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22, 2007 - Cheney - June 21,
2007 Thursday. Did some p.m. fishing. Got to the lake at 5:15
p.m. It's been 6 weeks or so since I've been to Cheney. Lake
level looks good water muddy. Headed to the Westside with the
downriggers and within 5 mins. had our first 22" walleye.
Not much longer another 22" walleye. Not bad me and my son
thought. Then nothing for another hour and a half. Tried a few
other areas and nothing. So, we new were the Walleye were and
went back and concentrated in that area. Had one huge fish on.
Son fighting it with all his might. Pole bending like a good
Striper or Wiper. Fought him for 15 seconds and line went limp.
I tried to calm my son down but you know how that goes. He was
pissed. But that's ok. Within 15 mins. Another huge, huge fish
on. My boy fought that one for a good min. or two and again,
line limp. He started reeling it in and about 20' from the boat
the fight was on again. The fish had swam towards the boat and
my boy did not know that. Netted it and it was a very nice 17
lb. Blue Cat. That was it on the catches. Went to the fish
cleaning station to clean our catch. Had a family come over to
view our catch. The wife of this family was more excited then
my son that caught the fish. I'm going gee's lady it only a big
fish. Then she made this statement that was funny as hell. "Is
that catfish suffocating?" I'm laughing my butt off
and told her. "Lady, in a few mins. This fish is going to
be dead when I start cutting on it". She looked at me like
you no good S.O.B. and walk away. It was funny. I think within
a good week or so. Let the water clear up some. The bite will
be on nicely at Cheney. Blue Cat was full of eggs. Mark.
June 20, 2007 - Marion
- Marion, June 20 Fished wed. morning from 7:00 am
to about 1:00 pm. Fishing was very hit and miss. Seemed to be
no real pattern for anything except the drum. They seem to be
everywhere. Caught about 15 of them of varying sizes while trying
to find walleye. I did catch 1 wiper and 1 very large bluegill
while dragging nightcrawlers. Switched to trolling crankbaits,
and caught another wiper, 3 white bass and 2 short walleye on
different points. Fishing has been like this for me for the last
week. Hopefully others have done better. Gary
June 18, 2007 - Creek
in Wabaunsee County - June 16 Sunday --
I have a great fish story from Sunday--went out
to my favorite creek and started out fishing from a low-water
bridge. The bridge only has a short cement curb on either side,
no railings, so after my first cast, I just laid my pole down
on the ground while I set up my other one. Generally, I can hear
it scrape around on the cement if I get a decent bite. While
I was rigging the second pole, heard a scraping sound, then a
louder noise, and turned around just in time to see my pole about
to go over the side--the reel was hung up on the curb, but barely
hanging in there. I ran to grab it but was too late--it went
over the side. First time I had ever lost a pole to a fish. The
water isn't more than 4-5 feet deep there and I was tempted to
go in after it, but there are logs and probably a lot of broken
glass and fish hooks in there--decided a 10-year old rig wasn't
worth it, even if it was an old favorite.
About 3 hours later, after a busy but generally
dull morning of bait fishing & practicing fly fishing all
over the creek & getting nothing but tiny channel cats and
one pumpkinseed, I ran out of bait. Went back into town for more
worms and came back to fish some more. I cast in about 60 yards
below the bridge---got a bite on the first cast--again, while
I was rigging the second pole. Reeled it in and was confused--there
was something obviously on the line, but it wasn't feeling right.
Finally realized I had hooked into another fishing line. Reeled
in so I could get untangled--and up popped my fishing pole that
I had lost earlier! Reeled it in, but it was really hard going--I
figured the line was probably caught up in some brush or something.
Finally got hold of the pole and realized the fish that had taken
it off the bridge was still on the line! It was a tuckered-out
3 or 4 pound channel cat, hooked hard through the lower lip.
It came in pretty easy though the rig is an ultralight and the
reel was full of grit and hard to crank. The reel needs to be
rinsed out and oiled up--but the rod and reel both survived the
ride.
Before I left for the day, I threw in the next-to-last
worm and caught another cat about the same size as the one that
took my pole. So I know there are at least 2 decent-sized cats
in there. I'm going to try some night fishing soon & see
how it goes.
June 18, 2007 - Turkey
Creek south of Abilene, KS - 18 June 2007 - Weather
conditions @ Salina, KS @ 1518 hrs CDT:
Sky: mostly cloudly (scattered showers)
Temp: 77 degrees - Humidity: 78% - Dewpoint: 70 degrees
Barometric Pressure: 29.78 dropping - Wind Direction / Speed:
South / 6 MPH
Solunar table: Average
Fished creek for about 4 hours & ended up w/
1 2 lb channel catfish.
Turtles were helping themselves to nightcrawlers. Missed couple
of strikes due to own mistakes....duh. Oh well, is close to home
so was not that big of a deal :-)
TIGHT LINES & SHARPER HOOKS
walt
June 18, 2007 - Cheney
- Went to Cheney Friday night and decided to camp
out and set a few lines to try our luck at "ole' Mr. Whiskers"
That was a mistake. They must be on the nest or just weren't
biting because they are letting out so much water. So we tried
our luck trolling Saturday morning and just like Marion was turning
over and no wind at all in the morning. Once the wind picked
up we ended up catching two keeper walleye and two keeper Wipers
and one that didn't quite make the mark. We also caught about
15 white perch and a 5lb drum.
The lake dropped a foot from Friday to Saturday
night
Chad Maness
June 18, 2007 - Leavenworth
SFL - LEAVENWORTH STATE FISHING LAKE 6/15/07
Walleye: Fair Up to 21 .5 in Jig/Nightcrawler Main
Lake points/ rock walls dam 20-25 feet water.
Mark G. Babcock
June 17, 2007 - Butler
SFL - Fished Butler SFL this morning. Got there a
bit after six twenty. I would have been there earlier, but as
I was getting close to the Lowes on K15 I realized I forgot something
very important.... my fishing poles... I grabbed a kudos bar
instead... I went back home and got my poles. At the lake is
was very calm and I thought I should have brought my boat, but
I read the forecast and new the wind was coming. The wind did
end up coming and most boaters ended up leaving. The back area
of the lake is still lacking much of the vegetation to give you
some good bass numbers, but they are in there. I caught eight
bass. The heaviest at about two pounds and the smallest about
a half a pound. I caught two right where the creek splits from
the main lake. I caught three in the actual creek, then I caught
two right where the creek flows in where you drive over. I tossed
them to the creek side that goes into the lake. And then my final
one was caught in the reeds. In other words all my bass were
very close to cover. My biggest one was in the creek and I was
about three feet up and I caught it casting parallel to the shore.
I caught them all on a chatterbait frog that I was field testing
for NAFC. If I stayed I would have switched to a little slower
approach, but I didn't want to battle the dirty water and finesse
fishing.
Happy fishing all.
Dominic
June 17, 2007 - Marion
- June 16, 2007 Saturday. Since Cheney Lake been decribed
as "the dead sea" and it's flooded decided to head
to Marion. Got there at 6:30am. Little foggy with no wind. Caught
some here and there. No certain area. Wind came up around 10am.
and started catching them a little faster. Water is turning over
with green algie. Could not tell when the wind came up. Clear
water then. Total catch was 2, Walleye 20". 4, Wipers, kind
of small. 1, White Bass. Clean all of our catch. Tried to take
digital picture but my partener hit the movie button. Did not
want to send that. Surface temp. at noon 76 degrees. Mark.
