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June 30, 2002 - Looking for place to fish on Neosho looking aplace to fish the neosho river just up stream from john redmond. with or without boat access. Huntingtonl@aol.com June 30, 2002 - Cheney
- Sat, June 27th, was a slow day on the lake, Fish just weren't
stacked up on the deep water humps like usual. Caught 2 10lb
Stripers, right off the get go, then nothing for quite awhile!
Started Trolling down the middle of the lake around 3pm, and
about 10 min into it, caught an 8lb Walleye! WOW what a fish!
kept trolling,and caught 6 Walleye 1 8lb, 2 6lb, 1 41/2 lb, and
2 20" fish. NICE NICE Walleye! It wasn't fast and furious
like Im used to, but it was great fun. The two of us, ended up
cleaning the 6 Walleye, 2 Stripers, and 2 6 lb Wipers. Not bad
for half a day of fishing. I had never thought of Trolling down
the middle of the lake, and now am very glad I did! It was pretty
Windy, with waves washing over the nose of the boat every and
then, but those waves sure felt good! Try it! I started about
1/4 mi from the dam, and trolled to Wichita point. water depth
around 28' Used the usual 3 way swivel, with 4" Sassy shad,
and #9 ristorap Rapala. GOOD LUCK! June 27, 2002 - Wilson - The action on Wilson the last few days has been surfacing stripers! The fish haven't been large but the action has been excellent. Lots of fish to 5 lbs. 3 days ago I saw a school on top that was approx. one acre in size and they stayed up for 30 minutes. I wish I would have had my video camera with me. The white perch are also surfacing for those of you that want to catch allot of smaller fish. The perch are easier to catch and follow while surfacing than the stripers, and they make excellent eating. I have been having my best luck throwing 1/4 oz. bucktails with a red head and white or yellow tail. Good Luck and with the 4th of July weekend coming up be safe and look out for the other guy. Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide June 27, 2002 - Cheney - Hi all, Just wondering... Am I the only one who is catching so many fish, I am willing to talk about them to you? I mean, Come on guys, start talking! Cheney has been fabulous lately! Mon june 24th thru weds 26th, have been awesome! Each day produced Many Many Wipers, and several Nice size Stripers from 6 to 10 lbs. Wipers been running from 1 to 8 lbs. Most around the 3 to 7 lb size. Its really been a blast. I heard a couple of you caught your limits of Big Channels
on Wednesday, off the rocks in the east shore of the midlake
region. Using Stand up Jigs tipped with shrimp. White bass have
really been schooling in huge quantities, along with the Wipers.
I havent fished for Walleye much this year, but have seen many
many huge stringers of them as well! Take care, and have fun!
MIKE
June 20, 2002 - Cheney
- These hefty Stripers were caught by my folks the Colorado Trout
fishermen, on June15th. Just got em developed and better show
em off.
June 19, 2002 - Wilson - Well summer time is here with all the boat traffic and fun. We are still catching stripers over 10 lbs. fishing early and late in the day when the lake isn't as busy. The stripers are scattered from the dam to Minooka but fishing live shad 28 to 42 feet will produce fish when they are in the mood. I saw a huge school of white perch with a few stripers mixed in on top for at least 20 minutes a few evenings ago, didn't try to fish them as I was waiting for bigger fish, but I am sure a small bucktail thrown into the school would have produced a few fish. Good Luck Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide June 19, 2002 - Wabaunsee - (6/18) Wind was only blowning 15-35 mph, and boat permit was $20 per day, ouch.. Caught 1 beautiful smallmouth 14" and dozen 6-8" crappie. 1 crappie was 14" long, ate him for supper. FYI: Lyon County Lake is still closed to fishing. Raydog. June 18, 2002 - El Dorado
- Went fishing from 5-7 (6/17) drifting the flats with jig and
worms. We caught 2 nice walleye a white bass and a few drum.
