Fishing report for Aug. 13

Missouri

▪ TRUMAN: 84 degrees, fairly clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: hybrids good trolling fresh shad on humps and flats. Below the dam: white bass, hybrids good on topwater lures, spoons; crappies good on minnows; catfish good on shad, cut bait.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 85 degrees, murky, 1 foot 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 in shallow brush and off main-lake points; white bass good on small crankbaits, Rat-L-Traps, Pepper Spoons off main-lake points; channel catfish good on prepared baits.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 90 degrees, stained, 6 feet high. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: catfish good on shad sides, panfish; bluegills excellent on crickets in 15 to 22 feet of water on main-lake points, flats; bass poor to fair early on green-pumpkin jigs in 12 to 25 feet of water in areas with chunk rock.

▪ NORFORK: 84 degrees, clear, 15 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers good on 1-ounce white Bink’s Spoons in 60 to 80 feet of water; bass good on jig and pig in 35 feet of water on main-lake flats; catfish good on trotlines with bluegills along the banks.

▪ JACOMO: Mid 80s, clearing, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bluegills good on crickets, waxworms, redworms off the pay dock; channel catfish fair to good on hot dogs, shrimp off the pay dock and the handicap dock in the evening; bass fair on plastic worms, minnows in the shallows early and late.

▪ STOCKTON: 84 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair to good on minnows in 20 to 25 feet of water in brush; bass fair to good on plastic baits in 25 to 30 feet of water in the brush; walleyes good on bottom bouncers with night crawlers in 18 feet of water on the flats; white bass excellent where fishing are surfacing in evenings on flats, long points; catfish good lakewide.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 89 degrees, clear, 27 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass fair on jigging spoons in 20 feet of water; catfish good on limb or trotlines with goldfish, cut bait.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, 3 units running all day. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area; trout good on white marabou jigs. Below Fall Creek: trout fair drifting night crawlers.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: Mid 80s, clearing, near normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bluegills very good on crickets in rocky areas; channel catfish fair to good on liver, extra-large shiners along the dam and in the coves; crappies fair on small minnows off docks.

▪ REED AREA: 84 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: largemouth bass fair early and late on a variety of baits; bluegills, redear sunfish good on red worms under a bobber in shady areas; catfish fair on cut bait, chicken liver 2 feet under a bobber.

▪ LONGVIEW: 82 degrees, 34-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 87 degrees, fairly clear, one-half foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on minnows in 18 feet of water in main-lake brush); bass fair on Brush Hogs, jigs, plastic worms in 20 feet in brush; catfish poor to fair on trotlines.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 85 degrees, clear at the dam, dingy on the north end, 4.78 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ POMONA: 85 degrees, clear, one-half foot high. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, worms 6 inches off the bottom in 12 feet of water; channel catfish good on a variety of baits in 12 feet of water.

▪ WILSON: low 80s degrees, clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers, white bass, catfish fair to good on live bait in 20 feet of water.

▪ MILFORD: Low 80s, slightly murky on upper end, fairly clear on the lower end, 3 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass fair on jigging spoons; wipers good early and late on topwater lures; catfish good on a variety of lures.

▪ KILL CREEK: 87 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.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 86 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: bass good on 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; hybrids fair trolling crankbaits on the main lake.

▪ PERRY: 82 degrees, slightly murky, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs in 12 to 15 feet of water in brush; saugers fair on shad-colored crankbaits, jigs with night crawlers on southeast corner of dam; white bass fair where fish are surfacing; channel catfish good on shad on flats.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 87 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish fair 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: Low 80s, fairly clear, 1.4 feet high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass, wipers fair to good trolling crankbaits; white bass good early where fish are surfacing off windy points; walleyes fair to good on jigs with night crawlers on flats, off points and on road beds; catfish fair to good on liver, worms in old Bluestem Lake.

▪ MELVERN: 85 degrees, fairly clear, one-half foot high. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: catfish fair on a variety of baits; crappies fair on jigs in 20 feet of water in main-lake brush.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 93 degrees mid-lake,clear, one-half foot low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass fair on plastic baits.

▪ CLINTON: 84 degrees, clearing, 2 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: all species poor. A few small crappies are being caught.

▪ HILLSDALE: 85 degrees, slightly murky, normal. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies fair at docks; channel catfish fair to good lakewide.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 80 degrees, murky, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair where fish are surfacing; wipers, white bass fair trolling crankbaits; catfish good at the inflows.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Mid 80s, clearing, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass, catfish poor to fair.

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

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 91, clearing, normal. Outlook: GrandFishingReport.com reports: bow fishing very good along banks and in pockets; white bass good on Bendable Spoons, Go Go Minnows where fish are surfacing on the main lake; crappies good (but mostly small) on minnow, small jigs, Bendable Minnows; catfish good on cut bait in 30 feet of water on the main lake.

▪ 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 August 12, 2015 at 10:51 AM with the headline "Fishing report for Aug. 13."