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PADDLEFISH SEASON
OPENED MARCH 15
Low river flow expected to delay
spawning migration
March 17, 2005 - PRATT - The Kansas paddlefish season began March 15 and
runs through May 15, but snaggers may not have much success until
eastern Kansas receives spring rains and rivers rise. Once rivers
rise, paddlefish enter the state in search of spawning areas,
usually when water temperatures approach 60 degrees.
The special paddlefish snagging
season will be open on the Neosho River below the Chetopa dam,
Marais des Cygnes River below Osawatomie Dam, Walnut River below
the Tunnel Mill Dam at Winfield, and the Browning Oxbow Lake
of the Missouri River or other areas posted by KDWP. Paddlefish
may be snagged using pole and line with not more than two single
or treble hooks. (Barbless hooks must be used in the Neosho River.)
The daily creel limit for paddlefish is one at the Chetopa dam
on the Neosho River. Both Neosho and Marais des Cygnes rivers
have a length limit of 34 inches. At other areas, the daily creel
limit is two, and the possession limit is six on or after the
third day of the season. Each legal-sized (measured eye to fork
of tail) paddlefish caught must be kept - on a tagged stringer
- and must also be tagged at a designated check-in station. Anglers
must stop snagging once the daily limit of legal-sized paddlefish
is reached. Other sportfish snagged must be released immediately.
Anglers at the Chetopa site
must check in at Warwick's Jump Start in Chetopa. At the Osawatomie
paddlefish snagging area, the check-in station is Moon's IGA
in Osawatomie. The Browning Oxbow site receives very little pressure
because it has been very low for the past three years, so there
is no check station. However, anglers who snag paddlefish there
must phone 785-246-4514 to get fish tagged. Paddlefish taken
from the Tunnel Mill site must check their fish in at Winfield
Fire Station, 817 Fuller Street.
Anglers should check with these
stations ahead of time for hours of operation. In addition, openings,
closings, and hours of snagging areas are subject to change.
Anglers should check posted signs on the sites before snagging.
Each area is posted with all regulations and directions to the
local check station. Besides weather conditions, the paddlefish
snagging season may be affected by migration of other sportfish,
such as flathead catfish, which cannot be legally snagged.
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