Fishing report for April 23

Missouri

▪ STOCKTON: 58 to 62 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows in 2 to 8 feet of water along spawning banks; bass very good on jigs in 1 to 10 feet of water from secondary points to back of coves; walleyes fair to good on jigs, minnows off points and in creeks; catfish good on cut bait, prepared bait.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 64 degrees, slightly murky, 4 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: bass good on a variety of baits in spawning areas; crappies good on jigs, minnows in the Gravois or Indian Creek areas; catfish good on shad in 8 to 10 feet of water.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 61 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: largemouth, Kentucky, and smallmouth bass excellent on Ned rigs, suspending jerkbaits in less than 15 feet of water in spawning pockets; crappies fair on jigs (spawn is almost over); white bass poor to fair (most of fish have left spawning tributaries and are returning to the main lake).

▪ NORFORK: 64 degrees, fairly clear, 5 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers good on spoons in 25 feet of water; bass good on topwater lures; crappies good on jigs in flooded brush.

▪ TRUMAN: High 50s, slightly murky, 2.7 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows in 3 feet of water on spawning banks; catfish good on shad. Below the dam: crappies fair on jigs, minnows at dusk; hybrids fair on spoons early and late and on cloudy days.

▪ LONGVIEW: 59 degrees, 42-inch clarity, 1 foot high. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off the marina docks; bass fair on soft-plastic lures in the shallows. A 101/2-pound walleye was caught off the marina docks.

▪ 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; channel catfish fair on shad off points; white bass good on minnows in the shallows.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: High 50s, stained, 1 foot high Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies very good on minnows along dam and rocky banks;; bass, channel catfish fair. A 20-pound flathead catfish was caught Tuesday.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, moderate power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on zebra midges under strike indicators in the shallows, 3/32-nd-ounce brown jigs or No. 12 gray scuds with egg flies. Below Fall Creek: trout good drifting Gulp Eggs.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 59 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass good on square-bill crankbaits, spinnerbaits in the shallows along rocky banks and in river arms; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along the banks in the evening; channel catfish good on liver, worms, shrimp in the back of coves; white bass good on Road Runners, spinners near the Highway W Bridge.

▪ REED AREA: 61 degrees, dingy, slightly high. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: crappies fair to good on tube jigs near the brush and along rocky banks; channel catfish fair on a variety of baits.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 58 degrees, clear, 6 feet low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass fair on Flukes, jerkbaits along the banks; crappies fair on jigs in 20 to 25 feet of water off main-lake points.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 58 to 60 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: bass fair on jerkbaits, jigs in 3 to 5 feet of water; crappies fair on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks.

Kansas

▪ GLEN ELDER: High 50s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers or minnows on the flats and dropoffs in Schoen’s Cove; white bass good in the river.

▪ HILLSDALE: 63 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in 10 feet of water in the brush; white bass good on crankbaits trolled on the main lake; catfish poor to fair; bass fair on crankbaits in rocky shallows.

▪ WILSON: Low 60s, clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers good on minnows in the Elm and Hell creek areas; white bass fair on jigs, worms in the shallows; catfish fair.

▪ MILFORD: High 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers poor to fair on live bait; white bass fair to good on jigs, spinners in the river; catfish good on shad; walleyes poor to fair on the flats.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 60 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in 10 feet of water in spawning areas; bass fair to good on Senkos, spinnerbaits along the banks; channel catfish good at night on night crawlers, liver off points.

▪ KILL CREEK: 58 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on minnows in the shallows; bass fair on spinnerbaits, soft-plastic baits; catfish fair on worms, stinkbait near the marina; trout fair on jigs, soft-plastic baits.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 58 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows on the flats and along the dam; catfish fair on worms, cut bait, liver; bass fair on spinnerbaits, plastic baits on the flats and off points.

▪ 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 in brush; smallmouth bass fair in 5 to 8 feet of water off rocky points; blue catfish fair to good on cut bait.

▪ HERITAGE: 58 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: crappies excellent on jigs in the shallows; catfish fair on worms, stinkbait.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: High 50s, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: bass good on Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits in less than 6 feet of water in areas with gravel or wood; crappies poor; catfish good on cut bait.

▪ EL DORADO: High 50s near the dam, fairly clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in the brush; walleyes poor to fair on jigs off points; catfish fair on shad.

▪ PERRY: High 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Tightlines Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks; walleyes poor to fair on jigs along rocky areas.

▪ POMONA: low 60s, murky, 3 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; wipers fair on main lake; catfish good on shad.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: Low 60s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth good; white bass good; wipers fair.

▪ LA CYGNE: 60s, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: crappies fair; white bass, wipers poor to fair.

▪ CLINTON: 56 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 61 degrees, fairly clear on the main lake, muddy in the creeks, 1 foot high. Outlook: Honey Creek Outdoors reports: paddlefish snagging good from Conner’s Bridge to Miami Park; bass very good on a variety of soft-plastic baits along spawning banks; crappies very good on jigs, minnows along banks and in the brush in boat slips.

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

This story was originally published April 22, 2015 at 4:42 PM with the headline "Fishing report for April 23."