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August 17, 2010 - Cheney & Fall River - August 26, 2010 Thursday. Been out several times last few weeks at Cheney. Each time 4-6 Wipers most right at 21 up to 23". Hate to say it but this year is probley the worst year ever. All due to the High waters this summer along with water release. Water is still stained due to all this rain this summer. Have not experenced any big schools of Wipers like years past.  Went out to Fall River for two days. Around 10 Whites each day. Whites were really big in the 16-17" area. Out of all the lakes I've fished in Kansas Fall River has produced the biggest Whites I've ever seen.  Might be one of the best kept secrects for huge White's. Even this lake this year has not produced numbers like years passed.   Mark. 

August 17, 2010 - Cheney White Perch Question - I was reading Mark post about a "known perch spot" and was wondering of someone could help me out. I have 4 small kids and my buddy has 2. We are wanting to take them to Cheney and let them catch white perch till their little arms fall off. I have fished Cheney a lot so I know the lake but can't usually find the fish. I can only see the depth and noting else so exact spots and methods would be great to know. Thanks for any help!
Greg in Derby

July 6, 2010 - Cheney - July 06, 2010 Tuesday. Very few boats on the lake at 6:45am.  Lake is flooded and dirty. I'd use the Westside boat ramp only to launch anything. Figured big fish would not be biting. I was right. Calm morning. Located Perch area and just fished there for several hours. Jigging with two poles in hand and action was furious. All difference sizes. I kept all the big ones and cleaned them. About 40 of them. Caught total of 50-60. Have not tryed them but herd they are great tasting to eat. Who knows when the lake will be back to normal and the BIG fish back to biting. Several, several weeks. Did catch one 8 lb. catfish and one short Walleye jigging. My wrist is hurting. Very fun to catch. No complaints.  Mark.

June 28, 2010 - Cheney - June 28, 2010 Monday. Fishing has been very good. They have been hard to get to bite. These fish I'm catching are just below ledges not on top which for me are harder to catch trolling. My trolls have to be precise to get them to bite. I think as time goes they will be easier to catch latter part of summer. G.P.S. is a must right now to be precise along with high quality sonor. Caught today 4 Walleye 1 was 28". 4 nice Wipers, all way over 21" and a ton of White Perch. I got tired trying for BIG fish so i went to a know Perch area and they were STACKED. No wind today so it was EASY picken with my Ele. trolling motor. Perch are real nice sized. Used Kastmaters jigging. There were Huge fish on top of them but no takers. Cleaned my catch and seen this fella with two young kids on board getting ready to hit the lake. BOY i wish i could  have took those young kids to the Perch spot. Gave him the location of it and wished him the best of luck. These perch if you can find them schooled up would be great for kids. One of my boys is in summer school, (W.S.U.) and the other weights at high school. They were not happy when i told them of my catch today.  One of my pictures was from last week.     Mark.  

June 1, 2010 -Marion - May 31, 2010 - Got to the lake about 3:30pm and fished till dusk, caught a bunch of small white bass in the shallows. Caught three short Walleye out in the deeper water and one 21” Wiper. Had the kids along so let them catch small whites for a while. Ended up catching 41 total but only 15 were worth keeping.

May 28, 2010 -Marion - May 28, 2010  Friday.  A.M. fishing. Used worm and jig. Caught 4 Walleye all around 15". Few Small Wipers. Seen one boat on top of them. They did real good. Water real clear.  Caught one Walleye trolling. Went to take Huskey Jerk off and some how one of the hooks got me REAL deep in my hand. Thank goodness my son was with me. He held the Walleye while i TRIED to get hook out with Needle nose. Would not come out. Ended up clipping tip of hook and then it came out. Man it hurt. Marion is really a nice lake. Dont make it our there too much.   Mark.

May 27, 2010 - El Dorado - The water is about 2 ft high. Muddy /stained most places.  No fish caught in reservoir.

They are releasing water.  Saw one small flathead caught (3lbs). 

Water is lapping up on the sidewalks beneath the dam.

sse

May 17, 2010 - Lyon County SFL - I'm Edward and this is what my first email/fishing report to you. Ill cut to the chase. Fishing at lyon county state fishing lake is amazing so far. Crappie from shore around brush piles are good. Minnows on a bobber work great and small jigs. Bass fishiing is good there as well. Worms , small bluegill fished live, jiggs, spinners all catch bass well. Catfish are just as good, fishing at the feeder with worms brings in 5-15 lb channel catfish. Melvern lake is preety good fishing as well. Drum are plentiful caught at the spillway on live crawdads on the bottom. Walleye are good on road runner, jiggs, and minnows. Catfish are still a little shy, but they will bite on worms at the bottom. All the fish at melvern were caught at the spillway. hope this helps.
 
Good fishing,
                   Edward.

