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Kansas Fishing Report - Region 2 Northeast Kansas

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REGION 2
Reservoirs are listed first, then state lakes, city lakes and streams
Update dates are shown at the top of the report of the individual lake.
State reports last checked August 28 2010 at 10:57 a.m.

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RESERVOIRS

CLINTON RESERVOIR - Need a Map? - CLINTON GUIDE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish	Good	1-3 lbs	Fishing is good for catfish over baited areas. Some fish are being caught using stink bait, liver, and cut bait. Also drifting shad is producing fish.
White bass	Fair-Good	0.5-1 lb	Using rattletraps, spinners, spoons and jigs for whites busting shad at surface. At times action can be really good, but it's been spotty, best action late evening. Some fish are coming in off Clinton Point area and other points vertically jigging jigs and spoons.
Wiper	Fair	2-6 lbs	Using rattletraps, spinners, spoons and jigs for wiper feeding on shad at the surface. Also some being taken vertically fishing points.
Crappie	Slow-Fair	0.5-1 lb	Using jigs and minnows over brushpiles in 8-10 feet of water over and around brushpiles in 15-20 feet of water.
General Comments
Be aware there are a lot of Asian Carp in the outlet, these fish are illegal to possess alive. Click this link to subscribe to the Lawrence District Fisheries Newletter http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWP-Info/News/Newsletter-Request-Forms/Request-a-Newsletter-for-the-Lawrence-Fishing-DistrictLake . Level = 0.39 feet above conservation pool. Release rate = 21 cfs. Water temp = 84. Feeders activated June 16. Brushpiles placed into Clinton August 11 and 12, 2008. GPS locations in degrees, minutes, seconds using Datum WGS 84: 1) N38 55.755 W095 24.146, 2) N38 56.4444 W095 24.466, 3) N38 56.283 W095 23.465, 4) N38 56.014 W095 23.096, 5) N38 55.036 W095 22.568, 6) N38 56.011 W095 23.085, 7) N38 55.073 W095 22.565, 8) N38 55.785 W095 22.235.

HILLSDALE RESERVOIR - Need a Map? -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish	Fair	Up to 10 lbs.	Shad sides fished in the upper end of the reservoir.
Walleye	Slow/Fair	Up to 10 lbs.	Jigs tipped with a nightcrawler fished on the flats.
Crappie	Fair	Fish are 9 to 11 inches and few up to 13 inches	Jigs or minnows fished 20-25ft. around standing timber
White Bass	Slow/Fair	Up to 2 lbs.	Shad imitation jigs fished along mainlake points. Look for shad being busted at the surface.
Largemouth Bass	Slow	Up to 4 lbs.	Finesse plastics fished near deep structure.
KC District Newsletter	Good	4 pages	Click the following link to sign up for the newsletter http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWP-Info/News/Newsletter-Request-Forms/Request-a-Newsletter-for-the-Kansas-City-Fishing-District
General Comments
The lake is currently at conservation pool. Water temperature is approximately 86 degrees F. Remember, do not move bait among water bodies! Due to the heat of the summer, try fishing during the early morning or late evening.

Brush Piles

NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE bp1 W094.93048 N38.64805 bp2 W094.93014 N38.64744 bp3 W094.93223 N38.64613 bp4 W094.93239 N38.64601 bp5 W094.93257 N38.64593 bp6 W094.93297 N38.64557 bp7 W094.93325 N38.64539 bp8 W094.93337 N38.64528 bp9 W094.93371 N38.64509 bp10 W094.93403 N38.64495 bp11 W094.89748 N38.67773 bp12 W094.89828 N38.69222 bp13 W094.89741 N38.69251 bp14 W094.89702 N38.69279 bp15 W094.94708 N38.69250 bp16 W094.94691 N38.69360 bp17 W094.94704 N38.69379 bp18 W094.94713 N38.69395 bp19 W094.94722 N38.69413 bp20 W094.94779 N38.69478 bp21 W094.94782 N38.69492 bp22 W094.94421 N38.69326 bp23 W094.94534 N38.69457 bp24 W094.94288 N38.69476 bp25 W094.94215 N38.69504

NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE bp25 W094.94215 N38.69504 bp26 W094.94205 N38.69519 bp 27 W094.93699 N38.66412 bp28 W094.94645 N38.66321 bp29 W094.94644 N38.66343 bp30 W094.94643 N38.66366 bp31 W094.94641 N38.66384 bp32 W094.94634 N38.66403 bp33 W094.94635 N38.66417 bp34 W094.94640 N38.66433 bp35 W094.94645 N38.66451 bp36 W094.90004 N38.67656 bp37 W094.89887 N38.67613 bp38 W094.89917 N38.67590 bp39 W094.89849 N38.67479 bp40 W094.89835 N38.67491 bp41 W094.89771 N38.67667 bp42 W094.89577 N38.67619 bp43 W094.89524 N38.67595 bp44 W094.89519 N38.67651 bp45 W094.89592 N38.67677 bp46 W094.89638 N38.67762 bp47 W094.89677 N38.67734 bp48 W094.89712 N38.67773 bp49 W094.89818 N38.67848