June 13, 2007 - Big Hill
- Submitted by Curt Graves
- June 9, ABA Tournament, Big Hill
I was only able to be on Big Hill for a few hours. It was fun
to take my 2-year old son for a boat ride and let him spend some
time discovering all the new things about fishing and boats.
On Saturday, I started with a spook on points looking for a couple
of big smallmouth. I only had a 2-pounder attack my spook but
not hook up. I managed a good 16.75" on a football jig and
a couple of shorts on a jig-head worm after spending most of
the day flipping deep trees looking for the summer bite.
Rumor is that the winner as well as my dad fished senko-style
baits around laydowns for their fish. Some fish were caught up
the river on jigs and plastics; a few on c-rigs. I fished too
deep concentrating on 8-20' water. Most fish were still 2-8'
deep. I think it needs to get hot and warm the water into the
80's before I can start catching them in the deeper trees suspended.
No tournaments planned for me until July which is okay as I need
some time on the water to relax and get some confidence back
after these past 2 weekends. If anyone is interested in a demo
ride or wants to check out the Quantum PT series of rods and
reels, send me an email or call. I'd be happy to meet you at
the lake.
Good fishing!
June 10, 2007 - Marion
Comment - Mon. and tue. April 30 and may 1. Fished
at Marion res. Monday the wipers were really biting along the
dam in the morning. Caught about 15 or 20 on brown jigs. Size
was not great, about 2-3 pounds, but very fun to catch. Also
caught 13 white bass. They were all males of about 1 lb. each.
These were a lot closer to the bank than the wipers. Tuesday
was much slower. Caught a few whites,9, and had to work much
harder for them. I did catch 5 crappie, about 9 to 10 inches
long. On a more disappointing note, I saw on fellow leaving
with a stringer full of wipers on Monday, and 3 short walleyes
that had been cleaned and dumped in the water at the cottonwood
point boat ramp. Unfortunately I think both of these senerios
are pretty common at this lake. Just my opinion.
Gary
June 9, 2007 - Republican
River - Milford Lake - Turkey Creek
River Conditions @ Clay Center, KS: 0800 hrs
Discharge, cubic feet per second (cfs): 590 - Gage height, feet:
7.95 dropping - Water clarity: muddy
Weather Conditions @ Salina, KS @ 0841 hrs CDT:
- Sky conditions: clear
Temp: 72 degrees - Dew Point: 55 degrees - Barometric Pressure:
29.41 & rising later in the day
Wind Direction / Speed: WSW / 8 MPH (later in day temp reached
90 degrees & wind were SW / 20 w/ gusts 25 - 30 MPH before
front hit)
Solunar table: Fair
Republican continues to drop & still muddy
(Milford Dam Discharge @ 0800 hrs was 4,060 cfs.) No joy either
place tried on the river. Went down to Milford, 1st place checked
someone was there so went back up the lake. Caught 18 inch walleye
& 15 inch channel catfish & partner caught 3 - 4 lb channel
catfish + 1 drum. All caught on nightcrawlers.
Left Milford due to high winds + lack of activity
and went home for a short time. Then went to try luck on TURKEY
CREEK south of Abilene which had dropped about 2 feet since Sunday.
Caught a 3 lb channel catfish & a 10 inch channel catfish
on nightcrawler while partner caught couple of 15 - 18 inch channel
catfish on shrimp. Front hit w/ winds switching to the north,
while fishing TURKEY CREEK so that was the termination of the
day's activities.
TIGHT LINES & SHARPER HOOKS
walt
June 8, 2007 - Cheney - I found
an fishing item washed up on shore last week at Cheney. If anyone
lost some sort of fishing equipment, call 529-8828 with discription.
MH
June 7, 2007 - Cheney
- Have had some luck on the river below the dam a
couple of miles when water has been released. Several channels
on chicken liver and shrimp all 2 pounds or better, one 7 pounds
and yet another larger that got tangled in trees.
Bryce Matteson
June 6, 2007 - Courtesy
of KWP -
Region 1
At 5/31/2007 12:24 PM, IaGuy said... Did some trot
lines over the weekend with a redneck buddy of mine, pretty good
time and caught about 10 cats, one smaller flathead and the rest
channels. Also caught about 4 turtles on the line closest to
the bank. Lookingto do some walleye fishing this Sat, reports
look good. Anyone out there having any luck?
At 5/30/2007 2:12 PM, Sean said... Scott
Lake - May 25(pm)/26(am) - Weather: 72 degrees, some
sprinkles
My first trip to Scott Lake, so I was less effective
than I should have been. Fished primarily in the creek above
the lake from the low water crossing just past Elm Grove campground
from the East bank.
Caught about 8 small bass (8-12") and two
small crappie on 1/16 oz yellow jigs. Caught several nice bluegill
on a white inline spinnerbait.
Just shy of dark I moved up to Elm Grove and did
decently well on channel catfish. Caught 6 fish from 1# to 3#
on liver in an hour.
Great experience, beautiful campsite... I'm looking
forward to my next trip.
(Oh, but watch out for the poison ivy, it is absolutely
choking the creek!!)
Region 2
At 5/29/2007 6:36 PM, Anonymous said... Toronto- We have been fishing for
catfish the last few outings. We have caught small yellows and
some nice channel below the dam. Today was real SLOW, we kept
to small channel for supper. By the end of the week we might
try crappie again.
At 5/28/2007 10:01 PM, Ed said... Bass & Crappie
fishing at Levenworth County lake
slow and lots of moss around bank comming to surface now that
the water has heated up. makes it difficult to fish , except
in deeper water lake is up about 16" some catfish at feeders
need boat..
At 5/24/2007 8:43 AM, Anonymous said... Bass fishing
at Leavenworth is excellent
for numbers. However, they are not very big. catching 100 is
easy most days.
Region 3
No current reports
Region 4
At 6/05/2007 8:17 PM, Anonymous said... For you
folks trying to fish without much luck (I"m assuming you're
going after catfish?)- try going first thing in the morning!
I went to Clearwater as soon
as it was light enough to see, about 5 am- the catfish were biting
like mad and I very easily caught my limit. I'd suggest hitting
your favorite fishing lake from 5am to about 8am, using chicken
liver preserved with garlic salt; you shouldn't have any trouble
catching your limit. But be sure to bring bug spray, as the 'skeeters
are really awful that time of day...
Good luck! :-)
At 6/05/2007 11:48 PM, Anonymous said... Bit by
a copperhead huh? Are you sure it was a copperhead? They are
usually a little further east, like in the flint hills, than
lake afton.
At 6/05/2007 11:54 PM, Anonymous said... Mosquitoes
at Cheney are relentless!
Covered myself in bug spray with something like a DEET 90 and
the bugs laughed at me as they drank my blood!
At 6/04/2007 10:58 PM, Anonymous said...Lake Afton- fishing was lousy on
the west side near the boat ramp, but we saw a real big catfish
near the shore (I thought it was a log resting against the bank).
Don't know how big it really was, but from the tip of its head
to its dorsal fin it was easily 18"...
On the east side fishing was somewhat better, mostly
huge carp but some small catfish (2 lb max, most too dinky to
keep).
THERE ARE TONS OF SNAKES- WATCH OUT!! My son in
law got bitten by a copperhead over on the north side (thankfully
not very serious). Be careful, the lake has a huuuge number of
snakes!
At 6/02/2007 8:48 AM, Anonymous said...If someone sees the fishing
limits being broken at any lake then they need to report it!