May 11, 2010 -Wichita -........fishing in a local river, caught a 21 lb flat head on perch while tornado sirens were going off....hit bout ten feet off bank with a big black perch, good luck to all.hope to see more catfish reports as the weather warms........Jordan Beard

May 10, 2010 - Cheney Question - Is the 3 way rig still the hot set up on Cheney?

April 19, 2010 -Marion

April 16, 2010 - Cheney Walleye reply to Mark - In reply to Mark about the 9+ lb walleye, no I will not be mounting that one. I don't know if i'll ever catch one again that big but I just don't think I want to spend that much $ on it. I have the pictures and that's good enough for me for now.

Derby Greg

April 16, 2010 - Cheney - April 15, 2010 Thursday. Been out twice last two weeks with the boat. No fish. Today finally got them to bite. Found them Southwest corner of dam in front of the boat ramp. Total of 5 Wipers from 8am. to 10am. All were nice 7 lbs. one top at 8.4 lbs. Caught them on humps some in 22' of water. Caught some with the downriggers others with my side pole. All were females full of eggs and real fat. Dragged the bottom a few times and came up with thousands of Zebra Mussels. They're attached to everything. Snagged a 1 oz. sinker and it was loaded with Zebra Mussels. It's terrible.  Mark

April 14, 2010 -Cheney - heard of any white bass in the river at cheney yet

April 14, 2010 - Sedgwick County Park - My son and I have been making fishing a favorite past time since he was 3yrs of age. His first pole was a scoobydoo start kit. His first catch was a little sun perch out of a little creek right down the street from where we used to live. My son is now 16yrs old, and fishing is still one of his greatest passions. Who would of known that just a casual thing could turn out to be something he loves to do so much. This past weekend (As we have been doing now for the past 2 weekends) we went to Sedgwick County Lake and he caught the biggest fish he has ever caught yet. I can tell you that when he was reeling it in, I was sitting on the bank enjoying the cool breeze and the fact that he was shouting MOM, MOM wasn't quite registering, until I took a look at the tip of his pole bent in half. I dropped everything and went running. At first I thought he had a turtle on the line, until I saw the back fin of this huge fish....he was so excited when he was able to see what was on the end of his line.  It tooks us a good 5 to 10 minutes to reel him in to the shore. My son couldn't really pick the fish up good so he took off his shirt while I held the pole.  Once he had  a good grip of the fish, I took this picture of his big catch.....we were going to take the fish up to the local bait shop but they were closed, so we showed his big catch off to a couple of people that were there at the lake and then we released it back into the water, so that some other lucky fisherman could have the joy of having this beauty on the end of their line. I have to tell you, that as a mother who has been taking her son fishing for all of these years,  I am so glad that I got the opportunity to be there for his biggest catch yet. I hope and pray that I get to experience the joy and excitement of his next big catch.  This would make his day, to see this picture posted on Kansas Anglers Website. I also included his first catch of the season 2010 and the first fish he caught of the day, before the whopper that is featured here.  Thanks, and Happy Fishing!!!!!

March 19, 2010 -Cheney - We got to the dam at Cheney about 7pm on 3/18/10. Started throwing rattle traps, jigs, and shad raps. Didn't get a thing till after dark, maybe about 9pm. First got a 22 inch walleye followed by a 20 inch walleye. A few casts later BAM! This 9lb 29 inch walleye just slammed my rapala stick bait. Was a lot of fun! Tons of people on the dam.

March 14, 2010 -Cheney - Decided to go out to cheney and try the dam. Nothing till around 7:30 Pm  Then BAM ! Got this momma on a kastmaster ! Caught 2 others under 20". Went ahead and put her back ! Want to catch her again !!!
 gypsumrocker

February 9, 2010 -Ice Fishing - no one is talking about the ice anymore, do we know how much is out there?

January 6, 2010 - Info on Fall River or Toronto? - Does anyone have a report on Fall River or Toronto? It seems like it has been colder there than at Cheney.  Should be some excellent Crappie fishing there.  I have never heard of anyone ice fishing at either one of these lakes.

January 5, 2010 - Cheney - Cheney Lake, 1/3/10, mouth of river.  7" of ice in that area,  very safe.  Blue and silver, shartruce, white spoons it didn't matter.  Just make sure your hooks are big enough to pinatrate and pay attention to your line, sometimes there is just a light tap, like a crappie.  good luck to ya.

6 wipers went 42 pounds, and one whitey.

Terry

January 5, 2010 - North Central Kansas - Here's some up to date info.from Jeff Ensz Smoky Hills Guide Service

News from N.Central Ks. Kanopolis: The marina cove has 8"+ and the fishing on the attractors is poor. Yankee Run 10"+ is sporadic for whites, this area has numerous gas holes in the ice, be careful. The main lake is 4-5" and should be fishable. Crappie fishing has been fair with fish avg 10". The mainlake whites are good with some fish up to 3# and a 1.5#avg. Wilson: I've fished from Minooka west to the bend. No real patterns on stripers or wallys, pretty hit or miss. The bend has 12"+ with white perch dominating the catch, some large whites, and some stripers up to 10#. Hell Creek is similar only fewer fish, so far. The stripers should be lined up from Elm Creek to Lou's point via the river channel,however nobody has been out there fishing. The ice is 9"+.

