Fishing and hunting report for Oct. 29

Fishing

Missouri

BULL SHOALS: 67 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: smallmouth, largemouth bass excellent on spinnerbaits, jigs during the day and early on topwater lures off main-lake points; catfish fair.

SMITHVILLE: 64 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 fair on Rooster Tails, small crankbaits along windy points and jetties; channel catfish good on cut bait, night crawlers in the back of coves and in the shallows on flats.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 69 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: bass fair on jigs, soft-plastic baits off main-lake points; crappies fair but scattered in brush in 12 to 15 feet of water.

LONGVIEW: 62 degrees, 38-inch clarity, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in the main-lake brush and off the marina docks; walleyes fair to good on night crawlers trolling on the flats; channel catfish good on chicken livers, night crawlers off the marina docks.

NORFORK: 71 degrees, murky, one-half-foot high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: crappies good on white or pink one-quarter-ounce Bink’s spoons in 28 to 30 feet of water in Corps of Engineers brush piles; bass fair on topwater lures early; stripers fair on one-half-ounce Bink’s Spoons in 40 to 50 feet of water.

JACOMO: 62 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 caught 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: 67 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: bass fair on spinnerbaits; crappie fair on jigs, minows; muskies fair on bucktails, shallow-running crankbaits in shallows.

TABLE ROCK: High 60s, stained, 2.7 feet low. Outlook: Ozark Anglers.com reports: reports: bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on one-eighth-ounce Ned Rigs in the Big M area along chunk rock banks).

TRUMAN: 65 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs in 25 feet of water in brush; catfish good on juglines or rod and reel with cut bait in 25 to 30 feet of water. Below the dam: crappies poor to fair.

BLUE SPRINGS: low 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.

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 livers; crappies fair on tube jigs near brush; bluegills and redear sunfish fair on worms under bobbers in shady areas.

STOCKTON: 64 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on minnows, jigs in 10 to 20 feet of water in brush; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers or trolling crankbaits.

TANEYCOMO: Clear, very low current. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: trout fair on scud flies.

Kansas

WILSON: 62 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.

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.

CLINTON: 63 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: walleyes, wipers fair to good on crankbaits, jigs on the mainlake; crappies poor to fair (a few small ones are being caught off the docks).

WYANDOTTE: 62 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: 66, stained,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs in 6 to 8 feet of water in the brush and off docks; white bass fair lakewide where fish are surfacing.

MELVERN: 64 degrees, fairly clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: black bass good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits along the dam, catfish good on cut bait, shad sides; white bass, crappies poor to fair.

MILFORD: mid 60s, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers fair to good on topwater lures, Wiper Pro spoons, crappies poor to fair 10-15 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: Trout were stocked Wednesday and lake is closed to fishing until fall season opens at 5 a.m. Saturday. Winter hours start Sunday and the park will open at 7:30 a.m.

SHAWNEE MISSION: 64 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Trout were stocked Wednesday and lake is closed to fishing until fall season opens at 5 a.m. Saturday. Winter hours start Sunday and the park will open at 6 a.m.

COFFEY COUNTY: low 70 degrees midlake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass fair to good on on plastic baits along the riprap.

EL DORADO: 62 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: walleyes fair on jigging spoons crankbait on main-lake structure; white bass, wipers fair on jigging spoons; crappies poor to fair in rocky areas.

TUTTLE CREEK: Mid 60s, murky, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in brush; white bass fair to good on jiggingspoons;.

GLEN ELDER: Low 60s 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 on dip bait in chum holes.

HILLSDALE: 62 degrees, slightly murky, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): 65 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 pintails, blue-winged and green-winged teal). Good water conditions. Good to excellent moist-soil food on the east side.

SWAN LAKE: 2,553 ducks (mostly mallards, pintails, wood ducks green-winged teal); 130 geese.

SQUAW CREEK: 47,685 ducks (23,220 pintails; 15,130 teal; 5,940 ring-necks; 1,360 mallards; with the rest a mix); 445 white-fronted geese, 190 Canada Geese.

NODAWAY VALLEY: 7,500 ducks (mostly green-winged teal, pintails, gadwalls and wigeons).

BOB BROWN: 7,000 ducks (mostly wigeons, gadwalls and mallards).

GRAND PASS: 22,000 ducks. 15 positions will be hunted, 11 of them already reserved through Quick Draw.

FOUR RIVERS: 7,600 ducks (hallf green-winged and blue-winged teal, 20 percent mallards). Fair habitat conditions, variable food conditions due to earlier flooding.

SCHELL-OSAGE: 3,000 ducks (a mix of green-winged teal, blue-winged teal and pintails, gadwalls). All pools have good water, but poor food conditions due to earlier flooding.

MONTROSE: Low waterfowl numbers.

SMITHVILLE: 3,000 teal, 500 big ducks.

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

DUCK CREEK: Low waterfowl numbers.

Kansas

CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 15,000 to 30,000 ducks (mostly teal, shovelers, mallards). Hunting has been fair to good.

MARAIS DES CYGNES: Very few waterfowl. Water conditions are improving. Some pumping under way.

NEOSHO: low waterfowl numbers. Very little huntable water. Poor conditions. Some pumping under way.

FLINT HILLS: 220 ducks (mostly teal); 120 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: 2,500 ducks (85 percent pintails). Habitat is poor due to earlier flooding.

MILFORD: 500 ducks (mostly pintails, teal, shovelers).

QUIVIRA: Less than 15,000 ducks (mix of species); 1,000 dark geese; 1,500 sandhill cranes.

MELVERN: 150 teal and pintails. 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: 4,500 ducks (half divers, half dabblers). 3,200 Canada geese; 4,000 sandhill cranes. Hunting has been fair.

GLEN ELDER: 4,000 dabblers, 1,800 divers; 3,300 geese (80 percent Canadas). Some mud flats. Hunting outlook is fair.

McPHERSON WETLANDS: 1,075 ducks (half teal); 43 white-fronted geese. Water is fair to good, habitat is very good.

JAMESTOWN: 2,000 ducks (green-winged teal, pintails, gadwalls). Water conditions good, habitat fair. Hunting has been good.

This story was originally published October 28, 2015 at 4:06 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Oct. 29."