Fishing report for Aug. 27

Missouri

▪ SMITHVILLE: 78 degrees, clear, one-half-foot high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows in main-lake brush; bass good on creature baits in shallows off points; channel catfish good on a variety of baits in the shallows in coves; white bass fair on jigging spoons off main-lake points.

▪ TRUMAN: 80 degrees, murky on the upper end, clear at the dam, 1.6 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: hybrids good on live shad in 20 to 28 feet of water on flats; catfish good on shallow flats drifting shad. Below the dam: whites, hybrids fair to good on jigs, minnows; catfish fair on minnows, shad.

▪ NORFORK: 83 degrees, stained 13.5 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: walleyes excellent, smallmouth bass fair on white one-half ounce Bink’s Spoons in 30 feet of water or less; stripers good on 1-ounce white Bink’s Spoons in 30 to 70 feet of water on the main lake.

▪ JACOMO: High 70s, clearing, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: channel catfish very good on night crawlers off the docks in the evening and on goldfish, minnows in the mouths of the coves; bluegills good on crickets, redworms; bass fair on topwater lures early.

▪ STOCKTON: 82 degrees, clear, 21/2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on minnows in 25 feet of water in brush; bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on large plastic worms in brush piles); walleyes fair on bottom bouncers in 13 to 17 feet of water on the flats; catfish very good on fresh shad in 12 to 17 feet of water on flats; white bass good on Rooster Tails where fish are surfacing in evening.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 86 degrees, clear, 25 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass fair on jigging spoons in 20 feet of water; catfish good on limb lines with minnows, cut bait right under the surface.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, three units running all day. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area; trout good on white marabou jigs, No. 14 scuds. Below Fall Creek: trout fair drifting night crawlers.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: High 70s, clearing, near normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bluegills very good on crickets wax worms off the docks; channel catfish fair on liver, night crawlers in the dam area and the old swim beach; bass fair early on Rat-L-Traps, crankbaits.

▪ REED AREA: 74 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; crappies fair on tube jigs near brush piles.

▪ LONGVIEW: 76 degrees, 37-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair (but small) on jigs off the marina docks.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 83 degrees, fairly clear, 1 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 of water in brush; catfish poor to fair on trotlines.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 81 degrees, stained, 3 feet high. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: catfish poor to fair on shad sides, panfish; bluegills fair 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.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 80 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ MELVERN: 78 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: smallmouth, largemouth bass very good on crankbaits along banks; crappies good on minnows in 25 feet of water in brush.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 80 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: bass very good early and late on plastic baits 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.

▪ HILLSDALE: 79 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: bass fair on topwater lures early along banks; crappies fair to good on minnows in 4 to 8 feet of water in the brush; catfish good on a variety of baits lakewide.

▪ MILFORD: Low 80s, fairly clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers good on Bubbas, slab spoons where fish are surfacing early or in 25 feet of water during the day; catfish good on shad.

▪ EL DORADO: 79 degrees, murky, one-half foot high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass, wipers fair late in the day where fish are surfacing off windy points; crappies fair on jigs 8 feet down in 12 feet of water in main-lake brush.

▪ POMONA: 78 degrees, murky, near normal. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on minnows in 12 feet of water in brush; walleyes poor to fair on crankbaits on flats in 110-mile and Wolf Creek arms; channel catfish good on a variety of baits.

▪ WILSON: 78 degrees, clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers poor to fair on live shad, black salties in deep water on the main lake; catfish good on goldfish, minnows.

▪ KILL CREEK: 82 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish good on liver near the marina; bass fair on plastic baits, spinnerbaits on the south side; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in the flooded timber.

▪ PERRY: 82 degrees, clear, 11/2 feet high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs in 9 to 18 feet of water in timber and along bridges in Slough Creek and Rock Creek; white bass good on Bubbas, topwater lures early and late; catfish good drifting shad in 20 to 25 feet of water in the old Hog Trough area.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: High 70s, clear, 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 early on plastic baits, spinnerbaits along the north shore; panfish fair off the docks and along the dam.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 93 degrees mid-lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass fair on plastic baits, crankbaits.

▪ CLINTON: 78 degrees, murky, 2 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: channel catfish fair on a variety of baits lakewide.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 78 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers along dropoffs; white bass fair where surfacing; catfish good on dip baits in chum holes.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Low 80s, clearing, near normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass fair on spoons; catfish good on a variety of baits.

▪ LA CYGNE: 95 degrees in the hot-water outlet, high 80s on the main lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: bass poor to fair at dawn on a variety of baits.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 81 degrees, murky, 4 feet high. Outlook: GrandFishingReport.com reports: white bass good in the evening on Go Go Minnows, Rooster Tails off windy points; black bass fair on jigs, plastics off points; catfish good drifting shad or using juglines with shad; crappies fair but mostly small in main-lake brush and along docks.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: brown trout good on suspending stickbaits, brown jigs, sculpins; rainbow trout good on one-eighth-ounce brown, white or black jigs PowerBait, worms. Fly fishermen have been catching trout on pink or red San Juan worms.

This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 2:50 PM with the headline "Fishing report for Aug. 27."