Glen Elder: West of the causeway, crappie and whites are good with some crappie up to 3# and a few whites 4#+ you can't miss the large groups of guys. The main lake should be tight enough now to fish the attractors, this lakes a gold mine for large crappies

January 3, 2010 - Cheney - Jan. 2, Fishing in river channel near mouth of the river in the p.m.. Large wipers were caught on spoons, blue & silver, gold, white, rainbow spoons, it really didn't seem liked it mattered when they came through.  One was under 21" and had to be put back in the lake.  one white was taken in our group.  Probably 15 guys out there fishing.  Ice 6"-7".  GET OUT THERE NOW!!!!!!   

Terry

January 3, 2010 - Request for Ice Fishing Reports - anglers post ice fishing reports here ,looks like we will get good ice this year...fishin pal jer

January 1, 2010 - Kanopolis - Jan. 1 we were fishing by the tower around the brush piles, and the point.  Ice is 6-8"  very safe.  Nobody was out their in the p.m..  No catches wind switched out of the north.  For the report of the lake of "FULL" of white bass, which is reported Kansas fish and game, they sure are hard to find, and the lake is down probably 10ft.  Loader pt. open water.  Sure need more fisherman out their to help find these whities.

January 1, 2010 - Cheney Ice Conditions - 01/01/10  Need info on ice at Cheney.

December 11, 2009 - Cheney Ice Conditions - For you Ice Fishers out there. I drove down to Cheney this morning( Fri. the 11th) to check out the ice. The whole upper end was frozen, but ice was only around 2 1/2" thick. Not quite thick enough for me, or I guess, anybody else as there was not a soul in sight. The lakes further north( Wilson, Kanopolis) might be OK, but I wouldn't recommend going to Cheney just yet.---Bob  

October 5, 2009 - Cheney Fish Photo Answer - from left to right Wiper, whitebass striper and whiteperch . by the way, the board they are laying on is 18" wide.  The white bass that day were all HUGE total of white bass was 9 and they were the biggest i have ever caught in cheney. the wipers were all in the 22" range and ended up catching 13 of those, and 3 Stripers all about 22". all were in 4' water, on a 4" sassy shad. It was a great afternoon.

October 3, 2009 - Cheney Fish Photo Answer - The first one is a Wiper,second is a White Bass,third is a Striper and last is the White Perch. Is this correct Mike E.?

October 2, 2009 - Cheney Fish Photo Answer - Mike, looks as if 1st two are white bass, 3rd one is either a wiper or striper which by length versus girth looks as a striper and 4th is the best eating one,the perch which is for supper tonight. Correct?

September 5, 2009 - Lake near Burden - Here is a picture of a 22" 6lb large mouth that I caught on a lake near Burden Ks. The fish was caught by Dave Bean while fishing with his uncle Eldon Schniepp and son Julian Bean. This fish was caught in the morning on a 4" tube bait. They always look like the weigh more than they do. We released the fish to be caught another day. We also caught another 20" bass that was skinny and only weighed 4 lbs.

July 28, 2009 - Cheney - Sunday morning, July 26th
- Another really nice wiper for my son..........he has had quite a good
summer fishing!!  This was caught on live bait (not perch)and released
back to the lake for others to enjoy.  Several others same morning, but
none as big as this one.

