Fishing report for April 30

Missouri

▪ TABLE ROCK: 60 degrees, clear, one-half foot high. 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.

▪ STOCKTON: 59 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs in spawning areas; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers in 3 to 8 of water off points; bass fair on jigs, Wiggle Warts in 2 to 8 feet of water; catfish good on trotlines.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 60 degrees, clear, 21/2 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies fair on jigs in 15 feet of water out from spawning banks; bass fair to good on plastic lizards along rocky banks in coves; catfish fair on jug lines, rod and reel with cut bait in 10 to 15 feet of water.

▪ NORFORK: 62 degrees, clear, 5 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: bass good on jig and pig on sunny days and spinnerbaits on cloudy days in flooded buck brush; crappies fair on jigs, minnows; stripers good on swimbaits (fish are suspended 20 feet down); walleyes poor to fair on jigging spoons along banks (most of fish being caught are small)..

▪ TRUMAN: Low 60s, slightly murky, 1.6 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks. Below the dam: crappies, hybrids good on jigs, minnows; catfish fair on cut bait.

▪ LONGVIEW: 59 degrees, 42-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off the marina docks; bass fair on soft-plastic lures in the shallows.

▪ JACOMO: 60 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows along the spawning banks; channel catfish fair on minnows during the day and blood bait at night along the dropoffs off points; black bass good on live minnows, spinnerbaits in brush; in 6 feet of water along rocky banks; walleyes good on worms along the dam; bluegills very good on crickets.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: 59 degrees, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies very good on minnows along dam, rocky banks and at the marina; channel catfish fair to good on minnows, goldfish in the coves; bass fair to good on crankbaits; hybrids fair on chicken livers; bluegills excellent on crickets in the rocky area

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, low power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on midges, San Juan worms, small jigs, glowballs. Below Fall Creek: trout good on white and orange PowerBait.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 61 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass good on square-bill crankbaits, creature baits, Brush Hogs, 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 in the back of coves; white bass fair to good on Road Runners, spinners near the Highway W Bridge.

▪ REED AREA: 61 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: crappies good on tube jigs near the brush; bluegills good on worms under bobbers; black bass, channel catfish fair; rainbow, brown trout poor to fair.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 61 degrees, clear, 9 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: smallmouth bass fair on plastic baits along windy banks (fishing is best when it’s overcast).

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 60 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks.

Kansas

▪ WILSON: Low 60s, clear, 8 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers, white perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass good on live bait in Elm and Hell creeks; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers in 25 feet of water and deeper.

▪ GLEN ELDER: High 50s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers or minnows in Schoen’s Cove and in the Sandy Beach area; white bass good on Road Runners, jigs on the west side of the lake and in Granite Creek

▪ HILLSDALE: 62 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.

▪ CLINTON: 60 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks.

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

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 60 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: trout fair on yellow PowerBait along the dam; 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 flats and off points; wipers fair on liver along the dam and on flats.

▪ MELVERN: 59 degrees, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair on jigs in 10 to 18 feet of water in brush; bass good on crankbaits in 4 mto 6 feet of water along banks; catfish poor.

▪ HERITAGE: 62 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: crappies excellent on jigs in the shallows; catfish fair on worms, stinkbait along the dam.

▪ EL DORADO: High 50s, fairly clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers, crankbaits in 8 to 20 feet of water; white perch good on jigs in shallows; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 10 to 12 feet of water; catfish fair.

▪ PERRY: High 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Tightlines Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.

▪ POMONA: low 60s, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in 10 to 15 feet of water; catfish good on cut bait, shad.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: Low 60s, slightly murky, 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 at spillway gate; white bass, wipers poor to fair.

▪ MILFORD: mid 50s, slightly murky, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Mid 50s, murky, near normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 64 degrees, fairly clear on the main lake, muddy in the creeks, 1 foot high. Outlook: Grand Fishing Report.com reports: largemouth bass very good on jigs, plastic baits along chunk-rock banks and bluffs; crappies good on jigs, plastic baits along spawning banks in the evening; catfish good on cut bait in 12 to 15 feet of water; paddlefish snagging good; catfish good on cut shad in 12 to 15 feet of water.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: Fly fishing: trout good on white or pink jigs, streamers, nymphs, ruby midges. Spin fishing: trout good on one-eighth-ounce white or gray-white jigs, stickbaits, river-slick minnows.