These poachers will continue to steal from all of us unless we
as fishermen keep an eye on our resource and help protect it.
Game warden numbers are listed by county in the KDWP fishing
rules book or call the sheriff. I always have a cell phone and
I don't hesitate to call to report this criminal activity.
At 6/01/2007 3:02 PM, Anonymous said...Two friends
and I decided to hit up Clearwater-
we only caught 1 puny channel cat between the three of us over
several hours.
It's a small pond and is getting a ton of heavy
fishing pressure. Plus, someone said that people are taking way
more than the creel limit of 5 and cleaning the place out within
hours of it being stocked; KDWP might wanna start creel limit
enforcement out there.
At 5/31/2007 5:00 AM, Anonymous said... Cheney is a mess for camping and
fishing. The grounds seem like a city dump and the lake has been
called the "Dead Sea" by regular anglers. Suggest other
locations when considering a fishing and/or camping trip.
At 5/30/2007 3:28 AM, Anonymous said... Clearwater Chisholm Ridge: Fishing
was absolutely lousy, to put it nicely. The only thing biting
were the blackflies and mosquitoes, which were absolutely awful.
Catish were supposedly stocked on 5/25; I tried over the entire
holiday weekend at various times using a wide assortment of baits
and techniques, but only got one halfhearted nibble. Went home
empty-handed, very disappointing. Don't think I'll be going back
out there anytime soon.
Region 5
At 5/30/2007 8:39 AM, columbus catman said... fished
with setlines above Chetopa dam
from 5-25 to 5-28. Caught 9 fish (only 2 flatheads), biggest
weighed 11 lbs. total stringer weaghed 46 lbs. River is up with
some current, but could be fished.Planning on going back if the
weather forcast doesn't bring river up anymore
At 6/05/2007 3:01 AM, Anonymous said... Toronto- Two of us fished for yellows
and channel cats below the dam. We caught 7 channel, kept 6 and
threw back the largest- 6.75 lbs.. Noluck on yellows, pipe opened
25%.
At 6/04/2007 9:11 AM, Dan said... Big
Hill Reservoir - 6/2/07
Put in at Mound Valley boat ramp around Noon. Fished all afternoon
until around 7:00pm. Got one small LMB and a 15 lb Drum. Tough,
tough bite all day.
I noted hundreds of dead white bass floating all
over the Lake and on the shoreline. Turkey Buzzards were circling
overhead.
Not that I'm complaining but, what in the world
killed the White Bass?
Is this something that could also effect the Black Bass?
At 6/02/2007 10:37 AM, columbus catman said... Took wife and
kids to farm pond on 5-31.
Kids and I just dinked around. Wife caught one bass on plastic
worm, had couple other bites.
Took wife to strip pits NW of columbus on 6-1.
Lighting storm kept boat off water,we fished from bank.(not the
smartest thing to do in a lighting storm) Wife caught one bass
on a jitterbug, had couple other bites. I threw plastic worm,
hula popper...nothing.
June 5, 2007 - Cheney
- Tried river area Monday evening. Some big channel
were spawning but to far into the timber to get to them. Troll
for wipers with no luck. Lake is way up with east marina lot
about 60% flooded so be prepare to wade to launch your boat.
MH
June 4, 2007 - Republican
River Btwn Wakefield, KS & Clay Center, KS
River Conditions @ Clay Center, KS: Discharge,
cubic feet per second: 820 @ 16:00 hrs
Gage height, feet: 8.43 @ 16:00 hrs & dropping muddy
Weather Conditions @ Manhattan, KS @ 1253 hrs CDT:
Sky conditions: a few clouds - Temp: 81 degrees
Dew Point: 56 degrees - Barometric Pressure: 29.85 & falling
Wind Direction / Speed: North / 10 MPH w/ gusts to 20 MPH
http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KMHK.html
Solunar table: Poor (claims worse day of month)
Arrived @ river approx 1300 hrs. Checked several
locations before finding a spot one could fish (either back flow
from the lake caused inaccessability to areas or mud prevented
one from walking to the river bank). Caught a "huge"
flathead catfish on nightcrawlers (all fish were either caught
on nightcrawlers or dip bait) all of maybe 8 inches long - practiced
catch & release! But t'was 1st flathead I can recall catching.
We also got 5 drum (partner got 2); 9 channel catfish (partner
got 4) & partner caught 1 blue catfish. Channels average
an estimated 2.5 lbs & the blue probably went 6 lbs.
Oh, did meet the Creel Census Taker & politely
provided him with all the information he requested to include
partner catching his biggest channel catfish w/ him standing
there :-)
TIGHT LINES & SHARP HOOKS
Walt
June 3, 2007 - Milford
Lake At 2:00 pm fished the upper end at the mouth
of the Republican River. Lots of water at the upper end. Lots
of flooded land. Stayed on the edge of the river channel and
fished both the river channel and flooded grass areas. Caught
1 blue and 1 channel cat in the flooded grass with night crawlers.
Each weighed 4 pounds. Caught 1 Channel Cat weighing 5 pounds
in the river channel on crawdad. Also caught 4 drum in weeds
on night cralwers. This was within the first hour and a half
of fishing. Small thunder storm started forming to the south
west and the fishing went dead. Not one bite for the next 3 hours
with several types of bait. Decided to pack up and headed for
the dock.
Jay
May 29 - June 2, 2007 - Republican
River btwn Clifton, KS and Clay Center , KS Smaller
Channel Cat biting on dip bait and night crawlers during the
afternoon. Caught and released several 12 and smaller. Evening,
average 4-6 Channel and Blues each night between 3 and 5 pounds
using stew meat with garlic salt fishing in about 4 feet of water.
Jay
May 30, 2007 - Hillsdale - Monday
5-28-07. fished the North end of the lake for about 3 hours or
so. Was drifting with the wind through the trees about 50 ft
out from the bank. caught 2x 10" Crappie 4x shorts (crappie),
1 white bass, 1 largemouth and a perch. not a great day. at least
we caught something though. Also seen a boat tied to a tree catching
a few small crappie. (maybe 5 in 30 minutes)
May 29, 2007 - Lake Afton
- Fished Lake Afton on the afternoon of the of May
29. I arrived at approx. 400pm. I was fishing from the shore
near the largest fishing dock on the east side of the lake between
the dock and the swimming area. Caught 2 small channel catfish
and 2 small drum in 2 1/2 hours. Catfish were both caught on
dipbait and drum were caught on worms, one under a bobber and
one on the bottom.
Jason
May 29, 2007 - Wabaunsee
County Creek - Saturday May 26 8 am - 3:30 pm a rock-bottom
creek in Wabaunsee County
Creek level was down from previous weeks and starting to run
pretty clear. Saturday the fishing was just lousy, though. It
sprinkled much of the morning, which didn't stop the bites, but
most were just tiny nibblers. Got no bites whatsoever on anything
but worms....I tried lures of all sorts, even a couple of small
live frogs, a tadpole, some cut-up sunfish and a juicy-looking
centipede: not a nibble on any of it but worms. I caught one
decent channel cat out of a hole--maybe a pound, pound and a
half--then a couple of other pan-size cats and then it was downhill
from there. The rest were the tiniest assortment of baby fish
you can imagine... 3- and 4-inch channel cats, a 3- inch bluegill
in full spawning colors (gorgeous!), a couple of teeny tiny sunfish
and a largemouth bass that was maybe 3 inches long, tops. I had
never seen a bass that small except at the hatchery in Pratt!
