Area fishing report

CLINTON (Updated Thursday) – Water 80 degrees and 3.35 feet above normal pool. Crappie poor. Fishing sporadic. A few being caught off brush at 12-15 feet and some being taken at 12-20 feet off channel using minnows and jigs. A three-pounder was caught last weekend. Channel catfish good using liver and shrimp. Fish are at about 4 feet around willows and off shallow points. Some being caught in outlet, too. Walleye poor. Troll crankbaits at about 12 feet or jig nightcrawlers and leeches off channel areas at about 15 feet. Notes: A 10-inch minimum length limit and 20 daily creel limit on crappie, and an 18-inch minimum length limit on wiper went into effect Jan. 1.

PERRY (updated Thursday) – Water 81 degrees and 2.42 feet above normal pool. Channel catfish fair to good. Fish eating shad. Feeders are in and working from 7-8 a.m., noon and 7-8 p.m. Hog trough is smoking. Sauger fair to good on rocky points on west side toward the dam on crankbaits, twisters. White bass fair on rocky points, twisters or shad-colored crankbaits. White crappie fair on tube jigs or minnows at 12-15 feet. Note: Shad are about a half-inch long and will be growing fast. State Park boat ramps now usable.

DOUGLAS STATE LAKE (updated Thursday) – Channel catfish fair using nightcrawlers, poultry liver or stinkbait. Bluegill fair on nightcrawler pieces below bobber.

LEAVENWORTH STATE LAKE (updated Thursday) – Bluegill good using worms under bobber around weedbeds and feeders. Channel catfish fair using nightcrawlers, shad, large minnows and stinkbait. Largemouth bass fair. Anglers report fishing slow with crankbaits, but better with plastic worms and jigs. Note: Aeration system not working because of a breakdown. It should be running again sometime next week. Feeders are operational.

LONE STAR LAKE (updated Thursday) – Largemouth bass fair using spinnerbaits, crankbaits and plastic jigs and worms. Bluegill good using worms under bobber. Channel catfish good using nightcrawlers, liver, stinkbait or minnows.