Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 13

Fishing

Missouri

▪ TABLE ROCK: 66 degrees, clear, 4 feet low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: bass very good on jigging spoons, grubs in 40 to 60 feet of water in creek channels; also fair on spinnerbaits in the shallows early and late; white bass good on jigging spoons in 30 to 35 feet of water in James River arm.

▪ STOCKTON: 59 degrees, clear, normal. 3 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies good on jigs, grubs in 20 feet of water along bluffs and channel dropoffs; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers, Rat-L-Traps in 6 to 8 feet of water off rocky points and banks; bass fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits in 10 feet of water.

▪ NORFORK: 62 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers excellent on 3/4-ounce white Bink’s Spoons in 30 feet of water on main-lake flats; crappies excellent on on 1/4-ounce Bink’s spoons in 25 to 35 feet of water in the brush and off points; bass good on creature baits along steep banks.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 60 degrees, clear, 5 feet low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: Kentucky bass good on topwater lures, shallow-running crankbaits in 15 to 20 feet of water; catfish fair on jug lines with cut bait in 10 to 12 feet of water.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 52 degrees, stained, slightly high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs off the docks at Camp Branch and Little Platte marinas and in Saliboat Cove.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 58 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies good on chartreuse jigs in 12 to 15 feet of water in the brush and along bluff ends; catfish fair to good on cut bait drifting in 35 to 45 feet of water on main lake.

▪ TRUMAN: 53 degrees, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies fair on chartreuse and pink or black and purple tube jigs in 15 to 25 feet of water along bluffs; white bass, hybrids fair to good on Rooster Tails, Rat-L-Traps in 1 to 4 feet of water off windy points and in the dam area; catfish poor to fair (a few are being caught on cut shad in 6 to 12 feet of water on the flats.

▪ TANEYCOMO: 49 degrees, clear, steady power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on white jigs drifted from the dam to the mouth of Fall Creek, also on scud, zebra midge flies when the power generation is low. Below Fall Creek: trout good on Trout Magnets, marabou jigs under floats; also on air-injected night crawlers and Power Bait.

▪ LONGVIEW: 52 degrees, 53-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.

▪ REED AREA: 55 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: area is closed to fishing during the managed deer hunts Nov. 11-14 and Nov. 17-21.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 60 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: 52 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.

▪ JACOMO: Low 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.

Kansas

▪ WILSON: Upper 50s, clear, 8 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers good on slab spoons, jigs in 20 to 30 feet of water from Lucas Point to the dam; smallmouth bass good on live bait, crankbaits in rocky coves; catfish good lakewide.

▪ MILFORD: 55 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass, wipers fair to good on on spoons, Bubbas and blade baits.

▪ WYANDOTTE: Low 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs on the main lake.

▪ MELVERN: 55 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Melvern Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught in 18 to 20 feet of water); channel, blue catfish fair on crappie entrails, chicken livers.

▪ CLINTON: Upper 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: crappies poor to fair in 15 to 18 feet of water in the brush; white bass fair trolling crankbaits in coves.

▪ HILLSDALE: Upper 50s degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies fair on minnows in 6 to 10 feet of water in brush and off docks; catfish poor to fair on a variety of baits lakewide.

▪ GLEN ELDER: Upper 50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigging spoons in the Granite Creek and Rock creek arms and along the causeway).

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 55 degrees on the main lake, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass fair, wipers poor to fair.

▪ POMONA: Mid-50s, murky, 1 foot low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows off docks.

▪ EL DORADO: Upper 50s, clear, 1.7 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass, wipers fair trolling crankbaits; walleyes fair trolling crankbaits or using jigging spoons in 12 to 20 feet of water; crappies fair to good on jigs in 10 to 15 feet of water in brush.

▪ PERRY: 53 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass fair to good on Road Runners off rocky points and humps; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in brush along creek channels.

▪ LA CYGNE: Upper 60s midlake, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks: white bass, wipers good on jigs at the hot-water outlet; largemouth bass poor to fair; crappies fair on jigs along the dam and in the inlet area; catfish fair on cut bait lakewide.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: Low 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ KILL CREEK: Low 50s, 1- to 2-foot clarity, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ HERITAGE: low 50s, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: Upper 50s, degrees, muddy, 4 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (Okla.): 55 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Rusty Pritchard reports: blue catfish good on cut shad drifted on the main lake; crappies fair on Go-Go Minnows in 10 to 15 feet of water in brush.