We cleaned the fish and ate them. A great way to cook whites,
stripers, walleye and any scaled fish is to start fileting them
like you normaly would but DON"T filet the skin off. Get
the charcoal ready, put tin foil over the coals, lay your fish
on the foil (skin down), put butter and lemon pepper and salt
over them, June 17, 2002 - Cheney - As you can see (below) Mike my uncle had a great time at Cheney later in the day, but i chose to go home!!! How stupid of me but atleast before that at M&M Point we were able to wade out a ways with worms.Ended up catching lots of white bass and a few wipers all pretty small but fine when you can't go in the boat so consider it when you can't bring the boat.TRAVIS June 14, 2002 - Cheney -June 14th, Went to cheney lake around 10am, fished all day didnt do any good at all till about 6pm. Started Trolling off M&M point, (my favorite place on the lake) and Started catching Nice Wipers. My folks and Brother came in the other day from Colorado, and went with me. WOW we had a great evening! Limited out on Stripers, and Wipers, biggest Striper 9.9 lbs. Caught several large Wipers in the 7 lb range as well. Mom and Dad and Bro, had a ball! Just a little different from catching all those small Trout in the Mountains of Colorado. Will show Pictures later! Have a great day, MIKE June 13, 2002 - El Dorado - Thursday
June 13th went to Eldorado for a change of pace from the big
wipers and Stripers of cheney. Caught lots and lots of Walleye,
and Channel cats. Honestly I dont know how many my brother and
I caught, but it was alot! From the first drop of the worm, didnt
take more than 10 seconds for the first fish. It was like that
almost all afternoon after the pounding Rain from the morning.
Of course all of our fish were shorts, but it was still great
fun! If you want to catch lots of fish and have a great time,
take lots and lots of worms and head to ElDorado Lake! See ya,
MIKE
June 12, 2002 - Cheney - Read Guide Mike Cook's report on walleye.
June 9, 2002 - Lovewell - Went
to the lake on June 9th at 7 am but we didn't June 9, 2002 - Melvern - Fished Melvern on Saturday June 7, morning Turkey Creek points. Caught 4 Smallmouth seven Walleye and one beautiful 17" Saugeye. The Smallmouth and Walleye all were undersized. This is a first for me, I have never landed one of these. They are a wonderfully colored fish. Much more color than the grayish Walleyes. Caught these fish on a 1/8 oz roadrunner, tipped with a nightcrawler, fished very slow. Mitch Baldwin June 7, 2002 - Cheney - Been fishing several times in the last two weeks with good success on some nice walleye. Mostly jig and worm, perch are a problem take plenty of bait. Best luck in 3-6ft of water. Also see the trollers catching white bass and a few walleye. Watch out for the jet skiers, one cut me off twice last nite. These things need to regulated and isolated. DS
June 6, 2002 - Cheney - A little harder to find fish on 6/5/02, but three of us managed three walleye, seven white bass, and a channel cat trolling south of the stumps in Graber's Cove and near the brushpile buoy using shad raps and wally divers. Click on photo to see larger image. June 4, 2002 - Cheney - Read Guide Mike Cook's report.
Click on photographs to see larger image.
June 3, 2002 - Marion - Hi everyone. I wanted to put a new twist to this great message board and put out a question out there for anyone who can help. I plan to go to Marion Reservoir this Wed. 6/5 or Thursday 6/6 and try some of the channel cat fishing that I keep reading excellent reviews on. This will be my first time there. My question for those familiar with Marion is where, in your opinion, should I go for some channel cat action. If you could give me cove or point names or areas of the lake it would be appreciated. I don't have a boat so am only able to fish from shoreline. Thanks alot!! ---Chris June 3, 2002 - Cheney - Saturday,
June 1. Same old thing, No. 5 fire tiger shad raps in 5
ft depth south of the stumps in Graber's Cove. Three of
us caught 12 nice walleye that afternoon. June 2, 2002 - Cheney - Cheney
Lake is going great for Walleye, the two of us had a great day
Saturday 6-1-02. We were on M&M point drifting nightcrawlers
and jigs with green mistertwister in start in 15' up to 6'. Had
8 fish from 19" to 23" all great fish. Several boats
in the area catching keeper fish. Seen some trolling around all
the boats in 15' and doing well on Walleye & White Bass.
May 31, 2002 - Cheney - I caught these fish on the Memorial Day weekend at Cheney. Plus a Wiper and Walleye on Saturday, no picture. Click photos for enlargement.    Trolling 12 to 18 feet deep, with # 5 Rapella Shad wraps. Fished off the points from the Marina to the Red Bluffs and on over to the Island. Oh there was 1 Black Bass I caught from the dock by the Marina on Tuesday morning the 28th. It was 16" long, and caught on a red and chartreuse Road Runner. It was just before 6:00 am, the water was like glass with fog in the air, and know one else around .Virgin water with all the Holiday traffic gone. Robin Taylor May 30, 2002 - Cheney - May
22, left work 5pm, got to Cheney lake 7pm. Fished till 9pm. Left
the lake with a boatload of Nice White Bass, some HUGE Wipers,
and a few keeper Walleye. Finished cleaning fish @ 10:30 pm.
