbaits, countdown Rapalas.

This story was originally published April 15, 2015 at 1:19 PM with the headline "Fishing report for April 16."