July 27, 2009 - Cheney - On the water early Saturday morning 6:30am with son and grandaughters (a.k.a. the Kansas City Gang) on board.  Too early to consider schooling wipers so opted to troll with 3-way rigs.  Luck on our side as Grandaughters got to experience the thrill of battling couple of nice wipers (26" and 23") to the net, as shown in attached photos, and then released back into the lake.  Cold front moved through about 8:30am and the "bite" came to an end.  The girls were happy but now bored and ready to call it a day.  Only couple hours on the water but another memorable trip with grandkids.  All the wipers caught hit the pearly white sassy shad rather than the crank bait.                 Remember!.....the best time to go fishing is whenever you can. Mr. "T" July 24, 2009 - White Perch - Agreed can't use as live bait, but you also are not supposed to release back in the water if caught... you are suppose to destroy or freeze and notify the parks nuisance dept if caught other than cheney and el dorado.  I didn't find any info saying you can't use them as bait dead.  Since parks say you can eat them it would be okay to pop them on ice after catching.  Dominic July 24, 2009 - Cheney - Cheney Lake, July 23, 2009 Thursday afternoon. Fishing for me has been real slow this summer at Cheney. Very disappointing. I'd like to think August will be much different. Today caught a total of 4 Nice keeper Wipers.  Few got off. As of now this season is one of my most disapointing year for Wipers. Went to Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas few days ago with guides and the last 10 days for them for Stripers has been about the same. SLOW. I and the guides blame the cool fronts that keep coming thru the region all the time this summer. Northeast, North, East winds make it tough. Going to hit the lake hard next few weeks. Hope to post a VERY different report then. Did see a very impressive catch of catfish at the cleaning station. So, looks like the Catfish are biting.    Mark.   July 23, 2009 - Johnson County Regency Park Lake – Overland Park , KS Largemouth Bass – Fair Bluegill – Fair Lake is about 80% covered with algae, making fishing extremely difficult   Heritage Lake – Olathe, KS Bluegill – Good Hitting well on worms   Kingston Lake – Overland Park , KS Bluegill – Fair Channel Catfish – Good July 21, 2009 - White Perch Comment from reader - Just a reminder to the anonymous sender. White perch are illegal to use as live bait and are illegal to possess period. Both carry a stiff penalty. They MUST be dead to be in your possession, even at the waters where they are caught. (stupid law) July 20, 2009 - Cheney - Cheney, July 17th - On lake by 4:30pm with 10 Y/O grandson visiting from Topeka as my partner.  Started expedition trolling 3-way rigs and grandson caught 16" Wiper.  Continued trolling when I spotted schooling Wipers busting shad in a feeding frenzy.  Reeled in the trolling rigs and quickly moved in close to the feeding frenzy.  Handed rod/reel rigged with 4" sassy shad to grandson and told him to start casting into the feeding wipers.  Oooops!...grandson didn't know how to use a spinning reel so gave him quick 60 second lesson and turned him loose.  Couple minutes later he had a big Wiper hooked and the battle was on.  Finally netted a nice 25" Wiper which almost pulled grandson out of the boat once or twice.  What a beaut!  Continued working the area for next couple of hours casting 4" Sassy Shads to schools of surface feeding wipers sporadically popping up around us.  We both boated  more nice Wipers with all released back into the lake.  Downside is I neglected to bring the camera but Grandson had a blast and I left the lake with a priceless memory. Mr. "T" July 19, 2009 - Cheney - 7/14/09 - A.M.- Fished 5:30 - 11:00. Caught two short walleye and a bunch of 8 - 9 inch whites and wipers, casting and trolling points in 4 - 6' of water. Good to see.   Could not find big wipers??   July 19, 2009 - Harvey County East - Caught these good eating size channels at Harvey County East Lake on the east side over across from the dam.  Used Sonny's for all.  Caught 10 all total with these 4 being the largest.  8 fillets just enough for a dinner for two.  Did catch an oddball channel cat.  He was missing his tail fin.  Just a nub at the end.  Missing one eye too.  Now that is a fighter! ---Chris July 13, 2009 - Cheney - 7/13/09 - Fished dawn till noon Sunday.  Tough time early, but the bite picked up late morning.  Got into a large school of white perch, used 3 for live bait, and caught 3 nice wipers in 5-8 ft of water.  The white perch were unusually large for the most part.  Many in the 10-12 inch range. My son caught a personal best wiper (not nearly as big as Mike and Mark typically catch, but still a biggest wiper for the boy). Saw no schools of wipers busting shad on the surface at all Sunday while we were there. July 11, 2009 - Cheney - July 10, 2009 Fri. afternoon. Slow. Found shad in many areas.The only fish feeding on them were white pearch. That would tell me the Wipers and all were deep somewere. Caught 10 pearch and one 8 lb. Wiper.  Mark.

July 6, 2009 - Cheney - Some of the walleye's we've picked up the last couple weeks. We can't seem to find any wipers.

jimmy

July 6, 2009 - Cheney - 7/2/09 - Finally, the shad are moving and schooling up and so are the wipers. Thursday was the first time this year I have seen a school of wipers chasing shad on the surface.

Trolling 3-way not working well for some reason this year, but jigs and spoons seem to work just fine.  Also pulled a 20lb catfish same evening, same spot as the wipers.   Good times ahead!

BB

July 5, 2009 - Webster -Been hitting Webster lake for the last several weeks now and the largest fish i have seen was the 17" walleye that i caught on a spinner bait.  Can someone please tell me where are the bigger fish at. I haven't caught a wiper over 3/4 pound, have not caught one cat fish yet, no flat heads. Me and two others are just frustrated that no bigger fish have been caught. catching lots of smaller fish on all kinds of bait from worms, to minnows, shrimp and everything else. Any information would be appreciated.   

