Fishing and hunting report for Oct. 22

Fishing

Missouri

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 73 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies good on minnows, jigs 6 to 8 feet down in 12 feet of water in main-lake brush; bass good on soft-plastic baits, jigs, topwater lures behind the docks; catfish very good on cut bait in 25 feet of water off main-lake and secondary points.

▪ SMITHVILLE: 66 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass fair to good on spinnerbaits, square-bill crankbaits in coves and along laydowns, stumps, brush in shallows; crappies good on minnows, jigs 7 to 8 feet down in main-lake brush; white bass good on Rooster Tails, small crankbaits along windy points and jetties; channel catfish good on cut bait, night crawlers in shallows on flats.

▪ LONGVIEW: 63 degrees, 38-inch clarity, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in the main-lake brush and off the marina docks; channel catfish good on chicken liver, night crawlers off the marina docks; walleyes fair.

▪ NORFORK: 71 degrees, murky, 2.4 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits along banks; stripers fair on Bink’s spoons, live bait in 30 feet of water.

▪ JACOMO: 66 degrees, slightly stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows off the docks and in Sailboat Cove; bluegills good on redworms, waxworms off the marina docks; channel catfish poor to fair (a few are being on night crawlers); white bass good on swimbaits, Rooster Tails and on crankbaits trolling; walleyes poor to fair (a few are being caught on crankbaits trolling).

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 68 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: bass good on spinnerbaits, buzzbaits in the shallows in the coves; crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs, minnows in 10 feet of water in the brush); muskies fair to good on bucktails, shallow-running crankbaits in the shallows.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 72 degrees, stained, 3.6 feet low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: bass fair on topwater lures (prop baits, frogs, and walking baits are working best).

▪ ▪ TRUMAN: 68 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: white bass fair on jigging spoons, jigs, Road Runners off windy points; catfish good on cut shad; crappies fair to good on minnows, jigs in Bucksaw area. Below the dam: crappies fair; hybrids poor to fair.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: High 60s, clearing, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good (but mostly small) on jigs, minnows off the marina docks and in main-lake brush; hybrids good on swimbaits near the Blow Hole; bluegills good on redworms, waxworms; largemouth bass fair to good on shad imitations, minnows.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 70 degrees, clear, 2.8 feet high. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: smallmouth, largemouth bass good on topwater lures early and late or on jigging spoons in 20 feet of water along the bluffs during the day; catfish fair lakewide.

▪ REED AREA: 60 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: black bass fair on plastic baits near brush; channel catfish fair on cut bait, chicken liver; crappies fair on tube jigs near brush; bluegills and redear sunfish fair on worms under bobbers in shady areas.

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, low power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: trout fair drifting night crawlers or PowerBait below Fall Creek. Trophy area: trout fair on midges, cracklebacks and caddis flies.

STOCKTON: 65 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs in 10 to 15 feet of water in brush).

Kansas

▪ PERRY: 63 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: white bass good on Minis on the main lake; saugers fair on jigs with night crawlers on flats; smallmouth bass poor to fair in rocky areas; catfish fair lakewide.

▪ WILSON: 66 degrees, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers good on slab spoons, live bait in 20 feet of water or topwater lures where fish are surfacing; smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits in the coves; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers along rocky banks.

CLINTON: 67 degrees, clear, 1 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: white bass, wipers good on white jigs with pink heads off windy points; crappies poor to fair on jigs off docks.

▪ WYANDOTTE: 65 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: wipers good trolling crankbaits on the main lake; bass good on plastic bait along weed edges, rocky areas; crappies fair on minnows in 12 to 15 feet of water on the main lake; channel catfish good on minnows in the shallows.

▪ POMONA: High 60s, stained,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: white bass excellent on spinners, jigs, Road Runners on the main lake; crappies fair on jigs in 6 to 8 feet of water off docks and in main-lake brush.

▪ MELVERN: 67 degrees, fairly clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: white bass fair on the main lake.

▪ MILFORD: High 60s, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers good on Wiper Pro spoons off windy points; crappies fair on jigs in 5 to 15 feet of water in brush.

▪ LA CYGNE: High 70s on the main lake, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: bass fair on spinnerbaits, plastic baits in the shallows; white bass good (but small) on white jigs, Rooster Tails at the hot-water outlet.

▪ KILL CREEK: 63 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: catfish fair on liver near the marina; crappies fair early and late on jigs, minnows in the flooded timber and off the dock; bass fair on plastic baits, spinnerbaits on the south side.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: 65 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: crappies fair early and late on minnows in the shallows; bass fair early and late on spinnerbaits, plastic baits.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 80 degrees midlake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass fair to good on on plastic baits along the riprap.

