Fishing report for May 19

Missouri

STOCKTON: 62 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: Walleyes very good on jigs with night crawlers in 8 to 20 feet of water off points; crappies fair on jigs, night crawlers in the middle of coves (fish are suspended in 30 feet of water); bass good on jigs, crankbaits in 8 to 12 feet of water off chunk-rock banks; bluegills good on worms in 14 feet of water.

TABLE ROCK: 69 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: All species of black bass, white bass excellent on topwater lures early on main-lake flats.

NORFORK: 71 degrees, murky, 2.8 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: Walleyes fair on Bink’s Spoons off main-lake points; bass good on Zara Spooks at daybreak; wipers, white bass fair on Bink’s Spoons in 25 feet of water; catfish fair to good on juglines with live bait.

SMITHVILLE: 64 degrees, stained, 1 foot high. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: Bass fair on Chatterbaits, Brush Hogs, Beavers in the shallows in the back of coves; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 8 to 12 feet of water in main-lake brush; channel catfish good on a variety of baits along banks in coves; walleyes fair on jigs with leeches, crankbaits off main-lake points; white bass fair on jigging spoons off main-lake humps, points.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 63 degrees, clearing, 1  1/2 feet low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: Crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 15 to 20 feet of water in brush piles; bass good on jigs, plastic lizards in the shallows.

REED AREA: 62 degrees, murky, slightly high. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Bass fair on crankbaits near cover; channel catfish good on worms in moving water near creek channels; crappies fair on tube jigs, minnows near brush piles and along weedlines; bluegills good on worms, small jigs (fish are starting to move onto spawning beds).

JACOMO: 63 degrees, murky, slightly high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Channel catfish good on night crawlers, shad near the inflows in the coves; bluegills good on wax worms, red worms in the shallows; crappies fair to good on minnows, jigs, suspended in 9 to 12 feet of water; black bass fair on crankbaits, live baits; walleyes fair trolling leeches.

TRUMAN: High 60s, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Steve Blake Guide Service reports: Crappies good on minnows in 6 to 10 feet of water in the brush; hybrids good vertically fishing spoons in 10 to 18 feet of water on humps and along the weir near the dam; largemouth bass good on plastic worms in 2 to 8 feet of water; catfish very good on cut bait. Below the dam: crappies poor to fair; catfish good on cut shad.

BULL SHOALS: 70 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Buck Creek Marina reports: Bass good on plastic baits, crankbaits off points; walleyes fair to good trolling jigs-crawlers, crankbaits; crappies fair to good on minnows in 15 feet of water in brush.

TANEYCOMO: Clear, low power generation. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Below Fall Creek: Rainbow trout fair to good on air-inflated night crawlers. Trophy Area: Trout good on scuds.

POMME DE TERRE: 68 degrees, stained, 2.5 feet high. Outlook: Nemo Marina reports: Crappies fair on minnows, jigs in shallows; black bass fair on plastic baits off main-lake points.

BLUE SPRINGS: 62 degrees, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies good on minnows, jigs along docks; channel catfish good on a variety of baits in coves and along the dam; hybrids fair on spinners near the Blow Hole and Jacomo Spillway; bluegills good on red worms, wax worms in rocky areas.

LONGVIEW: 66 degrees, murky, 1.8 feet high. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: Crappies fair (but small) on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.

Kansas

GLEN ELDER: Mid-60s, murky, 6 inches high. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: Walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers on the south side of the lake; white bass, wipers good on jigging spoons, crankbaits on the south side of the lake; bowfishing excellent for gar.

COFFEY COUNTY: 75 degrees, slightly murky, 6 inches high. Outlook: Coffey County reports: Smallmouth bass excellent on Ned Rigs, jigs along riprap: largemouth bass, crappies, wipers fair; white bass good.

MILFORD: Mid-60s, clear, 3 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Crappies good on jigs, minnows in the shallows in the evenings; wipers, white bass good on jigs along face of the dam and along rocky banks; channel catfish, small blue catfish good on night crawlers, liver along banks.

KILL CREEK: 68 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Bass fair on plastic baits in shallows; catfish good on cut bait, dough bait; crappies good on spinners, minnows.

TUTTLE CREEK: 65 degrees, muddy, 12 feet high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: Channel catfish very good on night crawlers in 3 feet of water.

WYANDOTTE: 68 degrees, stained, normal.. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: Catfish good on night crawlers, liver in Marshall Creek and on the main lake; bass good on plastic baits in the shallows.

LaCYGNE: 72 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: Bass good on plastic baits, crankbaits along riprap; catfish fair on trotlines with live bait.

WILSON: Low 60s, clear, 10 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: Walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers, crankbaits in 8 to 15 feet of water; stripers good on bucktail jigs, jigging spoons, large minnows in 12 to 30 feet of water.

PERRY: 65 degrees, murky, 11 feet high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: Channel catfish good on cut bait at the inflows.

SHAWNEE MISSION: 66 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Recreation District reports: Bass fair on spinnerbaits in the coves; crappies fair on minnows along dam and north shore; catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait along north shore.

CLINTON: High 60s, murky, 6 feet high. Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: Bass poor to fair along spawning banks; walleyes poor to fair on crankbaits, jigs with night crawlers the flats; crappies poor to fair.

EL DORADO: Low 60s, murky, 6 inches high. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: All species poor.

HILLSDALE: 65 degrees, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: All species poor due to weather.

MELVERN: 64 degrees, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: All species poor due to weather.

POMONA: Low 60s, muddy, 2 feet high. Outlook: Don and Tom’s Bait and Tackle reports: Most species poor.

This story was originally published May 18, 2016 at 12:45 PM with the headline "Fishing report for May 19."