Hunting and fishing report for Jan. 8

FISHING

Missouri

▪ TANEYCOMO: Clear, two to four units from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout excellent on drift rigs or split shot with scud flies (No. 12 or 14 gray, brown olive or tan), No. 14 San Juan worms (red, cerise or pink), egg flies (peach, pink, light cream), or No. 14 woolly buggers (black, olive or white). Below Fall Creek: trout excellent on Gulp Power Eggs, PowerBait Eggs, night crawlers, Trout Magnets drifting from Fall Creek past Cooper Creek.

▪ TABLE ROCK: 46 degrees, clear, 5 feet low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in Department of Conservation brush piles in the James River arm; bass good on Alabama rigs, jerkbaits at varying depths up to 30 feet; white bass good on one-half ounce jigging spoons in 50 to 70 feet of water in creek channels.

▪ SMITHVILLE: Low 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Camp Branch Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs off the marina docks.

▪ STOCKTON: 41 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: all species poor.

▪ NORFORK: 44 degrees, clear, 5 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: all species poor.

▪ TRUMAN: 40 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Tightwad Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.

▪ BULL SHOALS: 44 degrees, clear, 6 feet low. Outlook: Ozarkanglers.com reports: crappies, walleyes, white bass fair to good trolling crankbaits along channel dropoffs.

▪ REED AREA: Mid 30s, clear, full pool; ice on lakes. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: all species poor.

▪ POMME DE TERRE: 42 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.

▪ LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 40 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: all species poor.

▪ JACOMO: Mid 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Jacomo Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ BLUE SPRINGS: Low 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Blue Springs Lake Marina report: all species poor.

▪ LONGVIEW: Mid 30s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few small crappies are being caught off the marina docks).

Kansas

▪ LA CYGNE: 60 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 42 degrees on the main lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks: crappies good on jigs along the old sunken bridge and in 20 to 30 feet of water in the creek channel; wipers fair at the hot-water outlet.

▪ COFFEY COUNTY: 65 degrees at hot-water outlet, 45 degrees on the main lake, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: wipers good; white bass, black bass fair.

▪ MILFORD: 33 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Ice is forming. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

▪ EL DORADO: 33 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. All ramps have ice. Lake is mostly ice-covered. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: all species poor.

▪ CLINTON: 33 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Ice on lake. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ HILLSDALE: 33 degrees, clear, slightly high. Ice in coves. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ PERRY: 34 degrees, clear, near normal; 90 percent ice-covered. Outlook: Bait Hut reports: all species poor.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 33 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Mostly ice-covered, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: all species poor.

▪ POMONA: 35 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Ice on lake. Outlook: Lighthouse Harbor Marina reports: all species poor.

▪ SHAWNEE MISSION: Low 30s, clear, normal. Ice on lake. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ KILL CREEK: Low 30s, 1- to 2-foot clarity, normal. Ice on lake. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ HERITAGE: Low 30s, murky, normal. Ice on lake. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: all species poor.

▪ TUTTLE CREEK: 33 degrees, muddy, normal. Thin ice, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

▪ MELVERN: 33 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Thin ice on the lake. Outlook: Melvern Marina reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

▪ GRAND (OKLA.): Mid 30s, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Matt Watson reports: blue catfish good on fresh cut shad anchoring over schools of baitfish and fishing vertically up to 50 feet deep; crappies good on Go-Go Minnows along deep ledges

▪ WHITE RIVER (ARK.): clear, variable power generation. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Reosrt reports: trout good on nymphs, midges, egg patterns and wooly buggers. Spin fishing: trout good on fluorescent pink PowerBait worms with one PowerBait egg, live redworms, night crawlers and spoons.

HUNTING

Missouri

North and Middle Zone duck seasons are closed; South Zone season is open and will run through Jan. 25. Goose seasons will run through Jan. 31.

▪ FOUNTAIN GROVE: 61,500 ducks (98 percent mallards); 900 whitefront geese; 34 eagles as of last count, Dec. 29. Ice on marshes.

▪ SQUAW CREEK: 9,405 mallards; 60 geese, 280 bald eagles as of Monday. Marshes are 99 percent ice-covered.

▪ SWAN LAKE: 57,970 ducks (mostly mallards); 85,000 snow geese; 95 eagles as of last count, Dec. 29.

▪ BOB BROWN: 30,750 ducks (90 percent mallards); no geese; 60 bald eagles as of last count, Dec. 29. Ice on the marshes.

▪ NODAWAY VALLEY: Low goose numbers. Ice on marshes.

▪ GRAND PASS: 205,000 ducks (96 percent mallards); 300 whitefronted geese; 202 bald eagles as of last count, Dec. 29.

▪ FOUR RIVERS: 105,450 ducks (mostly mallards); 190 Canada geese as of last count, Dec. 29.

▪ SCHELL-OSAGE: 80,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 500 Canada geese; 17,000 snow geese as of last count, Dec. 29.

▪ SMITHVILLE: A few thousand geese; a few hundred mallards. Ice is starting to form on lake.

▪ MONTROSE: 49,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 10,000 snow geese; 950 Canada geese. as of last count, Dec. 29

▪ OTTER SLOUGH: 26,200 ducks (mostly mallards), 25,000 snow geese; 2,800 whitefront geese; 90 Canada geese as of last count, Dec.29.

▪ DUCK CREEK: 13,760 ducks (mix of species); 185 geese.

Kansas

Duck season in the Low Plains Early Zone has closed. In the Low Plains Late Zone, the duck season is closed but will resume Jan. 17-25. Hunting in the Southeast Zone is open and will continue through Jan. 25. The goose seasons will run through Feb. 15.

▪ CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: Less than 5,000 ducks (mostly mallards); less than 20,000 geese. Marshes are 99 percent ice-covered. Goose hunting has been poor.

▪ MARAIS DES CYGNES: Few waterfowl on wildlife area. Hunting has been poor. Totally ice-covered.

▪ QUIVIRA: 100 ducks (mostly mallards); 50 Canada geese. Totally ice-covered.

▪ MELVERN: Low waterfowl numbers. Ice on lake.

▪ MILFORD: Low waterfowl numbers. Ice on marshes and part of the main lake.

▪ PERRY: Low waterfowl numbers; ice on wetlands and part of the lake.

▪ NEOSHO: 15,000 ducks; 900 Canada geese. Ice on marshes. Hunting has been poor.

▪ KIRWIN: 10,000 mallards; 20,000 geese. Ice on lake and marshes.

▪ CLINTON: 2,000 mallards; 1,500 divers; 1,500 geese. Hunting has been fair on reservoir.

▪ McPHERSON VALLEY WETLANDS: Less than 200 mallards; 10,000 geese in area. Marshes are ice-covered.

▪ GLEN ELDER: 12,500 ducks (60 percent goldeneyes, the rest mallards); 2,000 Canada geese; 30,000 to 70,000 snow geese. Lake is 99 percent ice-covered. Birds are staying on holes in ice.

▪ JAMESTOWN: Low waterfowl numbers. Marshes are frozen.

This story was originally published January 7, 2015 at 1:37 PM with the headline "Hunting and fishing report for Jan. 8."