MILFORD RESERVOIR - Need a Map? -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black bass	Good	up to 6 lbs	Smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass are all available to anglers in Milford. Smallmouth are most abundant, and provide a trophy opportunity. Largemouth are less abundant, but trophys are also present. Spotted bass are few in numbers, but provide a unique fishery. In combination, these species should provide good angling.
Catfish	Good	up to 30 lbs	Channel, blue, and flathead catfish are present in Milford. Blue cats provide both a trophy and abundant fishery, while channel cats offer good numbers of smaller fish. Flatheads also provide a trophy fishery of their own, although not as abundant as channels or blues. Together these 3 species offer good fishing to anglers.
Crappie	Fair	.5-1.5lbs	Crappie numbers are fair in Milford. Although most are smallish, keepers are present. Fishing can be good in Spring and late Fall/Winter when crappie become more concentrated.
Walleye	Good	up to 6 lbs	Walleye numbers are good in Milford. Many fish will be sub-legal, but there are still keepers available. Fishing along the dam during the spawn, drifting the flats in late Spring/early Summer, and summertime trolling are the most reliable methods.
White bass	Good	.5-2lbs	White bass of all sizes are abundant in Milford, even trophys. Fishing the river and rocks in the Spring, jigging and trolling in early summer, and topwater in the late Summer/early Fall should be most productive.
Wiper	Good	up to 10 lbs	Wiper of all sizes are also abundant in Milford. In addition to the techniques for white bass listed above, live bait fishing for Wipers can produce real lunkers for those with appropriate tackle.
Current Fishing Opportunity			Listed Below
Catfish	Good	up to 30lbs	along main river channel ledges on shad, in river on worms, cut bait, shad, and set lines
Crappie	Slow
Walleye	Fair	up to 6 lbs	along drop offs 20-30 feet deep trolling spinners and crankbaits
Black bass	Good	up to 5lbs	Topwater, jigs, and spinnerbaits near brush, crankbaits and carolina rigs along deeper points and rock banks
White bass/Wipers	Good	up to 12lbs	livebait near humps and trolling crankbaits near points, good topwater activity chasing shad, watch for gulls
Outlet	Fair		Catfish, white bass, and wipers using shad and worms for catfish and jigs and minnow baits for other species.
General Comments
CAUTION: DO NOT TRANSFER LIVE BAIT FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER!!! ALONG WITH ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTATION, ASIAN CARP ARE IN DRAINAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE KANSAS RIVER AND CAN EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR SHAD!!! Reservoir is at normal pool level. All boat ramps usable. This is a generic fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the 2010 fishing season. The Current Fishing Opportunity section is updated with regular weekly fishing reports. WARNING! ZEBRA MUSSELS NOW IN RESERVOIR AND OUTLET! To sign up for the most recent Milford district fisheries newsletter click HERE!

PERRY RESERVOIR - Need a Map? - PERRY GUIDE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Zebra Mussels	Super Dangerous!	up to 90 mm	Since the infestion was discovered in Oct. of 2007 these mussels have spread throughout the lake. It's up to all of us to make sure these are not spread to other area lakes, Clean-Drain-Dryeverything that is taken out of Perry. According to my July samples there are about 10 veligers/12 oz can!
Summer Fishing Opportunities	Good		For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.
Perry News Letter	Good-Excellent	4 Pages (lots of pics)	Twice a year I will be publishing a news letter for Perry and other waters in my District. The next edition is available now, Perry Reservoir and Atchison State Fishing Lake are in this edition. If you would like the letter e-mailed to you click HERE and fill in the blanks. You can read it on a rainy day, sure could use a couple of those!
Channel Catfish	Fair-Good	Up to 13 lbs.	Feeding on shad and worms on the wind blown banks. Feeders are in, feeding at 7:30, 8, noon, 7:30 and 8 pm. New creel and length limit on Blue Catfish 5/day and 35" length limit, look at the picture from last fall. The Hog Troughs are going strong and a few of those drifting are using shad and doing well. The young shad are from 1.5-4" and there are bunches of them.
Sauger	Fair	Up to 1.5lbs.	Fish are moved into post-spawning locations, breaks off of the creek channels near flats. Tubes and deep diving cranks off of those points. There was a 4+ pound fish caught in May!
Largemouth Bass	Fair	Up to 5 lbs.	Electrofishing for shad last week saw lots of small largemouth in the flooded vegetation. Fish spinners or cranks around the structure, look at the new pictures! Quite a few smallmouth bass showing up, we sampled 40 lake wide. Electrofishing results: 6.8 hours yielded 26 fish less than 8", 71 fish between 8-12", 48 fish between 12-15", 60 fish between 15-20" and 5 fish over 20", largest fish 6.21 lbs.
White Bass	Good	Up to 1.5 lbs.	Fish those points, look for shad being busted, tube jigs or chrome lures. You've got to get the kids out for some of this action!
White Crappie	Fair	Up to 1.5 lbs.	Tube jigs, fish have scattered for the summer saw lots up shallow feeding on all those shad.
General Comments
New regulations on blue catfish - 5 fish/day and 35" length limit, look at the pictures. Potential record wiper was caught a couple weeks ago at the outlet, 25 lbs!!! Take a look at the picture, man that is a grade A large fish. Water level is falling both State Park Boat Ramps are usuable, about 2.7' high! The Corps of Engineers is releasing water at 500 cfs, which means fishings at the outlet is still pretty good! Lots of white bass, crappie, wipers, catfish and a 11.7 lb. walleye were caught three weeks ago! Click on Perry Reservoir above the fishing report to look at some of the June electrofishing pictures! We electrofished in July for blue catfish, check out the NEW pictures. Click on the underlined fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast. Zebra mussels were confirmed on 10-9-07, mussels are spawning now so make sure you clean, drain and dry your boat after leaving Perry.

TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR - Need a Map? -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish	Fair to Good	1 to 9 pounds	Baldwin Creek area or at the tubes has been producing some fish.
Crappie	Fair	1/2 to 1.5 pounds	Around standing timber in Tuttle Cove or Stockdale area
White Bass	Fair	1/2 to 3 pounds	Rocky points or near dam
Largemouth Bass	Fair	1 to 5 pounds	Coves in southern third of the Reservoir have a fair largemouth bass population. The McIntyre Cove area tends to produce the better fishing.
Saugeye	Fair	1 to 5 pounds	River Pond or tubes is best bet. Most are just below the 15" length limit, but starting to see more keepers.
General Comments
Tuttle Creek Reservoir is back to normal water levels. Floatline fishing is allowed on Tuttle Creek through September 15. An additional $2.50 permit is required to floatline. To subscribe to a electronic version of The Manhattan Fisheries Newsletter then click HERE!

STATE FISHING LAKES

ATCHISON STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Summer Fishing Opportunities	Good		For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.
Perry News	Good-Excellent	4 pages with lots of pics	Twice a year I've been writing a News Letter for Perry Reservoir and another Lake in my District. The issue is available now it has Perry and Atchison State Fishing Lake in it. If you would like to receive the news letter by e-mail click HERE, fill in the blanks. This will give you something to read on a rainy day, hope we get a few of those!
Black Crappie	Fair	Up to 1.0 lbs.	Work those brush piles and piers with a small jig or spinner.
Bluegill	Fair-Good	Up to .4 lbs.	Fish the weed edges with a small spinner or hunk of worm or cricket. Electrofishing results: 1.19 hours yielded 4 fish less than 3", 78 fish between 3-6", 235 fish between 6-8" and 1 fish over 8".
Channel Catfish	Fair-Good	Up to 9 lbs.	You need to be fishing with liver, shad, shrimp or cutbait off the bottom. Fish feeders are feeding sinking feed 5 times/day: 7:30, 8:00, noon, 7:00 and 8:00 pm.
Largemouth Bass	Fair-Good	Up to 3 lbs.	Work the fishing piers and weed edges with a spinner bait or try a little top-water. Electrofishing results: 1.19 hours yielded 22 fish less than 8", 41 fish between 8-12", 44 fish between 12-15", 27 fish between 15-20" and 1 fish over 20" that weighed 4.82 lbs.
Redear Sunfish	Fair	Up to 1.0 lbs.	Fish those open spots in the weeds with a small spinner of meal worm. Electrofishing results: 1.19 hours yielded 18 fish between 4-7", 30 fish between 7-9", 30 fish between 9-11" and 1 fish over 13" that weighed 1.2 lbs.
General Comments
The bridge on County Rd. 318 is complete, no more detours!!! May electrofishing pictures, check out these fish! To see the new netting pictures, click on Atchison State Fishing Lake. Also Click on the fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast Data.

BROWN STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Summer Fishing Opportunities	Good		For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.
Black Crappie	Fair	Up to 1.0 lbs.	Work those brush piles and piers with a tube jig and minnow, fish have scattered for the summer.
Bluegill	Fair-Good	Up to .5 lbs.	Fish the brushpiles with a small jig, cricket, spinner or hunk of worm. Electrofishing results: 1.02 hours yielded 3 fish less than 3", 42 fish between 3-6", 61 fish between 6-8" and 16 fish over 8".
Channel Catfish	Fair-Good	up to 6 lbs.	Get the stinky stuff out, shad or cutbait will make you rod and reel sing. Fish feeders are feeding sinking feed 5 times/day: 7:30, 8:00, noon, 7:00 and 7:30 pm.
Largemouth Bass	Fair	up to 3 lbs.	Work the weed edges with a spinner bait or plasic worm. Some early morning or evening top-water will put some bang into you fishing trip! Electrofishing results: 1.02 hours yielded 32 fish less than 8", 138 fish between 8-12", 85 fish between 12-15", 20 fish between 15-20" and 1 fish over 20" that weighed 5.64 lbs.
General Comments
May electrofishing pictures, nice bass, bluegill, crappie and redear, click on BrownState above the fishing report to see some of these fish. Stocked a bunch of walleye in April, take a look at these trophies! Click on the fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast. Lake is green as green can be, algae should change with the cooler weather.