▪ HILLSDALE: 64 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs in brush in 10 to 15 feet of water; channel catfish good on cut bait, live bait on the flats.

▪ EL DORADO: 65 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: wipers good on crankbaits, spoons, jigs in 15 to 18 feet of water; white bass fair to good on crankbaits, jigs, spinners in the feeder creeks; crappies fair on jigs in 10 to 12 feet of water along ledges, channel dropoffs; walleyes good on shad imitations in 6 to 20 feet of water; channel catfish fair to good on shad off points.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: High 60s, murky, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: crappies fair in 5 to 15 feet of water in brush; white bass fair (fish are schooling and following baitfish).

▪ GLEN ELDER: 68 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair on small spinners, slab spoons along the dam and on the west end; catfish fair in chum holes.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 70 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot high. Outlook: GrandFishingReport.com reports: white bass good on Go-Go Minnows, Rooster Tails off windy points in Honey Creek and Elk Creek arms; crappies good on Go-Go Minnows, Bobby Garland jigs in 10 feet of water in the brush and along docks; catfish good on rod and reel and juglines with cut bait.

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): Clear, five units running most of the day. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: Fly fishing: trout good on red or pink San Juan worms, pink bead-head jigs, egg flies (peach and steelhead orange have been the best colors. Spin fishing: trout good on redworms, night crawlers, Glow Worms,  1/8 -th ounce black or brown jigs.

Hunting

Missouri

▪ FOUNTAIN GROVE: 4,000 ducks (mostly teal and pintails); 150 resident Canada geese.

▪ SWAN LAKE: 5,300 ducks (mostly teal, mallards); 75 Canada geese.

▪ SQUAW CREEK: 28,900 ducks (mostly teal, pintails); 190 Canada geese.

▪ NODAWAY VALLEY: 232 ducks (mostly pintails, teal).

▪ BOB BROWN: 4,500 ducks (mostly pintails, teal).

▪ GRAND PASS: 8,500 ducks (mostly teal, pintails).

▪ FOUR RIVERS: 1,079 ducks (mostly teal).

▪ SCHELL-OSAGE: 2,500 ducks (mix of species).

▪ MONTROSE: 25 ducks (mix of species ).

▪ SMITHVILLE: 1,000 ducks (mostly pintails, teal). 500 resident Canada geese.

▪ OTTER SLOUGH: 16,700 ducks (mostly pintails, teal); 75 Canada geese.

▪ DUCK CREEK: 360 ducks (mostly pintails).

Kansas

▪ CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 30,000 ducks (mostly blue-winged teal, shovelers, mallards). Some white-fronted geese now arriving. Water, habitat conditions are fair to good. Hunting has been fair to good. Hunters averaged 3.3 ducks per man daily for last week.

▪ MARAIS DES CYGNES: Very few waterfowl. Very little huntable water. Some pumping under way.

▪ NEOSHO: 100 teal. Very little huntable water. Poor conditions. Some pumping under way.

▪ FLINT HILLS: 450 ducks (mostly teal); 65 dark geese. Habitat is poor due to flooding earlier in year.

▪ PERRY: 1,500 ducks (mostly teal); no geese. Hunting outlook is poor to fair. Habitat is poor to fair due to earlier flooding.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: 500 ducks (mostly teal and pintails). Habitat is poor due to earlier flooding.

▪ MILFORD: Low ducks numbers. Flooding caused poor habtiat conditions.

▪ QUIVIRA: Less than 15,000 ducks (mix of species); a few hundred white-fronted geese; 1,500 sandhill cranes. Two whooping cranes using the refuge. If they are still there Saturday, refuge won’t be open to youth duck season.

▪ MELVERN: Low numbers of waterfowl. Water is being pumped into marshes.

▪ CLINTON: 750 ducks (mostly teal, wood ducks); 200 to 300 Canada geese. Water is being pumped into marshes. Good water conditions in marshes.

▪ HILLSDALE: Few waterfowl in the wildlife area.Water conditions fair to good, habitat very good except Brown’s Marsh, which has been drained for maintenance.

▪ KIRWIN: Low waterfowl numbers.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 3,000 ducks (60 percent divers); 800 resident Canada geese. Fair hunting outlook.

▪ McPHERSON WETLANDS: 1,300 ducks (40 percent teal, the rest a mix); 80 white-fronted geese. Water is fair to good, habitat is very good. Hunting has bene fair to good. For first week of season, 180 hunters took 333 ducks.

▪ JAMESTOWN: 1,300 ducks (mostly teal, pintails, shovelers). Water conditions are good, habitat is fair.

Brent Frazee: 816-234-4319.

This story was originally published October 21, 2015 at 4:07 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Oct. 22."