Fishing report for July 31

Missouri

STOCKTON: 80 degrees, clear, 1 1/2 feet high. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: walleyes fair on night-crawler harnesses in 20 feet of water in rocky areas; crappies good on minnows 12 feet down in 18 feet of water in brush; bass fair to good on large plastic worms in brush off deep points; white bass excellent where surfacing in evening; catfish very good drifting shad on the flats.

NORFORK: 85 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Guide Tom Reynolds reports: stripers good on shad or trolling with umbrella rigs from daybreak to 7 a.m. 30 to 40 feet down over deep-water channels; walleyes fair on worms, leeches in 40 feet of water off points and on flats.

TABLE ROCK: 85 degrees, very clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: White River Lodge reports: white bass fair early on topwater lures; bass poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs when it is overcast); flathead catfish good on panfish in timbered pockets.

SMITHVILLE: 80 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows 6 to 8 feet down in 15 feet of water; bass poor; channel catfish good on dip baits in the shallows; flathead catfish good on rod and reel with goldfish in the dam area; white bass fair on jigging spoons, Road Runners, small crankbaits along dam, off points.

TANEYCOMO: Very clear, generation from noon to 7 p.m. Outlook: Lilleys’ Landing reports: Trophy Area: trout good on No. 10 scuds (orange or gray). Below Fall Creek: trout good on olive marabou jigs or pink and white Trout Magnets under floats, Gulp Power eggs or air-injected night crawlers (2-pound test line is best).

TRUMAN: 81 degrees, murky upstream, clear downstream, 1 foot high. Outlook: Bucksaw Marina reports: crappies fair to good on minnows 10 to 12 feet down in 15 to 20 feet of water in the timber; catfish fair on fresh cut shad in 9 to 15 feet of water on the flats; white bass, walleyes fair on crankbaits, spoons over main-lake humps. Cody’s Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.

BULL SHOALS: 85 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: 125 Marina reports: bass fair on topwater lures from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. where fish are chasing shad; walleyes fair to good trolling night crawler harnesses in 30 feet of water early and at night; catfish fair on juglines with cut bait.

POMME DE TERRE: 83 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: bass fair on jig-and-pigs, deep-diving crankbaits in 20 feet of water and deeper; catfish fair on crankbaits. cut bait in 18 to 25 feet of water.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 86 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: bass fair on Brush Hogs, 10-inch plastic worms in 30 feet of water in main-lake brush; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 18 to 20 feet of water in brush; catfish fair on juglines with cut bait in 18 to 20 feet of water.

REED AREA: 80 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: black bass good on plastic worms near brush and weeds early and late; channel catfish good on worms, cut bait along weed edges; crappies fair on tube jigs, minnows near deep brush; bluegills good on worms, small jigs under bobbers.

JACOMO: 82 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: channel catfish fair on liver, prepared bait at night; crappies good on minnows in deep brush on the main lake; bluegills good on crickets, redworms, wax worms; bass fair on plastic baits in brush.

LONGVIEW: 78 degrees, 53-inch clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: channel catfish good on prepared bait in the coves and on the flats; crappies fair to good on jigs, minnows off the marina docks; walleyes fair trolling night crawlers.

BLUE SPRINGS: 80 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: bass fair on plastic worms in the coves; catfish fair to good on liver, prepared bait along the dam; crappies fair.

Kansas

WILSON: 86 degrees, clear, 6 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: stripers good on topwater lures where fish are surfacing; catfish good on cut bait lakewide; smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, minnows in rocky areas.

MILFORD: 85 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Rick Dykstra reports: white bass, wipers good on Rat-L-Traps off main-lake and secondary points; catfish fair to good on cut bait in 15 to 30 feet of water; smallmouth bass good early and late on Chatter Baits. Guide Vic Oertle reports: wipers good on live bait, jigging spoons early and late.

GLEN ELDER: 84 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: white bass fair on jigging spoons where fish are surfacing early and late; catfish good on dip bait in areas that have been chummed.

EL DORADO: 81 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: wipers good on crankbaits trolled on flats or jigging spoons cast to surfacing schools early and late; walleyes good on jigging spoons, night crawlers on flats and dropoffs; crappies fair on jigs in creek channels; white bass, catfish fair.

TUTTLE CREEK: 80 degrees, fairly clear, one-half foot high. Outlook: Guide Vic Oertle reports: white bass good on Double W spoons, Bubbas on the flats; catfish fair on a variety of baits lakewide.

SHAWNEE MISSION: 84 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish good early on stink bait, sunfish along north shore and near the fish feeder in the south cove; bass, wipers fair on jigs, spinners near Shelters 5 and 6 and along the south shore.

PERRY: 81 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass fair to good on twisters, Road Runners off humps and rocky points; largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits along structure; channel catfish fair to good on shad sides near fish feeders.

POMONA: 81 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: wipers fair to good on spoons or crankbaits at dusk; bass fair on shad imitations; channel catfish good on shad, night crawlers.

CLINTON: 80 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: white bass fair to good on crankbaits where fish are surfacing early and late; channel catfish fair to good on stinkbait in areas that have been chummed.

WYANDOTTE: 83 degrees, very clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boats reports: largemouth bass good (but mostly small) on plastic baits in the shallows; channel catfish fair on night crawlers, chicken liver at night; crappies fair to good on jigs in deep brush or trolling small crankbaits on the main lake.

KILL CREEK: 83 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: crappies fair on minnows at the marina and in deeper water near the flooded timber; bass fair early on spinnerbaits along the banks; catfish good on stink bait, worms off the docks and near the island.

HERITAGE: 84 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish fair on worms, stink bait along west side of dam; crappies fair on spinners along dam; bass fair on spinnerbaits, jigs along the banks in the evening.

COFFEY COUNTY: 100 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 87 degrees midlake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: catfish fair on stink baits in chum holes; crappies fair.

MELVERN: 78 degrees, fairly clear, normal. Outlook: Melvern Marina reports: crappies fair (but small) in main-lake brush.

HILLSDALE: 84 degrees, murky, one-half foot low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: crappies poor to fair on minnows in brush in coves.

LA CYGNE: 92 degrees at the hot-water outlet, low 80s midlake, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: all species poor.

Other area waters

GRAND (Okla.): 83 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Matt Watson reports: white bass very good early and late on Fle Fly Go-Go Minnows where fish are surfacing; crappies good on minnows at night on Flick’r Tails; catfish very good on cut shad drifted in 20 to 35 feet of water.

WHITE RIVER (Ark.): Clear, low water in the morning, power generation in the afternoon. Outlook: Gaston’s White River Resort reports: Fly fishing: trout very good on midges, olive woolies, soft hackles. spin fishing: trout very good on pink glow worms, live worms, Thomas Buoyant Spoons in low water. In the afternoon, when four to six generators are running, trout are biting yellow Power Eggs that are drifted in the current. And from 5 to 7 p.m. brown trout good on Rogues, Countdown Rapalas.

BEAVER LAKE (Ark.): 83 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Bailey’s Guide Service reports: stripers, walleyes good at night trolling with downriggers and Bombers, Rapalas, Rogues 40 feet down in 60 to 200 feet of water from Prairie Creek to the dam.

This story was originally published July 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM with the headline "Fishing report for July 31."