Rod

June 24, 2009 - Cheney - Took my sis and bro-in-law fishin on cheney sat, we got to the lake 3pm, I already had the perch caught, and as soon as we got in the boat, the wind changed to the north. It was just a couple of minutes into the north wind, we got to the spot, I put a nice sized bluegill on my hook, handed my pole to  my sis and told her to drop the perch over the side. It was about 5 seconds and she screamed.. then the reel screamed...she screamed some more..the reel didnt quit screamin.. and for that matter of fact she didnt either.. I dont think ive ever seen her so excited!  Finally the fish came up, and we all said WOW! she really let out a holler then, and she wet her pants. Yeah, she really did. It was a beautiful 12lb wiper... it took awhile to take pictures and rebait and by the time we got back to fishing, the bite for the most part was OFF! The wind changed, the fish closed down for awhile. We went across the lake, up the lake and finally back and ended up catching 7 wipers. The wind was really blowing from the north and we called it quits. Here she is holding her fish.

MIKE E.

June 24, 2009 - Question on chumming for wipers - I was wondering if anyone has any information on chumming for wipers.  I was at Milford fishing for wipers.  I was next to a couple of charters that were literally hauling in tons of wipers, only 50-100 feet away using the same bait as us.  They appeared to be scooping some type of chum over the side periodically.  Any info on what they might be using and how to do it would be greatly appreciated.

SAK

June 23, 2009 - Question on bluegill - I am glad you cleared up the part that you know how to catch bluegill. I was a little worried..:)

June 22, 2009 - Gardner Lake - I was back at Gardner Lake on 20 June and the largemouth were hitting very specific presentations. I was using both red and blue crayfish-shaped plastics with sparkles in them on a ½ ounce green and yellow jig head. They were hitting in water no deeper than twelve feet. Most strikes were in about eight feet of water. If I switched to any other colour of the same plastic that did not have sparkles I could not get a strike. Most fish were taken along weed beds by the dam. The largest fish of the day was just under five pounds. Average fish  was two pounds. Fishing has been pretty decent for the last few weeks and looks to continue that way. Also, a friend and I were out in the middle of last week and we pulled a number of very nice fish late at night. Please see the attached pictures. The catfish was caught in one foot of water along the seawall by a friends dock. It was 32” and 11.5lbs. It originally hit a small crappie jig and was then taken on stink bait.

Jas

June 21, 2009 - Milford - Mark, thanks for the info previously on Milford walleye, we did not get down their this week due to weather at home, do you have any current info on walleye or wipers at Milford, will be going down Friday morning??
Chad

June 19, 2009 - Cheney - June 19, 2009 Friday morning. Things are picking up a little for me. Caught a total of 5 with two getting off. Few short Walleye and Wipers. No particular area of lake. Had to keep on the Westside of lake. Winds were out of the Southwest up to 30-35 mph. with some light rain.  Summer pattern not up to full swing YET.  Mark.

June 18, 2009 - Cheney - Went to Cheney from 6AM-11AM for channel cat.  Started at river on north end.  Nothing.  Worked my way down along east side on down to marina fishing rip rap and still nothing.  I used Sonnys, liver and bait shrimp.  Very disappointed.

June 17, 2009 - Harvey County East Lake - Went to Harvey County East Lake Wednesday the 17th from 7AM-11AM.  Caught 3 2lb channels on west side by the stick ups.  Several small stocker size too.  Used Sonny's dip bait.

June 15, 2009 - Gardner Lake - Largemouth around 12-15 inches were hitting three inch lipless lures (Heddon Lucky 13’s-- green fluorescent crawdad) being presented with popping action all over the lake on 14 June, 2009. Most hits were between six and fifteen feet from the shore and mostly around docks. Water depth was no more than eight feet deep. No hits were received on any variety of lipless lure.

June 15, 2009 - Bluegill question clarification - Thanks for posting my question, but I guess I didn’t state my first question correctly, I know how to catch Bluegill. Please elaborate on how and where you fish for the wipers with the Bluegill.

Signed

Drag-em

June 11, 2009 - Milford for Walleye - FISH DOWN ON THE SOUTH WEST END OF THE LAKE OFF THE POINTS. 6 FOOT IN THE AM AND MOVE OUT TO 10 FEET AFTER LUNCH
MARK

June 9, 2009 - El Dorado - Eldorado lake on bluegill

June 9, 2009 - Cheney Question - I have a question for Mike E. How do you fish with the bluegill for the wipers? Do you anchor and throw out your line? Also, where is the best place to troll for Wall-eye? Went to Cheney 6/07, fished for catfish around the edge (rocks) with shrimp. Hooked several large ones, broke our lines.

Signed,

Snag ­ em, Catch-em & Drag-em (the crew of the Party Barge)

June 8, 2009 - Cheney - only caught 4 wipers sunday. 8, 8.5, 11 and 17 lbs. all on live bluegill.
Then my throttle stuck open on my boat and had to quit! THAT SUX!
you can catch bluegill all over inside marina cove on small hook w/ worm. along rocks. they are everywhere. sailboat marina on westside has tons of them also. Perch are even better if you can catch them. here is my biggest wiper sunday
MIKE E.