Bagged 37lbs of filets!
May 28, 2002 - Cheney - Fished
Cheney all 3 days of mem day weekend. Sat was a slow day caught
4 keeper Walleye from 19 to 24", and a few white Bass. May 27, 2002 - Lovewell - I fished at Lovewell on Memorial Day weekend, and it was very fair fishing. We only caught 2 walleyes but we caught so many of those damn drum that I lost count. One of my friends was down also and he caught 4 walleye off of 2 mile road, with one measuring 21 inches. All of the anglers we talked to were having poor success on walleye but the cats were tearing things up. John Brammeier May 27, 2002 - Cheney - Went to Cheney on the 26th and got 2 keeper Welleye. Also had about 7 shorts. All caught drifting in about 6 to 8 feet of water. Went back on the 27th and got 3 keepers and only one short. Could not keep the perch off of your jig today. Randy. May 26, 2002 - Watson Park - Watson Park, Wichita, KS Fished here most of the day by the bridge on the back side of the lake, didn't catch anything. had a few nibbles, think that they may have been perch or white bass as I was using worms and 1/0 hooks for catfish. Also saw a lot of fish jumping around in this area that also gave the impression that they were perch or small white bass. Jason Forbes May 24, 2002 - Lake Afton - Hi everyone. Bought me a new catfishing rod and reel to replace my old one I have had for years. Of course I had to try it out so I went today to Lake Afton. With the cool windy and wet conditions I didn't want to make a long drive. Using old reliable Sonny's dip bait I caught 5 channels on the north end of Lake Afton. All were what I call stocker size. I only stayed for 1 and a half hours. Tommorrow will be the true test of my new gear when I make a trip to my favorite private pond outside of Kingman where the ones I caught today could be used as bait there. Take care all and have a great Memorial Day weekend. ------Chris May 24, 2002 - Cheney - Cheney was hot fishing on 5/17/2002 I caught 4 keeper Walleyes ranging from 3 to 6 lbs. I also caught 17 keeper whites over a lb a piece with most being close to 2 lbs. Trolling May 24, 2002 - Cheney - Fished
Cheney Lake Tuesday 5/21/02. Too windy to fish the north end
very well. Caught some white perch off of Wichita Point and this
boot. May 23, 2002 - Wilson - A
buddy and I went to Wilson Monday and caught 6 keeper walleye.
One was in the 20" range. Fished the flats around the roadbed
at Cedar creek. The wind was close to putting us off the lake.
Vance Stirn - Tescott
May 21, 2002 - Clinton - Jim, I fished Clinton , Monday the 20th. Caught three walleye that were 14 inchers, all the same size. Caught a drum that may have weighed close to five pounds. I thought I had hooked a large walleye till he came to the boat, Ha! Caught a crappie that was over eleven inches. Also caught a few white bass. I brought home 27 and threw back the smaller fish. The bite was good until around 11:00 then the fish moved off the hump I was working. I wish someone will tell me where the whites go when they head to "deeper " water. I was using jigs with plastic bodies. I also caught a few using a " blade bait ". I was told by other fishermen that the crappie are still near the bank Six to eight foot deep. The few fishermen I spoke with had 20 or so average sized crappie. I'm sending a photo with my catch (Photo will be posted later). I enjoy your web sight . The reports are a real help, thanks May 21, 2002 - Cheney - Fished Cheney the PM of 5/18/02. Had no luck with Walleye on jigs and worms, worm harnesses, nor on crank baits. Tried 2'-20' of water off all the usual points and drop offs, drifting, trolling, and even anchored. The white perch were lousy at all depths, too, but seem to be the worst in the shallower water. Funny how that seems to be exactly where you need to be to catch any walleye this time of year. I fileted one of those perch and stuck a thin strip of the side on a jig and fished that way for a while. Seems the fish in Cheney like white perch about as much as I do... those sides didn't work either.
