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Missouri

•JAMES A. REED: 76 degrees, clear, 10 inches low. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits along weed edges; channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait under bobbers; bluegills good on redworms.

•LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 79 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Gier’s Bass Pro reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in 20 to 25 feet of water in the brush; catfish good on jug lines with perch in 25 feet of water in the creek channels and the mouths of coves; bass fair on jigs, topwater lures, crankbaits in 10 to 25 feet of water in the brush; white bass fair early and late on jigs, spinners off windy points.

•BULL SHOALS: 76 to 82 degrees, clear, 3 feet low. Outlook: Buck Creek Marina reports: blue catfish, flathead catfish good on jug lines with perch; crappies fair on minnows in 25 to 30 feet of water in the brush.

•STOCKTON: 78 degrees, clear, 3 feet high. Outlook: Mutton Creek Marina reports: crappies good on minnows in 15 feet of water in the brush; catfish good on shad.

•NORFORK: 79 degrees, clear, low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: stripers good on Bink’s Spoons in deep water on the main lake; black bass fair early on Zara Spooks.

•TANEYCOMO: 50 degrees, clear, power generation in the evening. Outlook: Fall Creek Marina reports: trout good on Power Bait below Fall Creek.

•SMITHVILLE: 74 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Burton’s Bait and Tackle reports: bass fair on plastic frogs, Senkos over the flooded grass and jigs and plastic worms in the timber and along laydowns; catfish fair on worms, stinkbaits in 10 feet of water off points and main-lake humps; crappies good on jigs, minnows in 20 feet of water in the new brush piles that were placed in the lake and along the tree lines above either bridge.

•POMME DE TERRE: 83 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Nemo Landing reports: catfish fair to good on limb lines, trotlines with cut shad; crappies fair to good on minnows in 18 feet of water in the timber; white bass fair at dusk on spinners where fish are surfacing.

•TRUMAN: 76 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Sterett Creek Marina reports: bass fair on topwater lures, plastic worms off main-lake points; crappies fair on jigs, minnows in 10 to 15 feet of water in the brush. Below the dam: Rocky Top Bait and Archery reports: all species poor.

•JACOMO: 76 degrees, clear, near normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies fair to good on minnows in 12 to 15 feet of water on the main lake; catfish fair on worms at night in the coves; bluegills fair on red wigglers in 8 to 10 feet of water.

•LONGVIEW: 74 degrees, 48-inch clarity, slightly low. Outlook: Longview Lake Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows off the marina docks.

•BLUE SPRINGS: 78 degrees, murky, low. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught in the mouths of the coves).

•TABLE ROCK: 87 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Baxter Boat Dock reports: all species poor.

Kansas

•COFFEY COUNTY: 74 to 88 degrees, clear, low. Outlook: Coffey County reports: channel catfish good on cut bait; smallmouth bass good on crankbaits, grubs; crappies, white bass fair.

•MILFORD: 71 degrees, clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Jim’s Corner reports: white bass fair on minnows, Shad Slabs near the water tower on the west bank; catfish good on a variety of baits on the main lake flats; wipers fair on chicken livers in the spillway.

•CLINTON: 79 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Wildlife and Parks reports: channel catfish good on stinkbait, cut bait, liver in baited areas.

•POMONA: 78 degrees, stained, normal. Outlook: Lighthouse Marina reports: channel catfish good on worms, soybeans in 13 feet of water off the points; crappies fair on minnows in 8 to 10 feet of water along hedge rows.

•LA CYGNE: 75-85 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: channel catfish good on shrimp, night crawlers; bass fair on plastic worms.

•SHAWNEE MISSION: 75 degrees, clear, low. Lake has been drawn down. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: channel catfish good on a variety of baits off the points and on flats; bass fair on crankbaits, plastic worms off points; panfish good on crickets, worms.

•WYANDOTTE: 75 degrees, stained, 1 foot low. Outlook: Wildlife and Parks reports: crappies fair on jigs, suspended over deep ledges on main lake; largemouth bass fair (but small) on plastic baits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits off main-lake points; wipers good (but small) on shad imitations where fish are surfacing early; channel catfish poor to fair (a few are being caught on prepared baits, worms on shallow flats).

•WILSON: 74 degrees, clear, 2 feet low. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: channel catfish good on worms, shrimp; walleyes poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigging spoons on the flats).

•KILL CREEK: 76 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish fair on worms, liver; bass fair on crankbaits, plastic worms; panfish good on crickets, worms.

•TUTTLE CREEK: 78 degrees, fairly clear, low. Outlook: Derrick’s Bait Shop reports: flathead catfish fair to good on minnows in Rocky Ford; channel catfish, crappies fair in the spillway.

•HERITAGE: 77 degrees, murky. Outlook: Johnson County Parks and Rec reports: catfish fair on worms, liver; panfish good on crickets, worms.

•EL DORADO: 76 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Maynard’s Bait Shop reports: channel catfish fair on worms, stinkbaits on the main lake.

•PERRY: 78 degrees, murky, 1 foot high. Outlook: Lake Perry Yacht Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few small fish are being caught).

•MELVERN: 77 degrees, clear, slightly low. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: all species poor.

•HILLSDALE: 80 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Rand’s reports: all species poor.

•GLEN ELDER: 75 degrees, fairly clear, 6 feet low. Outlook: Corner Bait and Tackle reports: all species poor.