June 8, 2009 - Milford - Fished Milford 3 days over the weekend and caught 3 short walleye, found a lot of nice sized white bass using small jointed Rapalas. Anybody got in tips on finding the walleye?? We tried jigging around flats and some humps and trolling but no keepers.

June 8, 2009 - Wilson County Pond - June 1 My buddy and I put on a Wilson County pond about 2 hours before sunset. The wind was about 15-20 mph. My buddy was running the trolling motor and it kept him pretty busy since I forgot the rudder to stabilize the back of the boat. In spite of that he put me on this real nice bass that hit a Tiki Wave worm right on the edge of a drop about 8 foot from the bank. What a brute! very strong fish! As always the fish was released to fight another day!

Pablo

June 6, 2009 - Cheney - 6/5/09 Got to Cheney at about 6pm and fished till dark. Pretty windy but was able to fish. Started trolling at m&m point with nothing so I moved up to Wichita point. Got a 17 inch walleye and then nothing. Pretty much trolled the entire east/north side of the lake after that with no luck. Came back to Wichita point and got a 10 inch walleye. Mike E. sure must know something more than I do because I haven't even seen a white perch, white bass, wiper, or striper let alone caught one. I'm about to the point where it's not worth it to drive out there and get nothing. Not a single keeper anything in 3-4 trips so far....
Greg in Derby

June 6, 2009 - Butler SFL - Blaze wanted to go fishing for his birthday so we went to butler sfl with our crappie poles 4# test gotta luv the fight

June 5, 2009 - Cheney - In response to MIKE E. about Cheney....
Congratulations on the awesome fishing! I would also like to try live bait for the first time at Cheney. Problem is I don't know where to get it from. The only live bait I know of that's sold close is near the west gate and they only have medium/large minnows and perch. What would you recommend? Should I just use the large minnows? Not sure about the perch either. Where do people who use live shad get them from or where do people get most of their live bait from for use at Cheney? I will also just have to use a large cooler with a battery powered pump. Any other ideas for keeping live bait alive without a bait tank? Any tips would be very helpful. Thanks all!
Greg in Derby

June 4, 2009 - Fall River - Caught these May 23rd in a creek off of Fall River on green perch. 35# and 17#. We caught 5 other smaller ones, good night of fishing.

Jim Harshfield

June 3, 2009 - Cheney - Went to Cheney on Wednesday night and after the wind calmed down the fish really started biteing. Ended up leaving with 2 wipers 24 and 26 inches and 2 walleye 22 and 25 inches.Caught multiple more all different sizes jigging a crawler.

June 2, 2009 - Cheney - One other note. Hit bottom several times trolling. Each time i reeled in and it had a rock or a weed on it. Zebra Mussels were completely covering each item. It is terrible. Mark.

June 1, 2009 - Wilson - Hello everyone,
I am going out to Wilson Reservoir again this coming weekend. June 7th. I have been fishing and drifting around Minooka for walleye and white bass. but this weekend i would like to go fishing for channel cat. Can anyone out there tell me if they have been catching any and if so where about could i look for the biggest concentration. What i guess i would like to know is if they are up around the dam spawning yet. any info u have would be appreciated. we haven't caught any yet. We only managed one keeper walleye and one white bass last Sunday drifting the north side across from Minooka, it was a rather disappointing day. Rod

June 1, 2009 - Cheney - Amazing morning fishing............but the 3-way would not produce. Spoons/castmasters/jigs were the bait of choice. Caught numerous fish all sizes and all kinds all morning till the wind got too high to keep boat trolling over the schools. Lake looking better, great fishing days head!

Mike E - congrats on the huge wiper. Cant wait to see that pic at the marina store. Be sure to keep monitoring the weights, state record is 22 1/4 lbs.

Also believe a really good chance for state record walleye this year from Cheney. What a great lake for trophies.

May 31, 2009 - Cheney - It was an awesome day at cheney sunday. I tried some live bait and loaded up on Large wipers. I caught around 30 Wipers the largest being just short of 20lbs. She was a monster. Many were 8 to 10 lbs. caught them all on Bluegill. I read the note from greg from derby from sat and he didnt catch anything. dont feel bad greg, I didnt catch much sat either. I caught one small wiper. Today however was simply amazing. I was by myself for most of the day, and when i caught the "big one" i couldnt take a picture of myself holding it, so if you want to see it go to the marina. Then a buddy came out and fished from 6 to sundown and we caught lots more.
MIKE E.

May 31, 2009 - Cheney - May 30, 2009 Sat. morning. Morning fishing till 11am. Caught 5-6 Walleye trolling. 10", 15", 18", 19" and one 22". It's been a long time since I've caught Walleye at Cheney at different lengths. That's good news. The young Walleye seem to be going great. No Wipers for me on this trip. BUT, did get a very reliable report Sat. THEY ARE BITING and there BIG. Give the lake time to clear up and watch out.