Most were on the hook when I pulled in to check my worm--I didn't
even know they were on there. I'd say that the two dozen nightcrawlers
probably outweighed the sum total weight of the last 7 or 8 fish
I brought in.
The only reason why I stayed out so long is that I love fishing
Flint Hills streams: catching is secondary to clearing out your
head of all cares while wading a pretty little rock-bottom stream....fattening
up those 3-inch babies on a couple dozen nightcrawlers is a small
price to pay.
Two observations about conditions since all the rains. On the
particular creek I fish, the water has been up, down, up like
a seesaw in recent weeks, and now that the water is finally down,
the rocks are reappearing, but the banks above the rocky streambed
are very mucky. The whole landscape of the stream has altered
drastically in the last month because of one huge rain that took
50-foot long deadfallen trees that had been laying in the riverbed
up about 20 feet higher into the woods, and deposited a new set
of deadfallen logs & uprooted live trees in new places along
the creek....as a result, many holes and channels have shifted,
moved around and in some cases, disappeared or have been supplanted
with new deep holes and scours. I quickly discovered that I could
not assume that I could safely wade where I waded a few weeks
ago without taking a good look first....the water may be down,
but the whole topography of the stream bed has changed.
More significantly, the outside banks on curves have been scoured
deeply & are undercut but good, leaving lots of new raw banks
and tempting deep channels and holes....but the banks above them
are VERY soggy & unstable--about as stable as jello. Although
I recognize a new raw-cut bank when I see it, for the first time
in my life I witnessed at close hand a huge chunk of bank collapse
just from the added weight of a morning's light rain. The noise
when it started to give way was different than I would have imagined.
I heard a quiet little squeak I couldn't identify, then a sucking
sound like your boot makes when you pull it out of the mud as
I realized the bank was giving way. Then there was almost total
silence until the several tons of debris hit the water in a big
"whoosh!". I was glad I was on the other side of the
stream as several tons of soil & small bushes & rotten
logs crashed into the waterrfight in front of me. It was even
more amazing to me that 15 or 20 minutes later, most of the traces
of the collapse had disappeared downstream and the water was
running clear again.
I'd avoid fishing near or off of the high cut banks until they
dry out a little bit!
May 28, 2007 - Lake Afton
- Fished Lake Afton on the evening of May 28th. Arrived
at lake about 515pm. I fished off of one of the jettys on the
north side of MacArthur Rd. near the observatory. Caught one
small channel cat on a dead minnow. I also tried shad sides and
nightcrawlers with no luck on either. Fish was caught fishing
into the wind, when I turned around to have the wind at my back,
I couldn't even get a bite. Saw lots of what appeared to be shad
ar maybe minnows breaking the surface of the water all around.
Left lake at approx. 9pm.
Jason
May 28, 2007 - Tuttle
Creek and Milford - Memorial Weekend Tuttle Creek
and Milford: Fished both lakes over the past 4 days. Tuttle Creek
is 25 ' high and the only place to catch fish was in the creeks.
Caught nice channels 5 to 10 lbs and white bass in the clear
water. Cut bait worked well for the channels. Tuttle starts dumping
water this week so fishing will be tough for the next couple
weeks. If we get some rain and the creeks rise there will be
some excellent catfish in the creeks because they still have
plenty of depth. Use cut bait, worms will only catch you the
ruff fish. When the lake level gets down to 1085 you will be
able to catch good numbers of channels in the river above the
bridge when the water starts draining out of the fields the river
channel will be the place to fish. If the lake drops a foot a
days the white bass will probably leave the creeks. Water temp
is cold for this time of year. Channels will probably not spawn
for 3 to 4 weeks. 67 is cool for this this time of year.
Milford is also full of water and I only fished for catfish over
the weekend. I used cut bait and caught nice blues 3 to 18 lbs.
River run strong for a couple days and lots of trash. Found the
fish at the edge of the trash line. Also caught some nice channels
at the edge of the weeds fishing with leeches and bobber. Due
to the high water fishing was more work this weekend but if you
pursued you could catch some nice fish.
RKH
May 28, 2007 - Cheney
- Caught a couple of nice channel cats on the lake
side of the jetty protecting the marina this past week. Was using
shrimp on a lighted bobber about 18" deep about 8' offshore.
Caught a four and seven pounders.
Thanks,
Bryce Matteson
Haven
May 27, 2007 - Milford
- Submitted by Curt Graves
-May 26 Milford ABA Tournament (finish=1st)
Water Temp=64-67/ Overcast with slight rain / 7' Above Conservation
Pool and rising
Creeks and upper lake muddy with 1-3" visibility; lower
1/3 of lake stained with 10-18" visibility.
Walleye, whites, channel cats, drum, wiper, and short smallmouth
were all active and eating my crankbait around rocky points.
After 2 1/2 hours of cranking and flipping the flooded bushes,
I moved out and fished the original shoreline between 5-8' deep.
I finally connected with 15.5" smallmouth on the crankbait
which was thrown on a 7' med-light Quantum PT rod and then a
15.25" largemouth fishing my homemade black-blue-purple
jig with a craw trailer on a 6'10 Heavy PT rod. Flourocarbon
line helped me feel the exceptionally subtle bites. Probably
caught 8-10 shorts as well on the jig. The 2 keepers weighed
just 3.62# but was enough for the win on this tough day. I would
like to have had begun the morning fishing the same depth with
a football jig on the points in the 5-10' water...hindsight is
20-20. My 200 Super Pro ProCraft ran well and handled the waves
from all the boat traffic (give me a call if you want a test
ride).
My guess is the fish will begin to move into the newly flooded
cover as the weather and water warm as well as stabilizes. Lots
of carp and whites in the flooded bushes already. The next couple
of weeks could be great for flipping if they water isn't pulled
down. If they open the gates, some great strings could be caught
from the points on cranks and c-rigs.
A big thank you to Michael Schulte and those that fished. The
friendship and hospitality showed was awesome! Their next tournament
is June 9, the day before the Weekend Series.
May 26, 2007 - Republican River Btwn
Wakefield, KS & Clay Center, KS
River Conditions @ Clay Center, KS: Muddy
Gage height, feet @ 0400 hrs: 13.13 & dropping
Discharge, cubic feet per second @ 0400 hrs: 4,390 & decreasing
Weather Conditions @ Manhattan, KS as of 0852 hrs:
Sky Conditions: Cloudy / Temp: 68 degrees / Dewpoint: 63 degrees
Barometric Pressure: 30.08 & dropping / Wind Direction /
Speed: SW @ 9 MPH
Solunar Table recommendation: POOR (understatement!)
When arrived at the river, there was nobody but
pelicans, Blue Heron & geese in the area. Baited one rod
w/ nightcrawlers & the other w/ blood dip bait while companion
baited up w/ nightcrawlers on 1 & shrimp on the other. He
managed to catch 1 Blue Catfish, 1 Channel Catfish & 1 Drum
while all I got was 3 strikes aside from getting hung up in the
roots that have washed out of the bank. Pelicans did almost as
well as they slurped down a couple of fish.
