Fishing report for April 14

Missouri

NORFORK: 59 degrees, murky in the creeks, clear on the main lake, 6 inches low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: Stripers good at night on stickbaits along the banks; crappies good on jigs along the banks; bass fair on plastic baits in the shallows; walleyes fair on stickbaits, plastic baits; white bass excellent on plastic baits, spinners in the back of creeks.

TRUMAN: 52 degrees, stained, 1 foot low. Outlook: Steve Blake Guide Service reports: Bass good on spinnerbaits, black and blue jigs, Wiggle Warts in the mouths of the pockets and halfway back in coves; catfish good on cut shad in less than 10 feet of water; crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on minnows). Below the dam: walleyes poor to fair on jigs; paddlefish snagging good.

BULL SHOALS: Upper 50s, clear, near normal. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: All species of black bass very good on Alabama rigs in the shallows or grubs in 20 to 30 feet of water off main-lake points.

SMITHVILLE: 54 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: Bass good on jigs, spinnerbaits in the shallows in the coves; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in the brush in the river arms and off the marina docks; channel catfish fair to good on cut bait in the Little Platte arm.

STOCKTON: 55 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: Crappies good on jigs in 2 to 4 feet of water along spawning banks; bass fair to good on jigs from secondary points to the back of coves; walleyes fair to good on jerkbaits early and late in 2 to 10 feet of water off main-lake points.

TABLE ROCK: 56 degrees, off-color, near normal. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: Bass fair on  1/2 -ounce football jigs (fish are transitioning toward spawning banks); crappies fair in the James River arm; white bass fair early and late on white jigs, Flicker Shad in the James and the Kings river arms.

TANEYCOMO: Murky, sporadic power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Below Fall Creek: Rainbow trout fair on air-inflated night crawlers, minnows. Trophy Area: Trout fair on shad flies.

REED AREA: 57 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Bass fair on plastic baits near brush; channel catfish fair on cut bait, worms; crappies good on tube jigs, minnows near brush, along weed lines; bluegills, redear sunfish fair on worms.

POMME DE TERRE: 54 degrees, clearing, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: Bass fair to good on a variety of lures; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows (fish are in prespawn).

JACOMO: 56 degrees, clear normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies fair to good early and late on minnows, jigs out from spawning banks; channel catfish fair at night on chicken liver, night crawlers; bass good on minnows, shallow-diving crankbaits in the shallows in the coves; bluegills poor to fair on crickets, waxworms.

BLUE SPRINGS: Mid-50s, stained, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks and out from spawning banks; bass fair to good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, minnows in the shallows; hybrids fair by the spillway; bluegills good on red worms, crickets in rocky areas.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 53 degrees, murky, 3 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: Crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 15 to 20 feet of water in brush; bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs along windy banks.

LONGVIEW: 54 degrees, murky, near normal. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: All species poor.

Kansas

MELVERN: Low 50s, clear, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: Crappies good on minnows, jigs off the marina docks; catfish good on crappie entrails off marina docks; white bass good on Road Runners, jigs along face of dam and points.

WILSON: Mid-50s, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: Walleyes fair on chartreuse jigs along the dam and in Hell Creek; stripers good on spoons, jigs in the Otoe area; bass good on plastic baits in the Otoe area; crappies fair on minnows, jigs north of the Hell Creek bridge.

WYANDOTTE: 56 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: Crappies very good on jigs, minnows in 15 feet of water and less along spawning areas; bass good on plastic baits in the shallows; white bass, hybrids fair trolling crankbaits on the main lake.

CLINTON: 56 degrees, fairly clear, near normal. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies good on jigs tipped with minnows in 6 to 8 feet of water (fish are near spawning banks).

TUTTLE CREEK: Mid-50s, clearing, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Catfish fair to good on cut shad on the north end; crappies fair on jigs, minnows along the banks in the evening.

COFFEY COUNTY: 85 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 65 degrees on the main lake, murky, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: White bass fair. Windy conditions have affected fishing, access.

PERRY: 56 degrees on main lake, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies fair on jigs, minnows out from spawning banks (fish are in prespawn).

LaCYGNE: 63 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: Bass fair; crappies fair.

SHAWNEE MISSION: 55 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Trout fair on worms, PowerBait near Shelter 12 and the dam; catfish fair on dough bait along the north side; bass fair on spinnerbaits across from the marina.

KILL CREEK: 55 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Trout fair on PowerBait near the island and along north shore; bass fair on spinnerbaits, plastic baits; catfish fair on dough bait, liver in the evening.

GLEN ELDER: Low 50s, fairly clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: Catfish fair to good on cut bait, night crawlers in the river channel and on the south end of the lake.

EL DORADO: 57 degrees, murky, 6 inches low. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: Bass fair to good on creature baits, spinnerbaits in the creeks and along points; wipers poor to fair on crankbaits, spinners in shallow points on warm days.

MILFORD: Mid-50s, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Smallmouth bass fair on stickbaits, crankbaits, jigs, plastic baits along windy banks and points; wipers fair on live bait along windy banks and points; catfish fair to good on cut shad along the causeway on the north end.

POMONA: 53 degrees, murky, 2 feet low. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: Crappies fair on jigs along spawning banks in the evenings and off the marina docks.

HILLSDALE: 55 degrees, fairly clear, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: All species poor.

This story was originally published April 13, 2016 at 1:59 PM with the headline "Fishing report for April 14."