Mark.

May 31, 2009 - Cheney - Went to cheney on Saturday for walleye ended up catching 12 but all shorts. It's good to see the different classes of fish in this lake. Left about 2 due to being HOT. We did try crawlers and trolling. Didn't see many caught.

May 30, 2009 - Herington Lakes - Herington old lake has been fair for channel cat and some flathead. Crappie has been fair while Largemouth is still poor. Request KDWP to stock the old lake if possible for Largemouth.

Herington New Lake wiper and white bass have been excellent all over on rooster tails and jigs. Walleyes have been fair on worms and bluegill. Channel cat have been excellent on worms while flathead have been slow. Flathead are starting to move. Crappie have been fair on jigs and rooster tails. Again unfortunely Largemouth bass is poor.

Jeremy from Herington Kansas

May 30, 2009 - Cheney - I got to cheney at 5am on Friday 5-29-09. Saw one other boat with 3 guys leaving the east ramp at the same time. Wonder if they got anything because I sure didn't find anything big that I was looking for. I fished M&M point, Wichita point, the face of the dam, refuge, west side, up north, and even the middle of the lake! I could not find the fish. I only got 3 very small walleye north of the refuge. I trolled deep with the 3 way (big norman crank bait with a sassy shad), I trolled mid water with all sorts of lures, I tried spoons thrown toward humps. Just couldn't get any help from the fish. I was going to stay all day but went home mid afternoon defeated.... I just don't know how you guys find these bigger wipers at Cheney but I would sure like to. I think I have been there maybe 10 times now including a few years ago and have only got 1 keeper wiper. Getting frustrated.
Greg in Derby

May 28, 2009 - Wilson advice - To Mark that had no luck on Saturday, we fished Wilson by drifting jig and worm on Sunday and did manage to catch about 3 keeper walleye and many short walleye in that same location along with several other boats just directly across from Minooka on the north side by the mud point. also had some luck by drifting the shoreline on the south side about a half mile or so from boat ramp just to the west. Sorry u couldn't get into them . We also got into a nice school of white bass just past the fish feeder west of the boat ramp on the south shore approximately a mile or so away. If i had my gps on my boat turned on i could give you the gps coordinates but i am nowhere near it right now. Rod

May 28, 2009 - Milford help request -I was Milford last weekend and only caught 1 short walleye over 2 days, anybody have any help? Going back down on June 3rd and looking for some advice???

May 28, 2009 - Cheney -Went to Cheney on Tues. the 26th. I drove the boat while my wife and granddaughter trolled. We caught a half dozen short walleye, nothing big enough to take home. So far this year short walleye are about all I've caught at Cheney. That bodes well for the future, but I'd like to catch a few keepers this year. Did anyone have any success at Cheney over the weekend?-----Bob

May 27, 2009 - Wilson -Yes, Tom we did drift with jig and worm directly North of Minooka Park. Must have been 6 boats out there trying there luck. Also tried right off of Minooka Park directly to the East of the boat ramp 1/2 mile were camp site are right next to the water. That's been a good area in past years. What a beautifully lake. Clear water and all. Living in Sedg. Co. i just cant fish that lake much and get to know the hot spots. Thanks for the responds. Did see two boats at the NICE fish cleaning station that's provided. So,it looked like some folks did catch some Sat. Not complaining too much. Still a wonderfull place to take the boat even if we came up empty handed. Mark.

May 26, 2009 - Wilson - In response to Mark trying Wilson. If you put your boat in at Minooka park west boat ramp and head almost strait across the lake to the north side there is a point that sticks out way into the lake you cant miss ityou can fish right around the point but if you fish just to the EAST probably 100 yards or so off the point there is two humps that come up to around 10 ft or so depends on the lake levelUsually this time of year that area produces good walleye. Just wondering if you tried that particular area and still didn't get any fish that lake makes you work hard to find the fish but once you do then its worth it.

Tom K

May 25, 2009 - Wilson - May 23, 2009 Saturday. Headed to Wilson early in the morning. Very nice day. Very little wind, but some chop on the water. Used jig and worm and drifted for hours for Walleye. Nothing. Trolled for some Stripers for hours. Nothing. Very unusual. Normaly come up with a half dozen or so of some nice fish. Not good. Mark.

May 25, 2009 - Kaw River - The flathead (29 lbs)I caught on the Kaw River, just downstream from the weir dam at 435 highway, on live goldfish. It was Fri. May 15th. The blue (27 lbs) I caught downstream of the same weir dam on a flat above a sand dredge hole on cut asian carp on Fri. May 22nd.