Tight Lines & Sharp Hooks
walt
May 21, 2007 - Republican
River Btwn Wakefield, KS & Clay Center, KS
River Conditions: Murky w/ 1 - 2 ft swells (due
to wind)
Discharge, cubic feet per second @ Clay Center, KS: 769 @ 08:00
Gage height, feet @ Clay Center, KS: 8.33 05-21-2007 08:00
Weather Conditions @ Salina, KS as of 1058 hrs
Sky conditions: Clear - Temp: 75 degrees - Humidity: 59% - Dewpoint:
57 degrees
Barometric Pressure: 29:88 & falling
Wind direction / Speed: South / 20 MPH gusting to 25 (increased
to gusts of 39 MPH later during day)
Got to the river and partner attempted to find
some green worms w/ no joy. According to solunar table, today
was to be a "POOR" day for fishing. Partner caught
2 small channel catfish & 12 drum. I only managed to catch
2 keeper channel catfish & threw a 12 incher back to grow
up. Cut bait = no luck; blood dip bait = all 3 of my fish &
nightcrawlers were responsible for all 14 fish partner caught.
TIGHT LINES & SHARP HOOKS
walt
May 23, 2007 - Courtesy
of KWP -
Region 1
At 5/20/2007 6:44 AM, Anonymous said...Fished Cedar Bluff the 16th and 17th. Only
13 crappie, but they were BIG. Took them anywhere from 5 to 20
feet of water. 38 white bass all in really nice shape too. Caught
them trolling the tree rows. Lake is 67 degrees and low. Eric
Region 2
No new reports
Region 3
At 5/17/2007 9:22 PM, Anonymous said... TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CLARK
YES IT IS ROCKY AND LOTS OF COVER BUT WHO EVER TOLD U NOT TO
FISH THERE IS CRAZY CAUGHT SOME OF MY BIGGER CATS THERE JUST
DONT FISH ALL THE WAY ON THE BOUTOM...AND THEY R PRETTY SLOW
RITE KNOW BUT THEY STILL R BITING
At 5/16/2007 5:43 PM, Anonymous said...-Has anybody
fished Clark Lake lately?
How has the catfish and bass been? I was told not to fish the
damn cause it's all cement under there and no cats are over there?
Is this true?
Region 4
At 5/20/2007 8:34 PM, Anonymous said... All I caught
at watson park were plastic
bags.
At 5/19/2007 7:58 AM, Anonymous said... Fished
El Dorado lake last night
May 18, 2007 for flatheads and caught one good walleye on a 4
inche bluegill. The walleye was 26 inches long. Any one have
know any good places to catch flatheads at el dorado lake with
out a boat would appreciate some ideas. thanks.
At 5/17/2007 10:00 PM, Anonymous said... CHENEY ,,,,,Fish at the feeders with
shad gizzards about 3 of them with the entrails tied around the
hook while the water is up at red bluffs cast on left side from
jetty to feederabout 10 feet from it or right at it. When feeder
goes off be ready for the BITE. Use kahle hooks are best number
1/0 is best. Make sure you have catfish poles my three piece
got broke and lost one in the lake. So when you GO TO CHENEY.Stay
near your pole. tHAT IS BEST BAIT RIGHT NOW I HAVE CAUGHT NOTHING
BUT 5LBS AND OVER UP TO 24LB CHANNEL. Good luck ,,,,,signed liquidscaler.
At 5/17/2007 1:23 PM, Anonymous said... Fished
El Dorado lake last evening
with my girlfriends oldest daughter (11) for walleyes. She caught
2 keepers on a jig and worm. The largest one was 25 1/2"
and weighed 4 lbs 12 oz. Fished off of the old highway 77 road
bed in 10' to 15' of water.
At 5/16/2007 5:46 PM, Anonymous said... Has anyone
fished Cheney lately for
catfish? Just wondering what to use and where. With all this
rain and flooding there I don't know where to go. Just went last
week for the first time and didn't catch a thing. I was fishing
on the jetty on the west side. By the cabins. Any help?
Region 5
At 5/19/2007 9:50 PM, Anonymous said... fished
Melvern 5/18 for 6 hours.
did not get a bite. Lake is very muddy and the wind didnt help.
At 5/19/2007 5:15 PM, columbus catman said... Fished in the strip pitts northwest of columbus
eartly on 5-19 for bass. Caught lots of short fish( I mean LOTS).Caught
four or five long slot limit fish. Plastic worms!! Higher the
sun got, slower the bite..
At 5/18/2007 10:45 AM, Anonymous said... I fished
at Melvern on Monday (5/14)
and the lake was 11 ft high. The water was very muddy and there
was a lot of debris floating on the surface. We drifted several
of the flats on the north side of the lake for about 3 hours
and didn't have a bite. I only saw one other boat on the lake
and they hadn't caught anything either. The water might be down
a little now but I'll bet it is still muddy. I'm going somewhere
else this weekend. Hope that helps.
 May 19,
2007 - Cheney - May 18, 2007
Friday. Got to the lake at 5pm. Water very muddy. Hit many spots
and no fish. So, deceided to troll the face of the dam and came
up with one 5.8 lb. Walleye. Very poor fishing for me. Cleaned
our only fish and headed home at 8:30pm.
Mark.
May 19, 2007 - Where have
the green worms gone? - Used to have 1/2 dozen places
along the Republican River to dig green worms.
Now it seems that they have "disappeared" from their
"normal" haunts as have been hard pressed to find even
a 1/2 dozen of them after digging in multiple places along the
river. Any suggestions as where they have "moved" or
has the drought had an adverse effect upon them?
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73
walt
  May 18, 2007
- Park in Haysville - MY SON
(KALEB) WAS SITTING THERE PLAYING IN THE SAND WHEN HIS
BOBBER TOOK OFF RUNNING ACROSS THE LAKE. THIS FISH WAS CAUGHT
ON A ZEBCO 202 USING A PIECE OF HOT DOG.
SHANE KRALICEK
May 18, 2007 - Republican
River btwn Wakefield & Clay Center -
River Conditions: Muddy Discharge, cubic feet per
second as of 2000 hrs: 2,020 & decreasing Gage height, feet
as of 2000 hrs: 10.30 ft & falling
Weather Conditions @ Salina, KS @ 1453 hrs:
Sky conditions: Clear - Temp: 72 degrees - Humidity: 41% - Dew
Point: 48 degrees
Barometeric Pressure: 30.29 & dropping - Wind direction /
Speed: South / 3 MPH, changed to South East / 9 -12 MPH
Checked couple of sites before started fishing
about 1530 hrs.
SKEETERS & TICKS swarming some areas. Caught 1 Blue Catfish
& 5 channel catfish using nightcrawlers & dip bait. Blue
Cat went about 3 lbs and the 3 channels I kept were between 1.5
lbs & 2.25 lbs. Released 2 channels as they were under my
size limit of 15 inches before leaving @ 1900 hrs.
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73
walt
May 17, 2007 - Marais de Cygnes - wed
may 16 07
Dan & I caught 5 blues & 1 channel ranging from2 to 10
lbs on green worms
on the marais de cygnes river at ottawa, we fished close to shore
in the slower water, the water is running pretty fast because
they are releasing
quite a bit of water from pomona & melvern reservoirs, it
was a good day.
thanks Ed Henley May 16, 07
May 16, 2007 - Answer
to Wichita Sand Pit Question from May 14 - I fish
a pit and noticed the same thing.
Probably not much you can do if its high noon, but towards evening,
throw a shallow lip crankbait even closer to shore, parrallel
to the bank.
Worked for me. These fish were waiting for an easy
meal shallow. I could see a wake form behind my lure as I reeled
it in then got em.
May 16, 2007 - Cheney
- I decided to fish cheney for the first time this
year last Sunday, I arrived at my boat slip at aprox 4:30 pm,
loaded my gear and headed out on the lake. It was a little breezy,
nice southerly wind, water surface temp 76 deg, I coudn't believe
how clear it was since the lake was up a few feet, I guess the
muddy water hadn't made it to the lower end of the lake yet.