May 20, 2002 - Hillsdale - Got
out on lake fairly early (Saturday), fishing very slow , lot
of small crappie. Fishing small jig ended up with only six around
11 to 12" . All caught 2 to 3 feet of water. Unlike the
paper reported I would say lake was at least 5' high if not more.If
weather holds, this should be the week, talked with several
who say the ones they have cleaned still have eggs.Have a safe
and great holiday of weekend fishing. Dont forget catch
and release Chris Shriver lenexa May 18, 2002 - Perry/Clinton - Hello
all at kansas angler, Saturday 18, 2002. May 18, 2002 - Perry/Clinton - Hello
all at kansas angler, Saturday 18, 2002.
May 18, 2002 - Shawnee Mission Park
Johnson County - Here's a wiper I pulled out of Shawnee
Mission Park Lake on Thanks,
May 19, 2002 - Cheney - Both photographs are of fish taken during the week at Cheney. Click on the photo to see a larger view.
May 15, 2002 - Cheney - Took
a day off to fish Cheny. Should have stayed working. Fished the
Island and several of the popular points. Came home with one
walleye. Jig and nightcrawler works for 5 seconds then you need
to re-bait due to May 14, 2002 - Shawnee Mission Park Johnson County - We caught 5 channels in a 2 hour time span. All caught on chicken liver, about 6 - 8 ft of water. Smallest was 1lb, biggest 2.3lbs. May 14, 2002 - Wilson - The striper fishing to say the least has been tough this last week. Constant wind shifts and storm fronts make it difficult to stay on the fish. We have however been still catching a few 4 to 7 lbs. stripers with a 10 and 18 lber. as the largest so far this week. I have been fishing the Lucas park and Minooka area with live shad, fished between 5 and 30 feet. Good Luck Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide May 14, 2002 - Shawnee Mission Park Johnson County - We caught 5 channels in a 2 hour time span. All caught on chicken liver, about 6 - 8 ft of water. Smallest was 1lb, biggest 2.3lbs. May 14, 2002 - Wilson - The striper fishing to say the least has been tough this last week. Constant wind shifts and storm fronts make it difficult to stay on the fish. We have however been still catching a few 4 to 7 lbs. stripers with a 10 and 18 lber. as the largest so far this week. I have been fishing the Lucas park and Minooka area with live shad, fished between 5 and 30 feet. Good Luck Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide
May 14, 2002 - Bennington State Lake - These first pics are from 5/10/2002 at Bennington State lake. 3 cats in the 2 poiund range and 4 in the 4 to 5 pound range. Bennington Ks. Caught on shad gizzards Friday evening while it was drizziling and only about 57 degrees.
May 14, 2002 - Smokey Hill - the second 2 pics are mine. i caught out of the smokey hill river East of Salina. the one went a little over 3 pounds, the other right at 5 pounds. Ken Hardesty
May 13, 2002 - Cheney - Fished
Cheney on May 4. We tried all kinds of jigs and crawlers with
very little luck. The wife did catch a 16.25" Crappie in
18' of water just outside sailboat cove after the wind came up
around 2:30 PM. This was the largest crappie I have ever seen.
The white perch made fishing live bait in May 13, 2002 - Hillsdale - Fished bass tourny at Hilsdale - myself 0 fish 0 bites - 46 boats entered - 4 fish caught total - Big bass and First place 5.8 lbs - Second place 5.6 - Fish were being caught in shallow water on a little bit of everything - lot of shorts reported being caught. Saw a lot of crappie fisherman doing well close to bank. Have a great week of work and a better week of fishing These next two weeks should be prime at Hillsdale See ya on the water Chris Shriver Lenexa
May 11, 2002 - Tuttle Creek, Milford
- Hello. Me and a friend fished Rocky Ford below Tuttle
Creek Reservoir on Sunday May 5, right after the storm broke.
Unlike most of the year, the weather was muggy and warm after
the rain and the fishing was dynamite from 11 pm till about 3
am. Landed a 16lb channel at about 230 am. We caught 8 keepers
in all and in addition to the 16 pounder we had a couple in the
3-4 lb range. They were hitting hard and hooking themselves.
Rocky Ford is running only about 500 cfs so you can throw your
bait right into the rips behind rocks where they are holding.
We were using shad guts. also, I have had some luck at Madison
Creek in Milford Reservoir. There is a steep drop about 20 yards
out that you can get to from the shore. A bouy marks the area.
There is some really good Blue Cat action there. No Whoppers
but steady 5-10 lbs when they decide to feed in the early evening.