DOUGLAS STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Sunfish	Fair	0.2-0.4 lbs	Most fish are being caught along shoreline cover and brushpiles with worms under a bobber, some are being taken on jigs.
Channel catfish	Fair	0.5-3 lbs	Most anglers are using cut bait, minnows, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.
Largemouth bass	Slow to Fair	0.2-1 lbs	Most bass are being caught using worms, jigs and small crankbaits near shoreline cover.
General Comments
Water clarity = 4.5 feet, water temp = 84.

GEARY STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black bass	Good	up to 5 lbs	Largemouth and smallmouth are both available, with the majority being largemouth. They can be caught with traditional methods lakewide throughout the seasons.
Bluegill	Fair	up to 1/3 lb	Bluegill are found near shallow water cover, and caught on small jigs and live bait.
Channel catfish	Good	up to 4 lbs	Although smaller in size, channel catfish can be caught lakewide on standard catfish baits. Flatheads can be caught along rocky areas on live bait.
Crappie	Good	.5 to 1 lb	Crappie numbers and size are good, and should provide quality angling, primarily in the Spring and Winter periods.
Saugeye	Good	up to 4 lbs	Saugeye numbers are good, with some keepers available for harvest. Most are caught along the dam and rock points on crankbaits and jig/worm.
Current Fishing Opportunity			Listed Below
Channel catfish	Good	up to 4lbs	along windy banks and edges of flats on cut bait, worms, and stink bait
Crappie	Fair	up to 1.5lb	tube jigs and minnows along banks with brush/rock 10-15ft deep
Saugeye	Fair	up to 3 lbs	along points and dam on minnow baits and jigs/worms
Largemouth bass	Good	up to 5lbs	near points and cover on topwater, crankbaits, jigs, and spinnerbaits
General Comments
This is a generic fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the upcoming 2010 fishing season. The Current Fishing Opportunity section is updated with weekly fishing reports. This deep clear lake offers a diverse fishery. Best for 2010 should be saugeye, crappie, channel catfish, and largemouth bass.

LEAVENWORTH STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish	Good	1-4 lbs	Around feeders, off piers, and off the shore up in cove arms, using cut bait, nightcrawlers, livers, and stinkbait.
LM bass	Fair	0.3-3 lbs	Using jigs, and plastic worms along weeds and deepwater brushpiles.
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 0.33 lbs	Using worms under bobber.
General Comments
Feeders were filled and turned-on April 20. Water clarity is good. Water temperature = 84.

MIAMI STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish	Fair	1-6 lbs	Using cut bait, shad sides, minnows, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.
General Comments

MIDDLE CREEK STATE FISHING LAKE (LOUISBURG) -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish	Fair	1/2 to 4 lbs.	Doughbaits or liver fished near the fish feeder during early morning or late evening.
Crappie	Slow/Fair	Up to 15 inches	Jigs and/or minnows fished 10-20ft. in the trees.
Saugeye	Slow	Up to 4 lbs.	No Reports.
Largemouth Bass	Slow	Up to 3 lbs.	No Reports.
Wiper/White Bass	Slow	Up to 4 lbs.	Shad imitation crankbaits or jigs fished near mainlake points.
General Comments
Fish feeder has been installed. 18 inch minimum length limit and daily creel limit of 2 fish for saugeye and wiper.

NEBO STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Summer Fishing Opportunities	Fair to Good		For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.
Bluegill	Fair	Up to .3 lbs.	Fish the brush and piers with a small spinner or hunk of worm. Electrofishing results: 0.85 hours yielded 1 fish less than 3", 61 fish between 3-6" and 37 fish between 6-8".
Channel Catfish	Fair-Good	Up to 9 lbs	Get out the stinky stuff, you need to be fishing with shad or cut bait at the west end. Fish feeders are feeding sinking feed 5 times a day, 7:30, 8:00, noon, 7:00 and 7:30 pm.
Largemouth Bass	Fair	Up to 5 lbs.	Work that shallow brush with a spinner bait or even a little top-water, morning and evenings will give you a big bang! Electrofishing results: 0.85 hours yielded 9 fish less than 8", 13 fish between 8-12", 23 fish between 12-15", 21 fish between 15-20" and 9 fish over 20 inches with the largest fish being 8.36 lbs.
White/ Black Crappie	Fair	Up to .5 lbs.	Work the deeper brush with a tube jig, few big fish.
General Comments
Young gizzard shad are all over the surface. May electrofishing pictures, check out these bass! Click on NEBO above fishing report to see these fish. Lots of small white crappie, that's why we stocked saugeye last year, will change the fishery for the better. Click on the fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast.

