Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 12

Fishing

Missouri

LONGVIEW: 58 degrees, 38-inch clarity, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks; catfish fair on worms, liver off the marina docks; walleyes fair on tube jigs off the marina docks; bass good on crankbaits in the shallows. Victor Viverette caught a 6-pound bass on a tube jig on Sunday.

TRUMAN: 59 degrees, stained, 1 foot low. Outlook: Steve Blake Guide Service reports: crappies good on  1/4 -ounce white and chartreuse jigs in 20 feet of water along the bluffs; white bass, hybrids fair on white  1/4 -ounce Rooster Tails off windy points ; largemouth bass good on chartreuse spinnerbaits along windy banks.

TABLE ROCK: mid 60s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Pete’s Pro Guide Service reports: bass good on drop-shot rigs with plum-colored Chompers in 25 to 30 feet of water in the Shell Knob and Baxter areas and fair on white buzzbaits, Rock Crawlers, Wiggle Warts along chunk-rock and gravel banks.

BULL SHOALS: low 60s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: smallmouth bass good early on topwater lures and spinnerbaits, and during the day on jigging spoons in 20 feet of water off main-lake points and along windy banks; catfish fair on trotlines with live bait.

NORFORK: 63 degrees, murky,normal. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: crappies good on  1/4 -ounce Bink’s spoons, bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits in Corps of Enginners brush piles in 20 feet of water.

SMITHVILLE: 59 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass fair on spinnerbaits, square-bill crankbaits, soft-plastic baits in coves and along laydowns, stumps, brush in shallows; crappies good on minnows 8 to 10 feet down in 20 feet of water in main-lake brush; channel catfish good on cut bait, night crawlers in the back of coves and in the shallows on flats.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 62 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 2 to 12 feet of water along bluffs and in the brush; bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on soft-plastic baits, jigs off main-lake and secondary points).

JACOMO: 59 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows in near the docks; bluegills good on crickets; channel catfish fair on minnows in Liggett Cove.

BLUE SPRINGS: Low 60s, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on small minnows, small jigs near the docks; hybrids fair on swimbaits; bluegills good on crickets.

REED AREA: 57 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: crappies god on tube jigs near brush; channel catfish fair on cut bait, chicken livers; bluegills fair on redworms, crickets.Wildlife area will be closed to fishing Nov. 16-20 while a managed deer hunt is being held.

STOCKTON: 59 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies good, walleyes fair on jigs in 15 to 20 feet of water along bluffs and bluff ends; bass fair on square-bill crankbaits, spinnerbaits in the back of creeks.

TANEYCOMO: Clear, very little current. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout fair on midges, scuds, soft hackles or on sculpin or ginger-colored jigs. Below Fall Creek: trout fair on chartreuse jigs with a pink Gulp Egg under a float set 6 feet deep from Scotty’s Trout Dock to Roark Creek.

POMME DE TERRE: 63 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all speices poor.

Kansas

WILSON: 58 degrees, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: largemouth, smallmouth bass good on shad in mouths of coves; white bass fair to good on a variety of lures off windy points; catfish fair to good on a variety of baits lakewide; stripers fair on slab spoons, live baits in 25 to 30 feet of water.

PERRY: 60 degrees, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 12 to 16 feet of water in the brush in Rock Creek and Slough Creek arms; kl12-16 feet of water inbrush in Rock andSlough Creek arms; white bass fair on jigs, spinners, twister off rocky points; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits and plastic in the shallow brush; saugers fair on jigs with night cralers, crankbaits laolng the dam.

CLINTON: 60 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs ,minnows in main-lake burush and off marina docks; white bass fair on jigging spons off points and along dropoffs.

WYANDOTTE: 57 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: crappies good early f(rom 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.) on jigs, minnows in the mouths of coves; bass good on soft-plastic baits along weed edges; channel catfish fair on liver, worms; hybrids fair on crankbaits and while crappie fishing.

POMONA: 60 degrees, clear,  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 on jigging spoons off main-lake points.

MELVERN: 60 degrees, clear,  1/2 -foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: white bass fair on Rooster Tails off points; catfish fair on crappies entrails, liver.

MILFORD: low 60s, clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass, wipers fair on jigging spoons, Bubbas, jigs.

LA CYGNE: 70s on the main lake, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: flathead, blue catfish good on trotlines with panfish.

KILL CREEK: 61 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: trout fair on a variety of baits.

SHAWNEE MISSION: Low 60s degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: trout good on yellow PowerBait, Little Cleos on east end of lake.

COFFEY COUNTY: 70 degrees mid-lake, stained, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass good; largemouth bass poor to fair.

EL DORADO: 57 degrees, fairly clear, 1 1/2 feet low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: wipers, white bass fair to good on jigging spoons, crankbaits where creeks enter lake; crappies fair on jigs in 10 to 12 feet of water along channel dropoffs; walleyes fair to good on crankbaits, jigs in 6 to 20 feet of water.

