Fishing report for March 3

Fishing

Missouri

NORFORK: 48 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers good trolling or spooning at the mouths of the rivers; bass very good on Wiggle Warts along the banks.

TRUMAN: 43 degrees, murky, 6 inches high. Outlook: Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on minnows, jigs 4 to 6 feet down in 10 feet of water in the brush in the creeks; catfish good on cut shad. Below the dam: catfish, walleyes poor to fair.

BULL SHOALS: Mid- to upper-40s, clear, normal. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass good on Alabama rigs in 8 to 10 feet of water in the brush along banks in coves. Buck Creek Marina reports: white bass fair to good on spinners, jigs in major creeks.

TANEYCOMO: Stained, 2 units running. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: rainbow trout fair to good on  1/8 -ounce dark-colored jigs, on inflated night crawlers below Fall Creek, trolling Shad Raps below Branson Landing, and on gray scuds, black Wooly Buggers in the Trophy Area.

TABLE ROCK: 46 degrees, clear in the creek arms, dingy on the main lake, normal. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: black bass fair to good on Spro RK Crawlers along windy banks and on Alabama rigs when wind isn’t blowing.

SMITHVILLE: Low 40s, clear, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs in the river arms along channel edges.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 43 degrees, dingy, 5 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies fair on jigs suspended in the brush; catfish fair on cut bait in 6 to 10 feet of water in back of coves.

REED AREA: 43 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: bass fair on plastic baits near the brush; channel catfish fair on cut bait, worms; crappies fair on tube jigs, minnows near brush and along weed lines; trout fair on PowerBait, small jigs.

JACOMO: 41 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigging spoons off the marina dock and in main-lake brush; largemouth bass fair to good on minnows, crankbaits off points.

LONGVIEW: 41 degrees, 24-inch clarity, near normal. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: crappies good on jigs (brown and chartreuse, and purple and yellow have been good color patterns) off the marina docks.

BLUE SPRINGS: Low 40s, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on ice jigs, jigging spoons, small minnows off docks; bass fair on minnows off docks; bluegills fair on wax worms, micro jigs off the docks.

POMME DE TERRE: 44 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: bass good on jerkbaits in 5 feet of water; crappies fair on jigs in 15 to 20 feet of water in the brush; walleyes poor to fair.

STOCKTON: Low 50s, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: crappies fair on jigs in 20 feet of water under the schools of shad and in brush; bass fair on Alabama rigs at the mouths of the coves; walleyes fair to good on jerkbaits in evenings and at night on main-lake points.

Kansas

MILFORD: Mid-40s, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers good on spoons, Bubbas in 25 to 30 feet of water in the channels north of Farnum Creek; blue catfish excellent on shad along the causeway and on the north end of the lake.

PERRY: Low 40s, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: catfish fair on shad along the windy banks north of the Highway 92 bridge.

COFFEY COUNTY: 77 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 59 degrees on the main lake, murky, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: largemouth, smallmouth bass fair; white bass fair to good.

POMONA: Low 40s, fairly clear, 1  1/4 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies good on jigs in the brush in the Dragoon arm, poor to fair on jigs off the docks.

EL DORADO: 43 degrees, clear, 6 inches low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: crappies fair to good on jigs from sunrise to 10 a.m. in 14 to 18 feet of water in brush.

CLINTON: Mid-40s, clear, normal. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: crappies fair to good on jigs in 15 to 20 feet of water in brush.

MELVERN: 43 degrees, clear, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs in deep brush on main lake.

WILSON: High 40s, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: all species poor to fair.

HILLSDALE: 43 degrees, murky, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: all species poor.

GLEN ELDER: High 40s, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: all species poor.

TUTTLE CREEK: Low 40s, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: all species poor.

LA CYGNE: 50s, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Park reports: all species poor.

This story was originally published March 2, 2016 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Fishing report for March 3."