Fishing report for May 7

Missouri

▪ SMITHVILLE: 63 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies excellent on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; bass good on Sweet Beavers, square-bill crankbaits, spinnerbaits in the shallows along rocky banks; channel catfish good on night crawlers; white bass good on jigs around bridges, in rocky areas and the face of the dam; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers, small crankbaits off main-lake points.

▪ JACOMO: 62 degrees, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows along spawning bank; channel catfish good at night on chicken or turkey liver and on large minnows, goldfish during the day in rocky areas; bluegills good on crickets, wax worms, redworms; black bass good (but mostly small) on minnows, artificials in the shallows.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: low 60s, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows along dam and rocky banks; channel catfish good on liver along the dam; hybrids good on swimbaits where Jacomo empties into Blue Springs Lake.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 62 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in 8 to 10 feet of water in back of coves (fish are spawning); bass good on topwater lures, plastic lizards, jigs on spawning beds behind boat docks; catfish good on cut bait in 12 to 15 feet of water.

▪ STOCKTON: 62 degrees, clear, 2 feet high Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows in spawning areas; walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers in 14 to 30 feet of water off rocky points; bass good on jigs, Zara Spooks in less than 12 feet of water from the secondary points to backs of creeks; catfish fair to good on trotlines, limb lines with prepared baits.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 60 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: bass fair to good on Ned rigs in 15 to 20 feet of water along spawning banks; smallmouth bass fair to good on paddletail swimbaits on wind-blown gravel flats; bass also fair on topwater lures before sunup in spawning coves.

▪ NORFORK: 68 degrees, stained, 2 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: bass good on creature baits in 6 to 8 feet of water along spawning banks; stripers good on topwater lures in the first two hours of the day.

▪ TRUMAN: Mid 60s, clear, 1 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; catfish good on shad, cut bait on jug lines. Below the dam: white bass, hybrids, crappies fair.

▪ LONGVIEW: 64 degrees, 1-foot clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks just inside coves and off the marina docks; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers or minnows on the flats; bass good on a variety of baits along banks; catfish fair.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, little or no generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on tan scuds, 1/16th or or 1/32nd black marabou jigs with a No. 14 black zebra midge dropper on 2-pound test line. Below Fall Creek: trout good on air-injected night crawlers or Gulp eggs (white and pink).

▪ REED AREA: 68 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: crappies fair on tube jigs near the brush and along rocky banks; channel catfish fair on a variety of baits; black bass good on a variety of baits in the shallows; bluegills and redear sunfish good on worms under a bobber.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 65 degrees, clear, 7 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass fair on jigs, crankbaits off wind-blown points and banks along old brush line.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 66 degrees, clear at dam and murky in the creeks, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs along spawning banks; muskies fair on shad-colored Shallow Invaders in 3 feet of water.

Kansas

▪ WILSON: Low 60s, clear, 8 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: smallmouth bass good on minnows in 5 to 8 feet of water; walleyes very good on pink jig heads with worms or leeches in 6 to 14 feet of water; stripers good on minnows, crankbaits on the main lake; catfish good on cut bait.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 63 to 65 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth very good on Ned rigs along rocky banks; white bass, wipers good on Vibric Rooster Tails off shallow rocky points.

▪ LA CYGNE: 65 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: bass good on plastic baits along the banks; crappies very good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; blue and flathead catfish good on setlines.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 57 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers in Schoen’s Cove; white bass good on jigs, spinners on the west end; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks in Mill Creek.

▪ HILLSDALE: 64 degrees, slightly murky, normal. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies good on minnows along spawning banks; walleyes fair on crankbaits, jigs with night crawlers in 8 to 12 feet of water; bass fair on crankbaits in the shallows; catfish good on rod and reel with cut bait.

▪ MILFORD: 63 degrees, very clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: bass very good on Chatterbaits, jigs in shallow spawning areas; walleyes fair to good on jigs with night crawlers; crappies fair.

▪ KILL CREEK: 63 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.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 64 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: 62 degrees, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: smallmouth bass good on crankbaits along rocky banks; channel catfish fair on liver, shrimp; walleye fair on night crawlers on Slow Death rigs.

▪ HERITAGE: 63 degrees, clear, 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: 61 degrees, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: crappies good along spawning banks; bass, saugers fair on Chatterbaits; catfish fair on cut baits. Heavy rains may cause changing fishing.

▪ EL DORADO: mid 60s, clear, 2 1/2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers, crankbaits in 8 to 20 feet of water on flats; channel catfish fair on a variety of baits.

▪ PERRY: Low 60s, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Tightlines Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; catfish fair on cut bait; flathead catfish hgood in the river on shad, panfish.

▪ POMONA: 65 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 10 to 15 feet of water (spawn is tapering off).

▪ CLINTON: 62 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks; walleyes fair on night crawlers along flats; bowfishing good for gar on the surface.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 60 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (fish are scattered); bass fair (but small) on plastic baits in the shallows.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 67 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jeff Williams reports: crappies good on Go Go Minnows, Crappie Kickers, minnows along spawning banks and boat docks; white bass fair to good trolling two Go Go Minnows, Rooster Tails in the Elk River; blue catfish very good in the Sailboat and Twin Bridges areas; channel catfish good on Sudden Impact prepared bait 5 feet under a bobber under schools of gar.

▪ 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 May 6, 2015 at 4:06 PM with the headline "Fishing report for May 7."