GLEN ELDER: Low 60s,, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair to good along causeway and dam.

HILLSDALE: 57 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies fair in brush and off marina docks; channel catfish fair lakewide.

TUTTLE CREEK: Low 60s, clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

Hunting

Missouri

FOUNTAIN GROVE: 11,000 (mostly gadwalls, mallard and a mix of dabblers); 150 Canada geese. Heavy hunting pressure. Parties are being turned away. Seventeen water blinds, 17 walk-ins are in use. Hunting has been poor. On Nov. 7-8, 167 hunters took 187 ducks.

SWAN LAKE: 48,837 ducks (mostly pintails, mallards, and gadwalls); 235 geese (mostly Canadas).

SQUAW CREEK: 61,110 ducks (85 percent dabblers); 5,985 geese (85 percent dark geese).

NODAWAY VALLEY: 6,500 ducks (mostly pintails, teal.). Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been poor. On Nov. 7-8, 73 hunters shot 118 ducks.

BOB BROWN: 11,800 ducks (mosly pintails, gadwalls); no geese. Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been good. On Nov. 7-8, 88 hunters shot 266 ducks.

GRAND PASS: 48,000 ducks (mostly mallards, teal, pintails, gadwalls and ringnecks). Hunting 19 parties. Hunting has been fair to good. On Nov. 7-8, 130 hunters shot 301 ducks.

FOUR RIVERS: 10,000 ducks (mix of species). Heavy pressure. Hunting has been fair. On Nov. 7-8, 110 hunters shot 265 ducks.

SCHELL-OSAGE: 9,709 ducks (mix of species); 450 Canada geese. Hunting has been good. On Nov. 7-8, 211 hunters shot 586 ducks.

MONTROSE: 5,500 ducks (a mix of species). Light hunting pressure. On Nov.7-8, 56 hunters shot 91 ducks.

SMITHVILLE: Less than 1,000 ducks; geese in the area.

OTTER SLOUGH: 25,500 ducks (mix of species); no geese. Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting 30 positions. Hunting has been good. On Nov. 7-8, 220 hunters shot 647 ducks.

DUCK CREEK: 13,630 ducks (mix of species); 65 Canada geese. Hunting 15 positions. Heavy pressure. On Nov. 7-8, 120 hunters shot 283 ducks.

Kansas

CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 35,000 ducks (mostly gadwalls,wigeons, shovelers); 50,000 geese (mostly whitefronts). Pools are losing water. Hunting has been poor to fair.On Nov. 2-6, hunters averaged 2.2 duck daily.

MARAIS DES CYGNES: 5,000 ducks (mostly early migrants); 500 Resident geese. Water conditions are fair to good.

NEOSHO: 8,000 ducks (mix of species) .Good water in Pools 1, 2 and 4.

FLINT HILLS: Low waterfowl numbers. Habitat is poor due to flooding earlier in year.

PERRY: 1,200 ducks (mostly big ducks); 300 Canada geese. Water in marshes poor to fair.

TUTTLE CREEK: 80 ducks (mostly early migrants). Habitat is poor due to earlier flooding.

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

QUIVIRA: Declining waterfowl numbers; 10,000 sandhill cranes. Hunting is closed due to whooping cranes on thre refuge.

MELVERN: Low duck numbers (mostly redheads, gadwalls). Water is being pumped into marshes.

CLINTON: 1,500 ducks (mostly teal ,wood ducks, gadwalls); 200-300 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: 3,000 ducks (half divers, half dabblers). 3,200 Canada geese; 4,000 sandhill cranes. Hunting has been fair.

GLEN ELDER: 9,000 ducks (5,00 divers, 4,000 big ducks); 2,000 geese (mix of Canadas, whitefronts). Hunting fair.

McPHERSON WETLANDS: 700 ducks (mostly green-winged teal and mallards). Marshes are losing water. Hunting has been poor to fair.

JAMESTOWN: 1,000 ducks (mostly gadwalls, redheads); 50 Canada geese.Hunting has been poor.

Missouri deer

Firearms season opens Saturday and continues through Nov. 24. Overall outlook is fair.

Deer populations are slowly building in the northwest, northeast, central and Kansas City regions after dramatic declines in the past 10 years due to outbreaks of hermorrhagic disease and the cumulative effects of liberal hunting regulations. A tightening of limits and the abatement of disease have helped deer numbers build, but populations are still below desired levels in some areas.

Kansas pheasants

The Kansas pheasant season opens Saturday and the outlook is the best it has been in recent years. Because of the rain this spring, birds had good nesting cover and they responded with good broods.

The northwest and Smoky Hills (north-central) parts of the state should produce the best hunting, but populations are up across the state.

This story was originally published November 12, 2015 at 8:25 AM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 12."