Fishing and hunting report for Jan. 28
Fishing
Missouri
TANEYCOMO: Clear. Flood gates were shut down Wednesday morning. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: rainbow trout very good on shad imitations, white marabou jigs.
NORFORK: 45 degrees, clearing, 12 feet high. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers fair on 1-ounce white Bink’s Spoons 80 to 90 feet of water between the Highway 62 and Highway 101 bridges or trolling with downriggers; bass fair on Bink’s Spoons along bluff banks.
BULL SHOALS: 45 degrees, clear, 23 feet high. Outlook: Buck Creek Boat Dock reports: Kentucky bass fair to good on jigs, plastic baits, Alabama Rigs in 12 feet of water in brush; largemouth bass fair on Alabama rigs.
SMITHVILLE: Mid-30s, clear, 2 feet high. Partially ice-covered. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair on jigs off the docks at Camp Branch Marina.
STOCKTON: 42 degrees, murky, 11 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs under schools of shad in 25 to 30 feet of water.
TABLE ROCK: 48 to 52 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: White River Outfitters reports: largemouth bass fair on Alabama rigs or McStick jerkbaits along bluff ends.
TRUMAN: 39 degrees, muddy, 6.84 feet high. Ice in coves. Outlook: Cody’s Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs in 20 feet of water in brush. Below the dam: crappies fair on jigs.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS: High 30s, muddy, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies fair on jigs in the brush in the coves in the Gravois arm.
REED AREA: Low 30s, clear, ice on the lake. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: all species poor. Light fishing pressure.
JACOMO: Mid-30s, clear, normal. Ice. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.
LONGVIEW: Mid-30s, clear, normal. Ice. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: all species poor.
BLUE SPRINGS: Low to mid-30s, fairly clear, one-half foot high. Ice. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.
POMME DE TERRE: 39 degrees, dingy, 14 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: all species poor.
Kansas
WILSON: Mid-30s, clear, 10 feet low. Ice in coves. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers fair on slab spoons in Lucas Point area; white bass fair on jigs from shore.
EL DORADO: 35 degrees, clear, six-inches low. Ice in coves. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in brush and along dropoffs.
LA CYGNE: Low 50s on the main lake, clear, normal. 1 foot high. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows along discharge gate on dam; blue catfish poor to fair on shad in 20 to 25 feet of water.
COFFEY COUNTY: 57 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 50 degrees on the main lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: white bass fair; largemouth bass, wipers poor to fair.
CLINTON: Mid 30s, clear, normal. Ice but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: all speices poor.
PERRY: Mid-30s, murky, 1 foot high. Thin ice on lake, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor due to dangerous ice.
POMONA: High 30s, murky, 1 foot high. Most of lake is ice-covered, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies poor to fair on jigs off the marina docks.
MELVERN: 36 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Partially ice-covered. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair on black ice jigs off the marina docks.
HILLSDALE: Mid 30s, murky, 1 foot low. Ice on lake, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies poor to fair off the marina docks.
MILFORD: Mid 30s, fairly clear, 2 feet low. Ice. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.
TUTTLE CREEK: Mid 30s, muddy, 1 1/2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.
GLEN ELDER: Mid 30s, clear, 1 foot low. Thin ice on lake, but not safe for ice fishing. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: all species poor.
Hunting
This is the final hunting report of the season
Missouri
Ice on most marshes; waterfowl numbers are declining rapidly.
SQUAW CREEK: 156 ducks (mostly mallards); 12 geese (mostly snow). Marshes are 99 percent ice-covered.
FOUNTAIN GROVE: 100 Canada geese. Most blinds are closed due to flooding and ice.
SCHELL-OSAGE: Ice on marshes. Low waterfowl numbers.
Kansas
CHEYENNE BOTTOMS: 8,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 50,000 snow geese. Ice on marshes.
MARAIS DES CYGNES: Low numbers of waterfowl. Ice on marshes.
NEOSHO: 15,000 ducks (mostly mallards and divers); no geese. Ice on marshes.
PERRY: 6,000 Canada geese. Lake is mostly ice-covered.
FLINT HILLS: 300 mallards; 150 Canada geese. Ice on marshes.
TUTTLE CREEK: 1,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 150 Canada geese.
MILFORD: 2,000 ducks (mostly mallards and divers); 300 Canada geese. Marshes have ice.
QUIVIRA: 1,020 ducks (mostly mallards); no geese. Ice on marshes.
MELVERN: 1,000 ducks (mostly mallards and divers); 200 Canada geese. Hunting has been poor.
CLINTON: Low waterfowl numbers. Ice on lake and marshes.
HILLSDALE: 200 Canada geese. Ice on marshes and lake.
GLEN ELDER: 46,000 ducks (half mallards, half divers); 237,000 geese (95 percent snows). Birds are flying out to feed in crop fields.
McPHERSON WETLANDS: 6,600 ducks (mostly mallards); 370 Canada geese. 95 percent ice-covered.
JAMESTOWN: 3,000 ducks (mostly mallards); 300 Canada geese. 100 percent ice-covered.
Brent Frazee: 816-234-4319, @fishboybrent
Brent’s best bet
If you’re a snow-goose hunter, this would be a good time to head to Glen Elder Reservoir in north-central Kansas. The reservoir is holding more than 230,000 geese, most of them snows, and hunting has been good on nearby grain fields.
This story was originally published January 27, 2016 at 12:06 PM with the headline "Fishing and hunting report for Jan. 28."