The channels are mixed in with them. No Flatheads yet but usually
when the water reaches 60 degrees they come come out very hungry
at Madison and Rocky Ford. Find where the bait fish are holding
and the Flatheads will be lurking close by. I use a cast net
and use 6 to 8 inch shad on a 8/0 Gamakatsu circle hook. The
cast net is the key. When you find a spot where you can get bait
fish, get about a dozen and dont throw in the area anymore cause
it will spook the Flatheads. Hope this helps, and if the water
release is 500-1000 Rocky Ford will reward you. Hope this helps
out. Thanks. Sean Kirley
May 6, 2002 - Kirwin - I
just found this site and thought I'd share my weekend trip at
Kirwin Reservoir. Good Fishing Everyone! May 6, 2002 - Clinton - Sat. Sun. Fished everywhere Sat looking for pattern with crappie found a few in 18' water main lake north side trees everyone I talked with said very slow hard to find bite. Sun. had good ole boy crappie tourny about 13 boats. Tried spots I tried Sat. but nothing went up the river and finally ended up with 12 of all sizes, biggest was 1 1/16 lb was not enough to win any moeny. Guys that won had 20 but caught them here and there. Fish were scattered do not believe spawn has happened. Will be bass fishin Sat. Let you know nnext week of findings Good fishin to all Chris Shriver May 5, 2002 - Cheney - Drifted
and trolled caught walleye both way's, in about six feet of water.
using nightcrawers on floating jigheads and walleye diver
troling. caught my limit on 5\3\02. May 3, 2002 - Perry - Caught
25 keepers on the shore at Perry in about 2 hours Thursday evening.
Try small rocky coves with a small yellow twister below a small
float in about 2-3 feet of water. I think its getting close for
the spawn at Perry. I was able to return to the same
spot Friday morning and only caught 2. Maybe the evenings
are more productive or the cold front sent them back to deeper
water. Thanks Valerie for your report at Clinton.
I plan on trying Clinton back waters Saturday afternoon.
Will post my results for every body. Brownie May 1, 2002 - Clinton -April 30 Returned from the backwaters of Clinton and did very well. Caught 58 nice sized crappie and a 5lb large mouth bass on minnows.....didn't even matter if you used a dead minnow! they were still hitting hard. My husband caught a 3+ pound crappie, not the record I know but it was really nice. Needless to say, we are going back today! Good luck everybody, Valerie May 1, 2002 - Atchison State Lake - Fish for catfish on the west side of the lake by the feeder. Use catfish bait or worms. Best time is right before dark between 8-9 p.m. The blue gill are slow but getting some decent bites off the bottom on worms. April 30, 2002 - El Dorado - Fished
El Dorado Lake on 4/28. Water temp. was 58F and the wind
was 5-10 mph out of the N-NE. Caught one 20" flat
head in 16' of water on a break near a point using a jig and
crawler. Drift-fished the points and drop-offs from 6'-30'
of water and had very little luck. April 29, 2002 - Clinton - Just
returned from Clinton and I would say the crappie catching had
slowed down considerably. I took my cousin from Illinois to show
how good the crappie fishing is this time of year in Kansas,
but I had to eat my words. We only caught 2 small crappie after
8 hrs. on the water. We tried the shallows and 15-20 feet. Not
even the trusty chartruese twister or skirt worked. Last week
I did bring in 27 nice slabs from the shore in the marina cove.
Today the cove didn't bring in one fish. After talking with several
boaters they also agreed today was a very very slow day on the
water at Clinton Lake. I just hope the spawn is not over at Clinton.
Does anybody know if the crappie at Perry Lake have moved into
the shallows? April 27, 2002 - Lakewood Community Lake - Salina -Just stocked. Catching 1 1/2 to 3 pound channels on doughbaits and nightcrawlwers. caught my limit in 2 hours 4-22-2002. April 23, 2002 - Cheney - Hey
Jim. Clark and I fished Cheney today and caught a nice mess of
super sized crappie. Found them real shallow and most are still
males. Had some big 13 and 14 inchers. Walleye anglers everywhere
prefishing before the tournament this coming Saturday. Water
temp is 62 in the shallows and high 50's on the main lake. Thanks
Mike Cook -
Four Lake Guides April 25, 2002 - Winfield City Lake
- crappie have been hot at winfield past 2 weeks.
have limited nearly every day. best is in mornings.
afternoon bite slowing down. south shore, any of
the first 5 coves, back along the rocks in 2-6 feet of water.