This time of year is a little squirrely when trying to find Stipers
and Wipers, some of them spawning, others all over the place..
so I tied up the 3 way rig and cruised out by M&M and started
trolling.. I honestly didn't care if I caught a fish or not,
I was just enjoying the day. I trolled here and there, the waves
sprayed my face in the wind, and it really felt good.
After about half an hour or so, My pole bent in
half. Line screamed off my reel. I was totally unprepared. I
was heading west, the wind was from the south.. I had my pole
in the holder between a strap and a bar holding up the bimini
top. I pulled the throttle back to what I thought was neutral,
grabbed my pole, and hung on! The fish kept pulling line, I was
trying to maneuver my pole around the front strap, I had actually
hit reverse on the motor, the wind blew the front of the boat
to the right, things weren't going well, I looked up at my net,
( I have an extended handle net that the handle pulls out for
it to work right, usually takes 2 hands) the handle was not pulled,
IT WAS CHAOS!! Then a huge wave broke over the side of the boat
and completely drenched me. Buttt... I hung onto my fish! I reeled
THEY pulled.. finally I saw the first one, it was a large Wiper,
It was on top rolling in the waves, then something pulled it
down! I finally got it to the boat and saw the Striper. I had
the wiper on the sassy shad, and the Striper on the crankbait.
I was just a bit out of shape actually ALOT out
of shape from the winter, gained about 10 lbs. I was breathin
hard! My heart was pounding, and my arms were tired. I used my
right arm to hold the rod, tried my best to keep a tight line,
and used my left arm to pull the net handle out.I felt like a
total ROOKIE!! but I finally did it. landed both fish. what a
netful that was.. Wiper weighed just over 10 lbs, Striper just
over 12lbs. I was exhausted.. I sat back in my chair, caught
my breath for about 10 minutes and thought.. I better join a
gym. I put the boat in forward and went to the dock.
Mike E.
May 16, 2007 - Republican
River btwn Wakefield & Clay Center - Weather Conditions
@ Salina, KS @ 0808 hrs CDT:
Sky - cloudy w/ rain (became partly cloudy)
Temp: 55 degress
Humidity: 88 %
Dewpoint: 52 degrees
Barometric Pressure: 30.11
Wind direction / Speed: North / 18 MPH gusting to 26 MPH
Got to the river about 1100 hrs CDT & departed
approx 1530 hrs CDT. River
was clearing & rising slowly.
Water Temp: 70.6 degrees
Two of us ended up w/ 4 channel catfish, 4 blue catfish &
4 drum. Nothing
over 4 lbs in any of the
Used nightcrawlers, shad sides & tried blood dip bait (got
hits but no
catches).
"Would have been a perfect day except for
the smell of hog logs coming from
the north"
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TIGHT LINES & SHARP HOOKS
73
Walt
May 16, 2007 - Courtesy
of KWP -
Region 1
5/15/2007 12:26 PM, Anonymous said...Caught some
nice crappies @ Cedar Bluff.
Looks like they are in full spawning mode. Most had eggs and
a few were ready to release. Most were caught using minnows and
some on jigs. GL
Region 2
At 5/13/2007 9:27 PM, Anonymous said...hillsdale-Put the boat in at the
wade boatramp in thr park, temp was 81+ degrees and experienced
very slow crappie fishing. I met a good sameritan who gave me
his extra minnows, told me the spawn was basicly over and directed
me to some good walleye fishing on the flats of the north side
of the wade branch. Still bent on finding crappie, I sped to
the north side of little bull (tuggle branch) and found the tempuratures
in the 77 degree range. Took home 9 keepers, only one with eggs.
Let me know how you all have done and where. thanks
At 5/12/2007 1:34 PM, Anonymous said...Milford 5-11-07 Hit 17 Walleye last
night 2 guys fishing 1 to 4 lbs. Kept 6 legal ones. And 2 Brown
spotted bass 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. And 6 Catfish 2-lbs to 7 lbs.
5/11/2007 11:32 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale
-Got my 7-year old out tonight in our canoe and dragged it down
the bank on the North-East end of the dam and fished in 10' of
water at that corner of the dam. He caught a 19" 2lb 7oz
Walleye on a Nightcrawler (with Bobber). Great fun on a great
evening!
Region 3
5/11/2007 2:30 PM, Anonymous said...went to cimmaron grasslands last weekend.
couldnt get the trout to bite. caught a few decent size channel
cats, 2" bull heads wouldnt leave any of our bait alone
Region 4
5/14/2007 11:35 AM, Anonymous said...Last Tuesday,
at Marion Resevoir on May
8th, caught 4 catfish and 2 Wipers in 3 hours in Frenches Cove
using Worms.
Went to the Spillway on Saturday May 12. Everybody was catching
Wipers and Channel Cat. Baits used were minnows, goldfish, and
worms.
Region 5
At 5/13/2007 1:38 PM, columbus catman said...Fished
below Chetopa late on 5-12---slow.
River was dropping, we had one bite on greensunfish, no bites
on various other baits.
May 14, 2007 - Wichita
Sand Pit - May 12 - Wichita - Sand pit lake, calm,
fairly clear water. Fishing from shore, caught two small largemouths
on nightcrawlers; got some bites but no takers on spinners. Anglers
in boats were taking quite a few bass & crappie; anglers
on shore not taking much.
QUESTION: The sandy-bottom lake was clear enough that I spotted
a few small largemouth bass hugging the shoreline dropoffs in
about a foot or two of water. Nothing, absolutely nothing, tempted
them: they moved away from all bait, lures, etc. and wouldn't
take anything. Are these spawning bass, or female bass protecting
eggs, or what? I was able to approach them with lures & bait
from several angles without them being able to spot me, so I
don't think the reason was that they saw me: they scooted off
when they did see me, but were soon back near the same spot.
They were alone, just sitting there, not interested in eating
even when I just dropped a nightcrawler on their noses, without
a hook. What gives?
May 13, 2007 - Milford - Water
conditions: murky (maybe see 6 inches down) -
Daily Lake information can normally be found @
http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/cgi-bin/daily.pl?site_name=milford
but this has not been updated since the 11th & information
for release data
normally found @
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/uv/?site_no=06857100&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
is also unavailable.
Weather conditions @ Salina, KS @ 0853 hrs CDT:
sky conditions: Fair
Temp: 71 degrees
Dew Point: 61degrees
Barometric Pressure: 30.14 & dropping
Wind direction / speed: South / 5 MPH & increased to 20 MPH
w/ 28 MPH gusts
Arrived lake estimate 0945 hrs CDT. Slow is the
best description for
fishing but a beautiful day to sit on the bank and drown some
nightcrawlers.
The three of us caught 2 Blue cats (largest 4 lbs) & 4 channel
cats (largest
3.5 lbs). Mixture of dip baits & nightcrawlers put them in
the basket along
w/ 1 keeper walleye on nightcrawler.
tight lines & sharp hooks :-)
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73
walt
May 11, 2007 - Northern Shawnee County
Farm Pond - (Sorry this is late, but I've been busy
all week. It was such a great day of fishing, had to write.)
Saturday May 5, "FISH" site, farm pond, Northern Shawnee
County.
