Fishing report for July 30

Missouri

▪ TABLE ROCK: 87 degrees, clearing, 9 feet high. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: catfish excellent on trotlines, jug lines with panfish; bluegills excellent on crickets off long gravel points; largemouth, smallmouth, Kentucky bass very good on horsehead underspins or green-pumpkin jigs in 15 to 22 feet of water off long gravel points; walleyes fair to good on night crawlers off points.

▪ NORFORK: 87 degrees, clear, 16 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers excellent on Bink’s Spoons in 60 feet of water; bass good on swimbaits in 35 feet of water; walleyes good on white Bink’s Spoons in 32 feet of water; catfish fair on juglines in 25 feet of water on cut bait off main-lake points.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 80 degrees, murky, 3 feet high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows in 10 to 12 feet of water in main-lake brush; bass good on crankbaits, Brush Hogs, jigs shallow brush and main-lake points; white bass fair to good on small crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Pepper Spoons off main-lake points; catfish good on prepared baits; flathead catfish good on bluegills and goldfish.

▪ JACOMO: Mid 80s, clearing, slightly high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: channel catfish very good on blood bait, dip bait, chicken livers by the marina dock at night and in the coves; flathead catfish good on shiners, goldfish on the deep flats at night; crappies fair on minnows in brush; bass fair on shiners early.

▪ TRUMAN: 84 degrees, murky, 9 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: wipers good on jigs, spoons on main-lake humps; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows 10 to 15 feet down in deep water along the bluffs; catfish good on cut bait. Below the dam: catfish good on cut bait; wipers fair on jigging spoons.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: Mid 80s, clearing, one-half-foot high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bluegills very good on crickets in rocky areas; channel catfish fair to good on dip baits, liver, minnows lakewide; crappies fair on minnows off the docks.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, heavy releases; 4 units running. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: trout fair on air-injected night crawlers, pink Trout Magnets drifting in the channel.

▪ STOCKTON: 85 degrees, clear, 4 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers, bottom-bouncers in 15 to 20 feet of water; bass fair on large plastic worms in deep brush piles; crappies fair on minnows in 20 feet of water in brush piles; catfish good drifting fresh shad in 10 to 20 feet of water on flats.

▪ LONGVIEW: 78 degrees, 34-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks; walleyes poor to fair (a few are being caught on night crawlers).

▪ REED AREA: 82 degrees, dingy, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: largemouth bass fair early and late on a variety of baits; bluegills, redear sunfish fair on red worms under a bobber; catfish fair on cut bait 2 feet under a bobber.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 84 degrees, murky, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: bass fair on jigs, plastic worms, crankbaits in 12 to 15 feet of water off main-lake points and along bluffs; crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on on minnows in 15 to 18 feet of water in brush); catfish good on rod and reel, juglines, trotlines with cut bait in 25 feet of water.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 86 degrees, clear, 14 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 91 degrees, clear, 30.8 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ MILFORD: Mid 80s, clearing, 2 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white, wipers good early and late on Bubbas, topwater lures; smallmouth bass fair to good on crankbaits, jigs off rocky points and in pockets; catfish good on cut shad lakewide.

▪ WILSON: 83 degrees, clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers good on live bait in 25 to 35 feet of water; catfish good on a variety of baits lakewide; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers in 18 feet of water.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 85 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass good on minnows under lights at night; walleyes fair to good on crankbaits, trolling crankbaits and on shiners fished vertically in 20 feet of water along dropoffs; catfish good on dip bait in the chum holes.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Mid 80s, muddy, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: most species good on live bait in the Rocky Ford area.

▪ POMONA: 85 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs in 6 feet of water in the brush; catfish good on night crawlers; walleyes poor to fair (a few are being caught on crankbaits trolled on the main lake).

▪ WYANDOTTE: 86 degrees, murky, near normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: bass good on topwater lures early, plastic baits during the day in the weeds; channel catfish fair at night on worms, liver, shad, prepared baits; bluegills good on crickets, red worms, wax worms.

▪ PERRY: 82 degrees, slightly murky, normal. Outlook: Tightlines Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on minnows in 6 feet of water in the brush; channel catfish fair on night crawlers lakewide.

▪ KILL CREEK: 85 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish good on liver, cut bait along the north shore and in the flooded timber on the south side; bass fair early on spinnerbaits, plastic baits on the south side; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in the flooded timber.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 85 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish good on cut bait, stinkbait in the south cove and along the north shore; bass fair on plastic baits along the north shore; panfish fair off the docks and along the dam.

▪ EL DORADO: 83 degrees, slightly murky, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: wipers, walleyes fair trolling crankbaits; catfish fair on shad, cut bait.

▪ MELVERN: 84 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on minnows in 15 feet of water off the marina docks).

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 90s at the hot-water outlet, 85 degrees mid-lake, clearing, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass poor to fair.

▪ CLINTON: 84 degrees, clearing, 2 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ HILLSDALE: 88 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ LA CYGNE: 95 degrees in the hot-water outlet, high 80s on the main lake, clearing, normal. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): High 80s, clearing, near normal. Outlook: GrandFishingReport.com reports: bow fishing very good along banks and in pockets; white bass good on 2-inch Go Go Minnows, topwater lures early and late; crappies good on minnows in 15 feet of water along banks.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: brown trout good on suspending stickbaits, No. 7 gold countdown Rapalas; rainbow trout very good on night crawlers. Fly fishermen have been catching trout on pink or red San Juan worms.

This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 6:46 PM with the headline "Fishing report for July 30."