POTTAWATOMIE STATE FISHING LAKE # 1 -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Good	Up to 8 inches	The lake contains a good population of 6-8" bluegill. They can be taken using live bait or small lures.
Channel Catfish	Fair	3/4 to 5 pounds	Worms or prepared baits lakewide.
Crappie	Fair	1/2 to 1 pound	The lake has fair numbers of 8-10" crappie and can be found in 8+ feet of water.
Largemouth Bass	Good	1/2 to 5 pounds	The lake has excellent numbers of bass and can be taken lakewide on a wide variety of baits and lures.
General Comments
This small 24 acre lake is similar to pond fishing. The lake is known for catch and release of largemouth bass and harvest of nice bluegill. The lake's channel catfish are protected by a 15 inch minimum length limit.

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass	Fair to Good	1/2 to 4 pounds	The lake has good numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth. Early mornings on topwater has been good.
Bluegill and Redear	Fair	Up to 1/4 pound	There are fair numbers of sunfish, but most are small. Bobber and worm along rock piers. Bring a kid!
Channel Catfish	Good to Excellent	3/4 to 3 pounds	The lake is in the Urban Stocking Program and is frequently stocked with 12 to 18 inch fish. Still fishing using prepared bait, cut bait, and live bait lakewide.
Crappie	Slow	1/4 to 1 pound	Crappie can be found in 12 - 18 feet of water.
General Comments
Pott. # 2 is noted for family outings, scenic views, catch and release bass fishing, harvest of small crappie and channel catfishing. The channel cat population is maintained with frequent stockings of 12+ inch fish from March through September. The last channel catfish stocking was 500 fish on August 18th and they were bigger than normal. The population is assisted with two fish feeders.

SHAWNEE STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass	Fair	1/2 to 5 pounds	The lake has a good population of black bass with fair numbers of fish over 15 inches long. Along weed line.
Crappie	Fair	1/2 to 3/4 pound	Crappie can be found in 10-15 feet of water near structure.
Channel Catfish	Good to Excellent	1/2 - 4 pounds	The lake is in the Urban Stocking Program and is frequently stocked with 12 to 15 inch fish. Fish are taken lake wide using prepared baits, livers, and cut baits.
General Comments
Located north of Silver Lake, Shawnee State Fishing Lake is the site of good catch and release largemouth bass fishing. The lake is also noted for channel catfish harvest since the lake receives frequent stockings of harvestable sized catfish from March through September. 920 catfish were stocked on August 17th. The catfish population is assisted with two fish feeders. Perry Reservoir has zebra mussels and with Shawnee State Lake being close it is at high risk. Always clean your boat when moving to different water bodies. New brush piles at GPS coordinates 39.200640° -95.805438° 39.200351° -95.801881° 39.201053° -95.801924°

WASHINGTON STATE FISHING LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	up to 1/3 lb	The lake contains a decent population of small bluegill. They can be caught on live bait and small jigs in shallow water near cover.
Channel catfish	Fair	up to 5 lbs	Fair numbers of channel cats are available lakewide on traditional baits. A few flatheads can be caught along the dam on live bait.
Crappie	Fair	.5-1lb	Crappie numbers are fair, with most around 8". They can be caught in the coves using jigs and/or live bait, primarily in the Spring and Winter.
Largemouth bass	Good	up to 4 lbs	Largemouth can be caught throughout the season along weed edges on lures, and on the dam on crankbaits.
Saugeye	Fair	up to 3 lbs	Saugeye are caught mainly along the dam on crankbaits in the Spring, and on jig/worm the rest of the year.
Current Fishing Opportunity			Listed Below
Crappie	Slow	up to 1lb	tube jigs and minnows 10ft deep along dam and near coves
Catfish	Good	up to 8 lbs	along windy banks and dam on cut bait, shrimp, and worms
Saugeye	Fair	up to 3 lbs	along dam on crankbaits and worms
Largemouth bass	Fair	up to 4lbs	topwater, jerkbaits, jigs and spinnerbaits near points, along dam, and in coves
General Comments
This is a generic fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the upcoming 2010 fishing season. The Current Fishing Opportunity section will be updated with weekly fishing reports starting March 2010. This shallow lake usually has poor water clarity, and heavy aquatic vegetation. The diverse fishery provides different angling opportunities throughout the year. A new boat dock has been installed.

CITY LAKES

CENTRALIA CITY LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish	Good	Up to 8 pounds	Wind swept banks on stink bait.
White Bass	Fair	1/2 to 1 lb.	Near the dam or road beds with jigs or cranks.
Crappie	Slow	1/2 to 1 pound	Near standing timber with jigs or minnows.
Saugeye	Fair	2 to 6 lbs.	Good numbers of saugeye over the 18 inch minimum length limit are available. Jigs or crankbaits along road beds or dam.
Largemouth Bass	Poor	1/2 to 5 pounds	Bass are covered by an 18 inch minimum. The lake does not have good numbers of bass, but the best areas are off the dam and rocky piers.
General Comments
Centralia Lake, a 400 acre lake, is noted for good channel cat, white bass and crappie fishing. The lake facilities include multiple ramps, picnic tables, plenty of camping pads and many sites with electricity. Centralia is an enrollee in the CFAP program. A City permit is not required for fishing visits. Perry Reservoir has zebra mussels and with Centralia Lake being close it is at high risk. Always clean your boat when moving to different water bodies.