My first experience fishing a farm pond in the KWP's FISH program
(private fishing ponds & stream access opened to the public
March through October) was wonderful. On a cloudy early morning
after Friday evening's showers and before the deluge of rain
that began Saturday night, I caught and released about 10 nice-sized
channel cats, most ranging from about 14" to 20". Most
caught on worm and bobber, about 10 to 15 feet off the bank,
with the worm danging about 3 or 4 feet under the bobber. Putting
the bait on the weedy bottom wasn't attracting many bites, but
dangling it just above the weeds did the trick.
A father and his two young sons were also catching
and releasing cats left and right, giving those boys a great
morning of fishing. Also pulled in two of the bigger cats of
the day on a "three-for-a dollar" silver and blue slab
spoon my daughter gave me for my birthday about 10 years ago.
(A note to tackle snobs: that three-piece for $1 set of lures
has brought in more trout and smallmouth for me than all the
other $500+ worth of lures in my tackle box!) Saw no signs of
bass or crappie, but spent much of the morning & the contents
of my tackle box trying to lure bass out of the weeds: no luck
there. It might have been a little too cool.
I'd give it an "A" for a great place
to take kids--the walk to the pond is short & much of the
bank is level & relatively clear of brush, a real plus if
you don't like spending half your day untangling your kids' lines
from the rocks & bushes--and nice-size channel cats that
will give them a fight. (Don't let them wear their good tennis
shoes: horse apples & cow pies are everywhere!)
May 9, 2007 - Milford
- Fishing is pretty good at Milford compared to other
nearby lakes. It just had a substantial runoff last night and
this a.m ., but the river has now has settled down. Walleye biting
on the flats on jig and a bit of worm..best time is when you
get there. Also caught channels in flooded cattails. Work, Work,
and more work.
Sharp Hook from LAppel
May 9, 2007 - Kingman
SFL - Took my dad and brother to Kingman Tues may
8th. I knew we had lots of rain, but we were bringing bait with
us incase the water was muddy. The water is definately up. About
three feet up. The water is only a foot away from the rock piers,
but the surprising factor was the water was very clear. The bass
were holding tight to the rocks. My dad caught a nice crappie
on a minnow and then the rest of the time was lots of little
bass here and there. I caught my fish on a gulp minnow with a
pretty heavy jig head and I would do a quick yo yo motion. They
do look and flash like real minnows. I think I caught a white
perch as well, but it flipped the hook out and made it back into
the water. I didn't see much action on the other side of the
lake, but we caught a good number of small sized fish. If any
one is looking for a lake that isn't all muddy and hard to fish
then head out to kingman. The river next to it on the other hand
is very muddy and fast flowing.
Dominic
May 8, 2007 - Republican
River btwn Clay Center & Wakefield, KS
River conditions:
As of 071600 hrs May 07: Discharge, cubic feet per second: 14,300
Gage height, feet: 19.02
Muddy w/ debris (trees and brush)
Weather Conditions @ Salina, KS @ 071253 hrs May
07:
sky conditions: light rain / mist
Temp: 63 degrees
Dew Point: 61 degress
Barometric Pressure: 30.08
Wind direction / speed: West / 7 MPH
Arrived river approx 070930 hrs May, needless to
say water flowing and
muddy. 1st spot tried no joy, checked couple of other spots (did
not even
bother to throw in water was so fast) arrived final spot about
071100 hrs
May. Caught 5 channel catfish (all less than 2 lbs) on nightcrawlers.
-----------------
Went back on the 08 May. River "falling" and "slowing"
down:
Weather Conditions @ Salina, KS @ 080753 hrs May 07 when departed
house:
Sky conditions: Fair
Temp: 54 degrees - Dew Point: 51 degrees - Barometric Pressure:
30.18 -Wind direction / speed: Calm
Only 2 strikes w/ no results. Noticed that all
day until almost 1700 hrs that barometric pressure was about
30.10. Makes one wonder if the high barometric pressure did not
have something to do with the paucity of strikes. Know low barometric
pressure causes fishing to get worse but what of too high of
barometric pressure in conjunction w/ falling river conditions?
Something to consider....
tight lines & sharp hooks
walt
May 7, 2007 - Fall River
- Had a family reunion at Fall River this weekend.
We always stay below the dam. Below the dam, I caught 2 small
Flatheads, about 4lbs, 1 White Bass and 1 Channel Cat all on
White and Chartuse Road Runners. We went up by White Hall Bay
Saturday at the low water crossing and caught about 30 White
Bass and 5 Large Mouth over 15 inches, the largest about 41/2
lbs. The entire family caught about 50 Whites, 2 Flat Head, 3
Channel, 10 Large Mouth, and 50 Crappie. Some of the Crappie
were big, 3 were 1 1/2+. We had a great weekend, family, friends,
and a big fish fry Saturday night. There is nothing better.
Good Luck to all
Eddie
May 4, 2007 - Crawford
State Park - I just spent 8 days camped at Crawford
State Park and fished each day when it wasn't raining. I used
my boat and I caught lots of small crappie (8 to 10 inch) around
the brush piles all over the lake. On May 2nd, I noticed lots
of small male crappie up in the shallows. I caught the crappie
on white and chartreuse, 1/16 oz. marabou jigs. During the 8
days fishing I caught 12 or 14 nice big crappie all between 10
and 13 inches long. They were mixed in with the smaller fish.
The feeders are on and the channel cat fish are
just starting to come up to the top. Channel cat fishing should
be fairly good by the middle of May.
May 4, 2007 - Question
on Milford - Does anybody know if the White Bass are
hitting on the Dam at Milford yet? Thanks!
May 1, 2007 - Marion -
April 30, 2007 Monday afternoon. Got the the face
of the dam at 5:30pm. Real nice afternoon. Only caught 10. We
would be fishing and not 10' from us on the bank in 2 to 4"
of water 10 or 15 whites or wipers were bunched up spawning.
Some would even come out of the water a few inches then flop
back into the water. It was neat. We witness hundreds spawning.
Mark.
April 30, 2007 - Jeffrey
Energy Center Potawatomie County - Late Saturday afternoon,
April 28. Fished the west side of the #2 Auxiliary lake at Jeffrey
Energy Center (the large one) from the dock and a nearby shallow
cove out of the wind, which was pretty strong. Caught and released
a 12" smallmouth and lost another one, using a Storm Wild-Eyed
rubber shad in bluegill colors. Got a few hits on worm &
bobber, but no takers; I'm assuming they were tiny. No luck with
top-water lures, jig n pigs, or fishing on the bottom.
April 30, 2007 - Marion
Comment - If anyone seen the Wichita Eagle Sports
on Sunday on the Marion Lake write up and pictures. Photo showed
30+ (white bass all under 21"?). That might be the case.
I sure hope so. I've fished same spot. Several days later. None
of my catches contained "any" white bass. They were
all Wipers. And a ton of them
April 29, 2007 - Niece's
First Fish - Today was a very important day. My niece,
Lia, caught her first fish. Lia is 4 1/2 years old, very opinionated
about what is icky and what isn't. When we got to the pond, she
wanted no part of baiting her hook with big squirmy nightcrawlers.
That changed when her bobber dipped and she reeled in a fat sunfish.
And then another. By the end of the trip she was picking crawlers
out of the box, handing them to uncle Russ (who put them on her
hook), and casting them expertly. And she touched the fish, gave
them names, and said goodbye when I released them. So Lia caught
fish, and I hooked a fisherman. Pretty big stuff.
Oh, for those who wonder, it was at Camp Hawk in
Harvey County. Perfect place for kid fishing.