we've primarily been jigging with chartreuse tubes and
yellow feather jigs, but minnows are working well too. have
caught a nice number of 1 1/2 pound sand April 25, 2002 - Pomona & Melvern
- 20th April bank fishing at pomona with son
got out at 11:00 am caught 3 crappie right at 10"
lenght one was nice looking black male water still real
low due to repairs of dam. Rain moved in around noon . Drove
over to melvern fished off docks caught a lot of small crappie
and a few keepers saw quite a few baskets half full
of crappie all nice size if weather holds the slabs should be
moving in to spawn . Pomona water was dirty. Melvern very clear
. Next two weeks should be full blown spawn. Have a great day
fishing Chris Shriver avid fisherman April 24, 2002 - Wilson - Fished the Minooka area this afternoon and caught 13 stripers up to 18 lbs. The stripers hit real good prior to a wind shift then shut off. I was fishing a fast breaking point near the river channel with live shad fished between 14 and 28 feet Good Luck. Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide April 23, 2002 - Marion, Fall River, El Dorado - Short report for you. The rain really mudded up the river and white bass fishing on the Cottonwood up at Marion. But the channel cat are up in the shallows and blasting the Junnies Dip Bait. Doing good for channels at Fall River and Kaw. The crappie bite at El Dorado continues to be good when the wind doesn't howl. Catching them in the river at Fall River too. Mike Cook - Four Lake Guides April 20, 2002 - Wilson Short
report for you. The rain really mudded up the river and white
bass fishing on the Cottonwood up at Marion. But the channel
cat are up in the shallows and blasting the Junnies Dip Bait.
Doing good for channels at Fall April 20, 2002 - Wilson - Fishing this week has been a little up and down with the winds being the big factor. But despite it we managed to catch quite a few 4 to 5 # stripers, a few walleye and smallmouth. The weather today was cold and rainy and it took awhile to get on the fish but when I did I caught 10 stripers up to 15 lbs. I have been fishing the upper end of Wilson from Minooka west on the shallow water breaks with live shad. I am still getting reports of the whites being in the river at least until this cold front hit. Sure hope the weather settles down this week, Good Luck. Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide April 18, 2002 - Winfield City Lake - Thursday April 18 2002 Went to Winfield city lake the three of us limited out on crappie. Had to throw several nice ones back. ended up with 1 nice walleye also. April 16, 2002 - Leavenworth SFL - We just got back from Leavenworth State Lake, we marked alot of fish on the fish finder about 3ft deep over 6-10 ft of water near the boat ramp. we caught several crappie on white jigs. weather was bad early in the day but the fish did'nt seem to mind April 15, 2002 - Kingman SFL - The
pressure at Kingman is increasing everyday. Saturday, had
at least 5 boats on it just in the 2 hours I was there.
Caught 3 largemouth 20+ inches on white roadrunners and small
spinnerbaits. Caught 2 pike on the same baits but they
were less than 18" not than impresive for pike. Fish
appear to be coming out of the deepest water to cruise the shallows-reeds.
Trash is everyone's responsibility, good luck. Raydog April 14, 2002 - Big Hill - I fished big Hill From about 4:30 until dark 30 on the 13 day of April.. I caught a few fish on jerk baits in the upper end of the lake fishing is still slow.. The water temp is 46 and the water is clear.. ( Everyone remember to practice CPR Catch Picture and release) Big hill is getting a lot of pressure and it is starting too show in the creel limits of nice size large mouth... remeber the bass are not only competing us, they are also competing the white bass now. April 11, 2002 - Louisburg-Middle Creek - HAVE BEEN STEAM FISHING. DO NOT HAVE BOAT. HAVE BEEN TO LOUISBURG-MIDDLECREEK, FISHING ALONG THE STREAM. ANY POINTERS, OTHER STREAMS/RIVERS THAT ARE GOOD. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS, DON BASLER, DB10114837@AOL.COM April 11, 2002 - Cheney - I
am the fisheries biologist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife
and Parks at Cheney Reservoir. I just noticed the report
posted April 1 by Mitch B. about the dead walleye in our traps.