DOUGLAS COUNTY-LONE STAR LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 1/3 lb	Using worms under bobber.
Channel catfish	Fair	1-5 lbs	Using cut bait, minnows, worms, liver, and stinkbait.
LM Bass	Fair	1-3 lbs	Using jigs.
General Comments

ESKRIDGE-LAKE WABAUNSEE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass	Fair to Good	Up to 7 pounds	The lake has fair numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth. Bass are protected by an 18 inch minimum length limit.
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 1/3 pound	Worms and small artificial lures along the shoreline and near aquatic vegetation. A good population exists.
White Crappie	Good	1/2 to 1 pound	Around structure in 10 to 15 feet of water. The lake contains good numbers of crappie.
Channel Catfish	Fair	3/4 to 10 pounds	The lake has a good population of large catfish
Saugeye	Fair	Up to 7 pounds	The lake has a fair population of saugeye. Drifting or trolling along the dam and breaks near the dam. Best baits are crankbaits, jigs and/or nightcrawlers. An 18 inch minimum length limit applies.
General Comments
This scenic lake is noted for largemouth bass fishing along the abundant shoreline weed beds during the spring and summer. Smallmouth bass are also available along the dam and rocky shoreline. Saugeye and crappie can also be taken at this 200 acre lake located in the flint hills. Since this lake is not part of the CFAP Program, annual or day use permits are available at the boat ramp bait house on the northeast shore. Expect to have your boat inspected for invasive species at the ramp. Always clean your boat when moving to different water bodies.

GARDNER CITY LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 8 inches	Livebait under a bobber fished along the shoreline vegetation.
Channel Catfish	Fair/Good	Up to 14 lb.	Doughbaits or liver fished near the fish feeder during evening.
Saugeye	Slow	Up to 3 lb.	No Reports.
Crappie	Slow	Up to 12 inches	No Reports.
Largemouth Bass	Slow/Fair	Up to 4 lbs.	Crankbaits fished along weedlines.
General Comments
18 inch minimum length limit and daily creel limit of 2 for saugeye.

HERINGTON CITY LAKE-NEW -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Catfish	Good	1-4 lbs	Good numbers of small channel catfish should be caught lakewide using traditional catfish techniques. Low numbers of large flatheads may be caught along the dam using live bait.
Crappie	Good	.5-1lb	Although smaller in size, good numbers of crappie are available to anglers. Best fishing should be in the Spring near cover on jigs and spinners. Summer fishing would be best using jigs and/or live bait near standing timber, the same for Winter.
Largemouth bass	Fair	up to 3 lbs	Largemouth abundance is low, but best fishing is using lures near cover, and crankbaits along dam.
Walleye	Good	up to 3 lbs	Although abundant, most walleye will be below the length limit. Good catch and release angling should be available throughout the fishing season.
White bass	Good	up to 2 lbs	White bass are very abundant and should provide good to excellent angling. Large white bass are available, and should be accessible throughout the year.
Wipers	Good	up to 10 lbs	Multiple successful year classes of wipers are available, and should provide good fishing along with trophy possibilities for anglers.
Current Fishing Opportunity			Listed Below
Catfish	Good	up to 10lbs	along windy banks and channel edges on shrimp and worms
Crappie	Fair	up to 2lb	tube jigs and minnows near standing timber 15-20 feet deep
Walleye	Fair	up to 5 lbs	along deep edges of flats on worms and trolling spinners and crankbaits 15-20ft deep
White bass/Wiper	Good	up to 6lbs	along dam on jigs, spinners, and crankbaits, and trolling river channel drop offs, good topwater action
General Comments
This is a generic fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the upcoming 2010 fishing season. The Current Fishing Opportunity section is updated with regular weekly fishing reports. This lake provides a diverse fishery, but best in 2010 should be wipers and white bass.

