Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 26

Fishing

Missouri

TABLE ROCK: 60 degrees, off-color, normal. Outlook: White River Outfitters reports: spotted bass good to excellent on  3/4 -ounce white jigging spoons in creek arms in 35 to 50 feet of water; smallmouth, largemouth bass fair to good on topwater walking baits.

NORFORK: 59 degrees, clear in man lake, dingy in creeks, 4 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers good on Bink’s spoons in 30 to 40 feet of water off main-lake points; bass good on spinnerbaits along banks; crappies good on jigging spoons, minnows in 30 to 40 feet of water in Corps of Engineers brush piles.

LONGVIEW: 55 degrees, 38-inch clarity, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.

TRUMAN: 54 degrees, dingy, 1 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Cody’s Guide Service reports: white bass, wipers poor to fair; catfish fair to good drifting shad in deep water; crappies fair to good on jigs in 20 feet of water along bluffs; catfish good drifting cut shad in 20 to 60 feet of water. Below the dam: white bass poor to fair on a variety of baits.

BULL SHOALS: upper 50s, clear, 1.8 feet high. 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.

SMITHVILLE: Low 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows 8 to 10 feet down in 20 feet of water in main-lake brush.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 57 degrees, clear,  1/2 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs, soft-plastic baits in 15 feet of water off points); crappies fair on minnows in the brush in 5 to 12 feet of water; catfish fair on cut bait in 25 to 35 feet of water off main-lake points

JACOMO: 52 to 54 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good on jigs off marina docks; channel catfish fair on chicken liver, minnows off marina docks.

BLUE SPRINGS: Low 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on small minnows, small jigs off the docks; bluegills good on wax worms off marina docks.

REED AREA: 57 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: trout good on a variety of baits at Coot and Plover lakes.

STOCKTON: 52 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs in 20 to 30 feet of water along bluffs; walleyes fair on jigs with night crawlers along bluffs; bass fair on jigs, crankbaits off secondary points and in mouths of coves.

TANEYCOMO: Clear, increased flow. Oxygen level in water much improved. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: trout very good drifting Gulp Eggs, egg flies in the Monkey Island and Branson Landing areas.

POMME DE TERRE: 58 degrees, dingy, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

Kansas

WILSON: 52 degrees, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: largemouth, smallmouth bass fair on shad fished off the bottom.

PERRY: 56 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs (small fish are being caught); catfish fair on cut shad.

CLINTON: 50 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: crappies fair to good early on jigs off the marina docks.

POMONA: Low 50s, dingy, 1 foot low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs in 6 to 8 feet of water in the brush and off docks.

MELVERN: 55 degrees, murky, 1 foot low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on ice jigs, minnows off the marina docks.

MILFORD: 57 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: low fishing pressure. All species poor.

LA CYGNE: 70s on the main lake, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: all species poor.

KILL CREEK: 48 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: trout fair on minnows, PowerBait, Little Cleos near the boat ramp and on the north side of the dam.

SHAWNEE MISSION: 48 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: trout fair to good on PowerBait, minnows, spinners in coves and in deep water on the main lake.

EL DORADO: low 50s, dingy, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies poor to fair ( a few are being caught on minnows along brush and ledges); white bass, wipers poor to fair.

GLEN ELDER: Low 50s, dingy, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair in southwest corner of the lake.

HILLSDALE: 50 degrees, slightly dingy, half-foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off marina docks and along the dam.

TUTTLE CREEK: High 50s, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

COFFEY COUNTY: High 60s midlake, stained, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: all species poor due to wind.

Hunting

Missouri

FOUNTAIN GROVE: 55,050 ducks (mostly mallards, gadwalls); 150 Canada geese. 22 water blinds, 17 walk-ins are in use. Heavy hunting pressure. On Nov. 21-22, 200 hunters shot 409 ducks.

SWAN LAKE: 120,045 ducks (mostly mallards, pintails); 9,380 geese (90 percent snows).

SQUAW CREEK: 74,612 ducks (50,465 mallards, the rest a mix of species); 224,376 geese (mostly snows).

NODAWAY VALLEY: 20,510 ducks (half mallards). Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been good. On Nov. 21-22, 93 hunters shot 394 ducks.

BOB BROWN: 39,150 ducks (mostly mallards, pintails, green-winged teal and gadwalls). Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting has been excellent. On Nov. 21-22, 99 hunters shot 499 ducks.

GRAND PASS: 180,000 ducks (mostly mallards). Hunting 31 parties. Hunting pressure has been heavy. Parties are being turned away. Hunting has been very good. On Nov. 21-22, 231 hunters shot 913 ducks.

FOUR RIVERS: 56,829 ducks (mostly mallards). Hunting 20 parties. On Nov. 21-22, 96 hunters shot 248 ducks and 2 snow geese.

SCHELL-OSAGE: 42,275 ducks (mostly mallards). 38 positions. Hunting has been fair. On Nov. 21-22, 203 hunters shot 425 ducks.

MONTROSE: 17,070 ducks (a mix of species). Light hunting pressure. On Nov. 21-22, 48 hunters shot 78 ducks.

SMITHVILLE: 14,000 ducks (mostly mallards), 6,000 geese (two-thirds dark geese). Hunting has been good.

OTTER SLOUGH: 16,500 ducks (mix of species); 100 geese. Heavy hunting pressure. Hunting 30 positions. Hunting has been fair. On Sunday and Monday, 197 hunters 552 ducks.

DUCK CREEK: 22,400 ducks; 178 geese Hunting has been poor. On Friday and Saturday, 281 hunters shot 336 ducks.

Kansas

CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 30,000 ducks (mallard numbers are increasing); 150,000 geese (mostly white-fronts). Pools are losing water. From Nov. 16-19, hunters averaged 2.7 ducks and 1.4 geese daily.

MARAIS DES CYGNES: 20,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 500 Canada geese. Water conditions are fair to good, habitat conditions good.

NEOSHO: 20,000 ducks (mix of species). Excellent water conditions. Hunting has been good.

FLINT HILLS: 2,250 ducks (mostly mallards). Conditions are poor. Hunting has been poor.

PERRY: 3,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 1000 geese (mostly Canadas). Hunting has been fair.

TUTTLE CREEK: Low waterfowl numbers. Habitat is poor because of earlier flooding.

MILFORD: 500 ducks (mostly pintails, teal, shovelers). Habitat conditions poor. Hunting has been fair.

QUIVIRA: 19,400 ducks (75 percent mallards); 88,500 geese (mostly whitefronts, Canadas); 4,100 sandhill cranes. Hunting is closed because of whooping cranes on the refuge.

MELVERN: Low duck numbers (mostly mallards, redheads, gadwalls). Hunting has been fair.

CLINTON: 450 ducks (mostly mallard, pintails, gadwalls); 80 geese. Good water conditions in marshes.

HILLSDALE: 6,500 ducks (mostly mallards). Water, habitat conditions are good.

KIRWIN: 25,00 ducks (mostly mallards); 250,000 geese (mostly snows). Waterfowl, pheasant hunting good.

GLEN ELDER: 38,000 ducks (mostly mallards, redheads); 19,500 geese (75 percent snows). Hunting has been fair to good.

McPHERSON WETLANDS: 1,600 ducks (mostly mallards, gadwalls). Habitat conditions good, water conditions fair. In last week, 30 hunters shot 62 ducks and 1 goose.

JAMESTOWN: 3,200 ducks (mostly mallards); 700 Canada geese. Last week hunters averaged 1.7 ducks daily.

This story was originally published November 25, 2015 at 3:41 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Nov. 26."