I wasn't too happy about it either. The wind was forecast
to be NE at 5 mph on the morning of 3/29, but instead it was
NW at 30 mph. The National Weather Service is not wrong
on the wind direction and speed very often, but they were that
day. We killed about 30 or so walleye, and had a fair amount
of damage to traps. April 9, 2002 - Ottawa State Lake - went out at 1:30 pm on 4/09/02 fishing with minnows caught 35 crappie mostly on the small size,also cuught small to med size bass on purple 8" worms lake is stained lake level is up from last week. good luck Tim putman April 7, 2002 - Wilson - Well the weather this weekend has kept most of us off the water but Friday afternoons fishing was pretty good. Fishing the river end of Wilson with live shad we managed to put 6 in the boat and missed at least that many more. I have been fishing in 20 to 3 feet of water. The fish have been scattered and you just have to look until you find them. Good Luck Jack Hoskinson Madd Jack Striper Guide April 7, 2002 - Water Shed east of Burden - Went fishing Friday April 5, 15 Miles east of Burden, at a water shed. caught 16 Bass biggest 5.12 lbs. lost 3 other that were also big. Used Baby -1 Crawfish 1/4 oz. lure. Fish were full of eggs. John April 5, 2002 - Middle Creek State
Fishing -I was on it 3/29 & 3/30. The water temp
was about 47F. I saw fish on my depthfinder between 16' &
27' always on drop offs, but couldn't get them to bite. Crappie
were supposedly being taken on each side of the damn in the transitional
areas turning from rock to dirt. I caught none. The wind was
ferocious. No one I talked with had caught anything. I
would try E of the boat ramp for bass. Mark Morash 4800
Rainbow Blvd Ste 102 April 4, 2002 - Pomona - Just a little fishing report. The water temp is ranging from 42 to about 50 depending on where you are on the lake. We have been catching crappie at Pomona in 18 to 20 feet of water with the fish suspended about 12 to 15 feet. Mostly on green and char. tube jigs. Good Fishing Mike Hawkins April 4, 2002 - Kaw River below Bowersock - I am not very computer literate, but in bowersock mill with old men that taught me well. Swede Johnsson , yes 2sss, Elvis Burger , Tom Burns. My dad took me out of school many a day to help dress fish when we still fished commercially fish almost 99.9 catch & release channel cats still biting consistent on shad guts, flatheads starting to move out of they are starting to move up out of the wintering holes to feed when the weather is right. Blue suckers are starting to spawn sturgeon are just moving up shallow and starting to bite consistent. I'll try to keep you updated, but work cuts my fishing time very short [4 or 5 nights] a week. Working on the typing skills. I'll try to update 2 & 3 times a week. below Bowersock northeast K. S Kaw river. Thanks for the reply last time 4/3/02 good fishing all. Take a trash bag lets leave it better than when we get there. thank you for your support. April 3, 2002 - Big Hill - White Bass in the 2 to 3lb. size are being on crank baits & small spinner baits at Big Hill Res.My son in law & I & two grand sons caught & released 32 white bass in the two to 3lb. class. EARL Huffman Parsons Ks. April 1, 2002 - Cheney - I fished the north end of the Cheney Dam on 3/30/02 from 4:00 - 8:30 AM. I caught one 3lb. 20" male on a suspending Smithwick Rouge. I also witnessed a terrible and depressing site. The KDWP biologists were trapping Walleyes for reproduction. I saw at least three traps where all the fish that had been caught had died. My guess is that the traps were not set properly. They were set to shallow for the high wind condition from the day before. I saw at least 25-30 fish dead in the traps. All of the fish were huge 18" plus, some as large as 5-6lbs. I hope I never witness this terrible mistake again. I wonder how often this happens on our Kansas waters? I know the biologists did not do this on purpose and it is ironic, that in trying to increase the Walleye population, they affected it negatively. I just wanted to bring attention to this so that it might be prevented in the future if possible. I as well as all Kansas anglers appreciate the great job that our state biologists are doing. Mitch B. Source: Kansas Anglers like you. Send us a report. |
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May
21, 2002 - Bennington State Lake - Caught
these with a buddy of mine friday night at Bennington State Lake
5/17/2002. 2 @ 2 pounds, 1 @ 3 pounds, 1 @ 7 pounds, 2 @ 8 pounds.
Capped off the night with a beautiful 12 pound 3 ounce channel.
Fished this lake from about 5 pm till midnight. Ken Hardesty
May
12, 2002 - Clinton - See other
photos from the same anglers in 
Fished from
2:30 to 4 PM between Heimerman and M&M points, trolling Shad
Raps. Caught a small flathead, lost a wiper, and got a 19-inch
wiper and 22-inch walleye, all right in the midst of the walleye
tournament and jet ski traffic. See Photo > >