HERINGTON CITY LAKE-OLD -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	up to 1/3 lb	This lake contains a decent population of 6-8" bluegill. They are caught primarily on live bait near shallow water cover and rock.
Catfish	Good	1 to 10 lbs	Good numbers of channel cats are caught lakewide on traditional catfish baits. Flatheads are caught along the rocky dam on live bait.
Crappie	Good	.5 to 1.5 lbs	Crappie are very abundant, some up to 15". They are caught on jigs and/or live bait near brush, primarily in the Spring and Winter.
Largemouth Bass	Fair	up to 3 lbs	Largemouth bass are present, but in low numbers. They are caught near brush on artificials, and along the dam on crankbaits.
White bass	Fair	up to 1.5 lbs	There are low numbers of white bass currently available, but some can be found in the creek and along the dam in the Spring and Fall. Best baits are jigs and spinners.
Current Fishing Opportunity			Listed Below
Channel catfish	Good	up to 3lbs	along windy banks and dam on shrimp, cut bait, and worms
Crappie	Fair	up to 2lbs	near shoreline brush and rock 5-10ft deep on minnows and tube jigs
White bass	Fair	up to 1.5lbs	along dam on jigs, crankbaits, and spinners
Largemouth bass	Fair	up to 4lbs	along rocks and brush on topwater, spinnerbaits, jigs, and crankbaits along dam
General Comments
This is a generic fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the upcoming 2010 fishing season. The Current Fishing Opportunity section will be updated with weekly fishing reports starting March 2010. This shallow lake has the best fishing for crappie, and channel catfish which are stocked annually.

HOLTON - BANNER CREEK LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Holton Banner Creek

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Holton Banner Creek

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass	Fair	1 to 5 pounds	Aux. Lake has a good smallmouth bass population. Fish can be found along the dam.
Channel Catfish	Good	1/2 to 6 pounds	Have to walk in but it has been good. Wind swept areas or cove North of the boat ramp.
Walleye	Slow	1 to 5 pounds	Walleye can be found along rocky points
White Bass	Fair	1/2 to 2 pounds	Along the dam with jigs or spoons. Aux. Lake has good numbers of large white bass this year.
Wipers	Fair	1 to 8 pounds	Aux. Lake has good numbers of 16-20" wipers. The daily creel for wipers is 2.
General Comments
Auxiliary Lake is low and the boat ramp is not usable. Fishing access to the Jeffrey Energy Center will be closed to public, whenever Homeland Security reaches Orange Level status. Public access will be reinstated upon return to yellow status. Anglers check into the facility at the JEC Guard House located north of St. Mary's, then west off K-63 Hi-way. The Jeffrey Energy Center allows 30 anglers to fish at any one time.

JOHNSON COUNTY SHAWNEE MISSION LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 8 inches	Llivebait under a bobber fished along the dam or on the flats.
Crappie	Slow	Up to 15 inches	No Reports.
Channel Catfish	Fair/Good	Up to 6 lbs.	Doughbaits or shad sides fished on the flats.
Wiper	Slow	Up to 9 lbs.	No Reports.
Largemouth Bass	Slow	Up to 4 lbs.	No Reports.
General Comments
In addition to a state fishing license, a Johnson County fishing permit is required. Johnson County fishing permits are available through Johnson County Parks and Recreation District and other select vendors.

OLATHE-LAKE OLATHE -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 8 inches	Livebait under a bobber fished along shoreline vegetation.
Channel Catfish	Fair	Up to 5 lbs.	Cutbait or liver fished near mainlake points.
Largemouth Bass	Slow	Up to 6 lb.	No Reports.
Saugeye	Slow	Up to 3 lbs.	No Reports.
Wiper	Slow	Up to 11 lbs.	Shad imitation crankbaits fished near mainlake points.
White Crappie	Slow	Most fish around 9 inches, but some up to 13 inches.	Jigs or minnows fished near deep brushpiles.
General Comments
Attention: 18 inch mininum length limit is in effect for wiper.

PAOLA CITY LAKE - LAKE MIOLA -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Sunfish	Slow	Up to 0.3 lb	Using worms under bobber or small jigs.
Channel catfish	Slow	1-10 lbs	A few fish are being caught using sunfish, crawdads, stinkbait, cut bait and nightcrawlers
Crappie	Slow	0.25-0.5 lb	All fishing has been slow recently. Cooler weather may result in increased catches. Most have been trying to catch crappie on jigs around brushpiles.
General Comments
Brushpiles were placed at several locations November 07. Locations were marked using WGS 84 in decimel degrees: 1) N38.58320 W094.84451; 2) N38.58696 W094.84709; 3) N38.58315 W094.84453; 4) N38.58710 W09484722; 5) N38.58785 W094.84595; 6) N38.58768 W094.84595; 7) N38.58770 W094.84600; 8) N38.58727 W094.84810; 9) N38.58734 W094.84807; 10) N38.58736 W094.84768; 11) N38.58706 W094.84595; 12) N38.58715 W094.84641; 13) N38.58726 W094.84611; 14) N38.59237 W094.84518; 15) N38.58313 W094.84462; 16) N38.58318 W094.84466; 17) N38.59250 W094.84519; 18) N038.59231 W094.84511; 19) N38.59077 W094.84518; 20) N38.59158 W094.84512; 21) N38.59444 W094.84327; 22) N38.58772 W094.84164; 23) N38.58538 W094.84326; 24) N38.58583 W094.84547; 25) N38.58771 W094.84779.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie	Fair	1/3 to 3/4 lb.	Fair numbers this year. Along dam or structure using jigs or minnows.
Bluegill	Good	6 to 8 inches	The lake has good numbers of 6-8" bluegill. They are taken lake-wide using worms or small artificial lures.
Channel Catfish	Fair	1/2 to 4 lbs.	The lake contains fair numbers of catfish which are taken lake-wide using traditional baits.
Largemouth Bass	Good	1/2 to 4 lbs.	The lake has a large population that contains all sizes of fish, but the fishery is dominated by 12 to 15 inch bass.
General Comments
This small 49 acre lake is located in northeast Pott. County. The fishing conditions are very similar to that of a large farm pond. The lake is noted for good catch and release largemouth bass fishing due to the abundance of the species. Bass 13 to 18 inches long are protected.