Keith Anderson

May 24, 2009 - Cheney - We got to Cheney about 6pm on 5/23/09 with the new boat. Water level was a little high but has gone way down. We trolled a couple 3 way rigs all over M&M point and found nothing. Decided to move up the lake a bit past the refuge I think (was getting dark and it had been a while) and found a nice little change in depth. Turned around and trolled in about 8-10ft of water with shallow running lures back to that spot and got 1 short walleye. This was my first time back fishing the lake in a few years because I had to sell my boat. I'm sure I will be there very often now though with reports. I'm really really wanting to get into some of the big wipers Cheney has to offer! Any more help with info would be great!
Greg in Derby

May 17, 2009 - Cheney - High Water and Zebra Mussels - The water level at Cheney is in flood stage and fisherman obviously will be going to other lakes to avoid the high water.

Personally, I love fishing at Cheney, but since the Zebra Mussel infestation, I have not been back due to the chance that I might spread the infestation to other area lakes that are still Zebra Mussel free. It's not just the boats but also the boat trailers that have to be checked and cleaned after having them in the water at an infested lake.

We all need to do our part and follow the KDWP recommendations on how to avoid the spread of Zebra Mussels.

Greg

May 15, 2009 - Cheney - Thanks Mike E. for the pictures of Cheney. From what you sent yes i've never seen the water that high. It seams i can only make about one trip to Cheney in April and wham the lake floods. I think it's three years in a roll now like that. I'am seeing though each year, and this year is no different, the fish keep getting bigger at Cheney. I'll wait till the waters gets way back down before i even attempt go back out to Cheney. That could take up to a month. Might slip out to Wilson Lake and try my luck next week. The water reports are very good for that lake. And untill then, it's back to mowing evey four days due to all this rain. rains. Mark.

May 14, 2009 - Milford - May 8th 2009 Friday ­ We caught 5 walleye fishing rocky points on the upper end of the lake. The largest one is 8 lbs. They were caught off two separate points a mile or so apart. The water in the first location was super clear and the second location was muddy. Structure appeared to the key as we fished both locations from a boat setting over about 40 feet of water near the bank. We were casting jigs into the bank using a slow retrieve to allow the jig follow the bottom back towards the boat. Most of the hits seemed to occur in about 10 feet of water.

Nathan

May 11, 2009 - Cheney high water - boat ramp parking lot and the fish cleaning station on east side of cheney. High as i have ever seen the lake and its still rising! all campgrounds are flooded cannot get into m&m you can actually drive your boat up to the picnic tables, have a little lunch. Fight the carp off though. they are pretty hungry!
Good luck!!
Mike E.

May 5, 2009 - Where are the crappie? - I have been out 10 times total to Clinton, Pamona, and Melvern, and have yet to catch a crappie. Anyone have any advice? Oh and I have been fishing on shore so that might be it too.

April 29, 2009 - Cheney - Sweet walleye of life I found you. Running up by the noirth end of the lake. Wipers in area. Ones I caught were under length so back they go. Still lots of fun. Biting on worms, sassy shad, and rattletraps.

Geneooo
Gene L. Littlejohn

April 28, 2009 - Cheney - April 24th 2009 Friday
Fished 7am-10:30am. Trolling face of dam. Caught one 12lb and 10lb Wiper full of eggs. One Walleyee 7.4lbs. Will attach pictures soon.
Mark

April 27, 2009 - Cheney - I caught this flathead at cheney lake on 4-21-09 using 10lb line on a shad swim bait. It weighed 30lb. Thanks.

Caley Ediger

April 27, 2009 - Hargis Creek Lake - Saturday April 25, 2009 - Took my daughter and brother in law to Harrgis Creek Lake in Wellington. We threw every jig and rubber worm we had from west bank. No interest on fishes part at all. Daughter was teaching worms to swim under a bobber with same result. Weather was overcast and windy. Water was stained/dirty. All in all a washout, but we were fishing. That made it alright. Next time maybe a small boat and get to the trees out in the lake.

Sheldon

April 27, 2009 - Spoonbill at Marais Des Cygnes - hello, are the spoonbill paddlefish swimming up the Marais DEc Cygnes River yet? im from omaha ,ne. thanks

April 22, 2009 - Hillsdale - My dad, youngest son and I went fishing down at Hillsdale, by the Antioch boatramp, on Tuesday and caught 17 or 18 crappie, a couple of white bass and lost one large mouth. 11 of the crappie were between 10 and a half and 14 inches and the white bass were about 12 to 13 inches. Caught all of them on minnows fishing around trees. We were fishing in about 4 to 8 feet of water with the minnows about 2 and a half to 3 feet deep. It was a wonderful day to be out there and they were mighty tasty.

Josh

April 14, 2009 - Cheney - Was fishing off the bank on west side by the dam from 10 a to 5 p. We only caught small white bass (2). My son and I tried 32 different lures, worms, and shrimp. Too much wind I guess. Changed spots 5 times. Real slow. Will try next week.

Geneooo
Gene L. Littlejohn

April 3, 2009 - Region 2 Action - Does anyone have any reports for region 2 area. In particular Melvern, Clinton, and Pomona.

TTH

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