▪ WHITE RIVER (Ark.): Clear, 2 to 3 generators running most of the day. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: brown, rainbow trout very good drifting redworms, fly fishing with San Juan worms or jigs, and casting countdown Rapalas, Thomas Buoyant Spoons. Brown trout weighing 19 and 17 pounds were caught on successive days out of Gaston’s.

▪ BEAVER LAKE (Ark.): 61 degrees, clear, low. Outlook: Bailey’s Guide Service reports: stripers fair trolling live shad up to 30 feet deep; walleyes, stripers fair on 1-ounce Bink’s spoons worked through shad schools.

Hunting

Missouri

▪ FOUNTAIN GROVE: 7,095 ducks as of last count on Monday. However, staff indicated many ducks arrived Tuesday and Wednesday. 40 positions are being hunted (23 water blinds and 17 walk-ins). Hunting has been good. On Tuesday, 99 hunters shot 347 ducks.

▪ SQUAW CREEK: 72,000 ducks (mostly mallards and pintails); 7,900 geese (half snows, the rest darks).Water and habitat conditions good.

▪ SWAN LAKE: No updates available, but staff indicated many ducks and geese have arrived with the cold front. Good water, habitat conditions.

▪ BOB BROWN: 35,700 ducks (mallards starting to show up). Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been good. On Wednesday, hunters averaged 4.81 ducks per person.

▪ NODAWAY VALLEY: 14,410 (mix of dabblers); no geese. Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been good. On Tuesday, hunters averaged 4 ducks per person.

▪ GRAND PASS: 120,000 ducks (mostly mallards). Twenty-three positions are being hunted. Hunting has been very good. On Wednesday, hunters averaged 4.72 ducks per person.

▪ FOUR RIVERS: 22,400 (50 percent green-winged teal, 40 percent mallards)). Hunting has been fair to good. On Tuesday, 46 hunters shot 157 ducks in the draw areas.

▪ SCHELL-OSAGE: 30,00 to 35,000 ducks (50 percent mallards). Hunting has been good. On Tuesday, hunters averaged 3.4 ducks per person.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 10,000 ducks (mix of species); 2,000 geese. Hunting has been good. Marshes have good water.

▪ MONTROSE: 542 ducks (mixed early migrants). Hunting has been poor. On Friday and Saturday, 38 hunters shot 72 ducks.

▪ DUCK CREEK: 11,170 ducks; 50 Canada geese. Hunting has been poor. On Sunday, 86 hunters 101 ducks.

▪ OTTER SLOUGH: 18,200 ducks (good numbers of mallards). Hunting has been good. On Wednesday, 104 hunters shot 372 ducks.

Kansas

▪ CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 60,000 to 100,000 ducks (half teal, some mallards); 50,000 to 120,000 geese (mostly whitefronts). Hunting has been fair. From Nov. 3-9, hunters averaged three ducks per man daily.

▪ MARAIS DES CYGNES: Greater than 12,000 ducks (mostly early migrants); 150 geese. Water and habitat conditions good.

▪ QUIVIRA: 100,000 ducks (mix of mallards and dabblers); 100,000 geese (75 percent darks, 25 percent snows). Refuge is closed to hunting because of whooping cranes.

▪ MILFORD: 1,000 ducks (mix of ducks). Season total through Nov. 9: 126 hunters had taken shot 229 ducks.

▪ PERRY: Less than 200 ducks, less than 100 dark geese. Hunting has been poor.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: 1,000 ducks in area. Hunting has been fair.

▪ HILLSDALE: Low waterfowl numbers. Marshes are in poor to fair condition. Hunting outlook is poor.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 38,000 ducks (70 percent divers); 2,550 Canada geese. Hunting has been fair to good.

▪ NEOSHO: 12,000 ducks; 21,50 geese (mostly whitefronts). Shallow water and tall vegetation.

▪ CLINTON: Low waterfowl numbers. Limited water in the wildlife area.

▪ McPHERSON VALLEY WETLANDS: 2,500 ducks (mostly teal, pintails). All pools have huntable water. Habitat conditions very good. Hunting has been good.

▪ JAMESTOWN: 7,000 ducks (mix of dabblers, mallards); 100 Canada geese. early migrants). Hunting has been fair.

This story was originally published November 12, 2014 at 4:04 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 13."