SABETHA - PONY CREEK LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/24/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Summer Fishing Opportunities	Good		For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake.
Black Crappie	Fair	Up to 1.5 lbs	Tube jigs and minnows around that 8-12' brush looking for something to eat. Fish have scattered for the summer.
Bluegill	Fair-Good	Up to .5 lbs	Fish for these guys will be around the brush and weed edges, small jigs, spinners or hunk of worm. Electrofishing results: 1.27 hours yielded 7 fish less than 3", 107 fish between 3-6", 32 fish between 6-8" and 6 fish over 8"
Channel Catfish	Good	Up to 8 lbs	Get the stinky stuff out and fish these guys up shallow on cut bait or shad.
Largemouth Bass	Fair-Good	Up to 5 lbs.	Fish those brush piles and weed edges working a spinner or crank bait slow or large grub. Electrofishing results: 1.27 hours yielded 55 fish less than 8", 29 fish between 8-12", 88 fish between 12-15", 27 fish between 15-20" and 3 fish over 20".
Walleye	Fair	Up to 3 lbs.	Work the breaks, off the points, jig and crawler.
Wiper	Fair-Good	Up to 5 lbs	Fish those rocky points with shad colored crankbaits, even a little top water when busting shad.
General Comments
May electrofishing pictures, what a lake! Click on Pony Creek above the fishing report and see some nice fish! We netted a few White Bass, last fall, 12-14". Click on the fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast Data.

SHAWNEE COUNTY-LAKE SHAWNEE -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Channel catfish	Fair	1-4 lbs	Using cut bait, minnows, worms, liver, and stinkbait.
Bluegill	Fair	0.2-0.3 lbs	Using worms under bobber.
General Comments
Brushpiles were constructed and placed at 5 locations in April 2010. Locations were marked with GPS using datum NAD83: 1) N38.99217 W095.63188, 2) N39.00736 W095.62968, 3) N38.99254, W095.63210, 4) N38.99619 W095.632202, 5) N39.01043, W095.63014. November 07 locations were marked with GPS using datum WGS84 in decimel degrees: 1) N39.00740 W095.62978; 2) N39.00819 W095.63046; 3) N39.00810 W095.63055; 4) N39.00806 W095.63043; 5) N39.00638 W095.62261; 6) N39.00247 W095.62495; 7) N38.99622 W095.63205; 8) 39.00274 W095.63202.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY LAKE -

Last Updated: 8/23/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie	Fair	Up to 12 inches	Jigs or minnows fished 10-15ft. over brush.
Bluegill	Fair	Up to 8 inches	Livebait under a bobber fished near shoreline vegetation.
Channel Catfish	Fair	Up to 10 lbs.	Cutbait or liver fished near mainlake points.
Largemouth Bass	Slow	Up to 5 lbs.	No Reports.
Smallmouth Bass	Slow/Fair	Up to 2 lbs.	Finesse plastics fished near rocky points.
Wiper/White Bass	Slow	Up to 6 lbs.	No Reports.
Walleye	Slow	Up to 2 lbs.	No Reports.
General Comments
A Wyandotte County fishing permit is required to fish this property. Please contact Wyandotte County Unified Government Parks and Recreation Department at 913-573-8327 for more information.

STREAMS

ROCKY FORD FISHING AREA -

Last Updated: 8/26/2010

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
Catfish	Fair to Good	1 to 20+ pounds	Channels are taken on minnows, worms, prepared bait and fresh cut bait. Flatheads can be taken on live baits and lures.
White Bass	Good	1/2 to 1 pound	Most are a little small, but there are a lot of them. White bass can be taken on jigs, spinners, and live bait.
Drum	Excellent	1/2 to 3 lbs.	Drum are an abundant species that are taken on worms, minnows, and jigs.
Saugeye	Fair	3/4 to 5 pounds	Saugeye are taken on crankbaits, jigs, worms and other live baits. There is a statewide 15 inch minimum length limit on saugeye.
General Comments
Rocky Ford , a river fishery, is located just south of the Tuttle Creek Dam on the Big Blue River. Anglers have the opportunity to harvest fishes generally associated with moving water. Saugeye, white bass, the catfishes, drum, crappie and carp can be harvested. Angler access and success is affected by release rates from the nearby Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Release rates have dropped and access is great!

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