Fishing report for May 1

Bink’s Guide Service reports: crappies, smallmouth, largemouth and Kentucky bass, stripers, hybrids good on 1/4-ounce white Bink’s Spoons from the shore to 20 feet of water.

: Ozarkanglers.com reports: bass fair to good on finesse baits, Flukes, Shaky Head rigs along spawning banks; crappies fair on jigs under bobbers on gravel flats.

Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows in 2 to 6 feet of water along spawning banks in the creek arms; walleyes very good trolling Flicker Shad or casting jigs with night crawlers off points; bass good on jigs, grubs in 2 to 8 feet of water.

125 Marina reports: bass fair on Senkos on spawning beds; walleyes fair trolling crankbaits or casting jigs with night crawlers in 12 to 15 feet of water; crappies good on jigs in 12 to 15 feet of water.

Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass very good on Brush Hogs, Beavers, jigs along spawning banks; crappies fair on jigs, minnows near the banks in the afternoon and evening; channel catfish good on cut shad, liver in the creeks.

Longview Lake Marina reports: black bass very good on jig-and-pigs, jerkbaits in the shallows; crappies good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks and along spawning banks.

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Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout very good on white or brown 1/8-ounce jigs, No. 14 zebra midge flies (red or black), olive or pink microjigs. Below Fall Creek: trout good drifting with night crawlers, minnows; also on pink Trout Magnets 6 feet under a float in the Branson Landing area.

Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies very good on jigs, minnows along banks in dirty water, and in 6 to 8 feet of water in clear water; bass fair on spinnerbaits, jigs, plastic lizards along the spawning banks.

Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs under bobbers along spawning banks (fishing has slowed because of cold front and muddy water); bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on spinnerbaits, jigs); catfish fair on juglines with cut shad on main-lake flats. Below the dam: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: hybrids good on Zara Spoons, Hawgsticks.

Muskie Guide Service reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks; bass good on jig-and-pigs, plastic baits in the shallows; muskies fair.

Department of Conservation reports: crappies fair on tube jigs under bobbers over the shallow brush; bass fair on plastic baits along spawning banks; bluegills fair on worms under bobbers.

Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks and in coves.

Blue Springs Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, jigging spoons off the marina docks and in coves.

Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass good on plastic baits on the riprap; white bass excellent on crankbaits, plastic baits in the shallows; crappies fair.

Guide Vic Oertle reports: black bass good, hybrids fair on crankbaits, jigs off points on the north end; white bass good on the Republican River from the town of Milford to Clay Center.

Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: crappies fair on minnows in the Osage and Marina coves; walleyes fair on night-crawler rigs, crankbaits trolled in 10 to 15 feet of water along the face of the dam and on the south end; catfish good on minnows in the rivers; white bass good on twister tails along the causeway and in the rivers.

Bait Hut reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows along spawning banks; catfish fair to good on shad along windy banks; largemouth bass fair on plastic baits.

Melvern Marina reports: crappies good on minnows, jigs in 11 to 13 feet of water off the marina docks and 4 feet down in 8 feet of water over brush on the north end; catfish fair on minnows, shad sides.

Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along the banks.

Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows along the banks; catfish good on stink bait, sunfish along the north shore; bass fair on spinnerbaits along the banks in the morning.

Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish fair on worms, stink bait along the west side of the dam; crappies fair on spinners along the dam.

Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on minnows at the marina; bass fair on spinnerbaits in the shallows; catfish fair on stink bait, worms off the docks.

Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks; stripers fair on bucktail jigs off windy points; bass good on jerkbaits along beaver brush piles, rock piles.

Wyandotte Boats reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 18 feet of water; channel catfish fair on chicken liver, night crawlers off points; bass good on plastic baits in the shallows. (A 29-inch walleye was caught Saturday night.)

Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good, white bass and wipers fair on jigs, minnows in 6 to 8 feet of water in rocky areas.

Clinton Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks (fishing has slowed because of cold front).

: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass good on the north end; crappies fair on jigs, minnows.

Linn County Parks reports: all species poor.

Jayhawk Marina reports: all species poor.

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Jeff Williams reports: catfish good on cut shad in 6 to 10 feet of water; crappies good on Go-Go Minnows off docks and along spawning banks; black bass fair to good on a variety of baits.

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Sportsman’s White River Resort reports: rainbow trout excellent on wax worms, PowerBait; brown trout very good on Rogues, jigs.

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Bailey’s Guide Service reports: stripers good trolling live shad or umbrella rigs with white grubs in 25 feet of water. Stripers also are being caught trolling Rapalas, Bombers on flat lines with planer boards.

This story was originally published April 30, 2014 at 5:50 PM with the headline "Fishing report for May 1."