Russell
April 29, 2007 - Toronto
- Went to Toronto on 4-29. First time there and found
out to simply be careful any where you go even if you have a
map. Half of the reservoir was too shallow to even boat in. We
finally got into a cove and found the money spot. Water was pretty
murky and my brother started doing the catching. He caught a
nice two pound white bass. In about a fifty yard spot we caught
largemouth, white, and one wiper. They were all caught on mepps
spinner baits. It did warm up a bit and decided to try out Woodson.
I forgot just how deep that lake gets. It was very windy and
I think I have a bad battery since my trolling motor couldn't
manage the wind. I had two misses. I was using a blue rapala
jointed and the first fish was right at the boat... looked long,
skinny, and white. The second one I missed looked like a wiper.
Nothing afterwards... too much hassle of the wind and the sun
was up and bright. That lake was very clear. It was fun though
and I got to pull out a lure I don't use too often as well. At
Toronto I didn't see any crappie being caught, but many fishing
for it.
Dominic
April 28, 2007 - Saline
River - Went to the Saline River April 21, 3 of us
caught 20 between 3:00 pm & 6:00, a little slow. Went up
again Sunday between 2:30 & 3:30, 9 were caught. Monday nothing.
Tuesday went to the back around 2:00 pm again and nothing, another
guy caught 6 in the afternoon. I went on to the Smokey and got
in the water around 4:50 pm and caught 11 in the next 15 minutes.
The storm was coming so I cleaned fish and left. I will be heading
up today to try Walleye @ Kanopolis and more whites also. This
is my first time emailing so I will update later for the weekend.
Willy
April 28, 2007 - Woodson
State Lake - April 27th night fishing we caught a
23lb channel and an 13lb channel also two at 3lbs using chicken
livers. this was at about 11pm
Ben Forman
  April 27, 2007
- Marion - April 27, 2007 Friday.
Took 5 boys, all 14 years old. My son for his birthday wanted
to go fishing. Hit the face of the Dam at 5:30pm. North wind
at 15 mph. Did not think we would do well at all. Wrong. Used
small twister tails and all of us combined caught 30 Wipers around
the 2-3 lb range. Fish and Game, (law enforcement) checked me
out, good job but where are they on the weekends at Cheney. He
told me if the wind was from the South we would double our catches.
Mark.
 April
27, 2007 - Hillsdale - White
bass seem to be spawning at Hillsdale. Caught this nice one Tuesday,
April 24th near the Antioch Road Boat Dock. Seem to be biting
around dusk along those rocky points. Good luck.
Matt
April 24, 2007 - Barber
County Lake - I fished Barber County Lake on Friday,
April 20th, 2007 and thought I would send a report. I caught
20-25 bass in about 45 minutes throwing a white spinner bait
along the dam. Most were between 12-18 inches. Bass were very
aggressive. Walleye from 13-15 inches were caught using a walking
weight and floating jig head and leech. Walleye were caught in
15-18 feet of water. Crappie bite was slow. Crappie fishing would
be rated at poor. Bass would be excellent. Walleye would be good.
Also the North or Upper Lake went completely dry during the summer
of 2006 and you should not waste your time fishing it. Thanks
April 23, 2007 - Clinton
- Well, the whites and wipers are STILL going strong
by the marina at Clinton!! Every cast was productive!!!! Caught
several in the 3 to 4 pound range, but most were about 1 1/2
pounds or so. Several other boats were anchored and fishing with
minnows, but we had a lot more luck trolling with suspending
baby bass Rapalas and spoons. We caught so many fish!!!!! Gotta
love the action!!!
Good luck!
April 22, 2007 - Hillsdale
- On Saturday April, 21st my father and I were at
Hillsdale and caught 25 crappie fishing about 20 feet from shore
3ft down from the bobber. The following day I returned with my
friend Nick, and we caught about 15 crappie about 2ft down from
the bobber in slightly shollower water. Most were white crappie
females full of eggs around 9" in length. Many small crappie
being caught in shallow water - very few keepers (mainly black
crappie males) were being caught on the north end of the lake.
Within the next week the larger crappie should start moving in.
Matt
 April
20, 2007 - Cheney - April, 20,
2007. Friday, headed to the lake with huge lighting coming from
a small storm a few miles from the lake. Thought i was going
to get rained out. Nope, got to lake at 6:45am. and it was clear.
Water Simi clear. and lake level looks good. Boat dirty as hell.
Have not had time to clean. But the fish could not tell. Hit
the face of the dam. Trolled 20' or so from the bank and has
a Semi fair day. Guy fishing from the bank all by himself catching
them left and right. I did fair. Came up with 4 very nice Wipers
in the 7-8lb. range full of eggs. It only lasted for 1.5 hours
and then nothing. When i showed up the fish finder had millions
of fish on it. By 8:30am. nothing. So, at 8:45am. i headed back
home. Threw all back. Not too bad of a trip for my first time
on the lake this year. Water temp. 10 degree's cooler then this
time last year. It's only going to get better. Mark.
April 20, 2007 - Butler
SFL - Weather was nice and I felt like fishing. 25mph
wind wasn't going to stop me. Went to a farm pond first, but
didn't stay long. Went to Butler and it was a very good choice.
Slow at first, but caught a nice one shortly. The lures of choice
were rattle traps. I knew the water was going to be murky any
where we went and I thought they would work great and they did.
My brother hasn't had any success this year, but
was changed today. He finally started catching some bass. The
real story comes from me. I was wading in the water and made
a long cast. The lure hits and suddenly goes straight left. No
reeling in was possible. It just darted full force like I caught
a vehicle. I couldn't tell what it was or if I even snagged it.
Yep I lost it and that's why I think I might have snagged it
since it didn't turn or anything. It ran to the left. But I would
say it was around ten pounds for the force it had. And my adventure
only got better. Went to the very back of the lake and did some
wading there.
Caught a few more in that area and we were getting
to where it branches off to the creek channels. I decided I wanted
to try one last spot before we headed back.... Sure enough it
was on the money. Same thing again. The lure hit the water and
within a few seconds it flied off to the left. I wasn't going
to slip up again... and that's what I did in more ways than one.
The bass went right for some fallen trees. I didn't know how
deep it would get and I was trying to get over some fallen trees
myself... and sure enough... I fall back into the water. I pull
out my cell phone and give it to my brother. I knew I probably
lost the fish by now since I was pretty much pulling up the fallen
tree... I see my rattle trap and I see it on the branch... And
sure enough... the bass was just right below it, but by time
I dipped my hands in the water it was gone. In other words the
fish are ready and they are shallow. The second one would have
topped around five pounds judging it's profile and force. I would
say get out when you can. The rain has finally brought the lake
above normal pool so I can only hope that the larger lakes have
filled up as well.
Dominic
April 14, 2007 - More on Milford - The
walleye on the dam is just getting over. Most are done spawning
by now. The cold front set the water temp back 10 degrees
from a few weeks ago. It did change the fishing! The spawn
will be effected by the drop. It all depends on the weather
over the next few weeks on the spawn time, probably won't have
any spawning going on for the next few weeks except for shad.
Whitebass will be next and that all depends on the weather.
The cold rains over the past few days will keep the temp down.
Starting tonight (Sat) there will be some rain water coming in
Milford from upstream probably at 40 degrees. It going to take
some warm days and nights to get it going again.
RKH
April 13, 2007 - Cheney
Walleye? - Anyone having any luck at Cheney after
this cold weather?????
April 13, 2007 - More on Milford Question
- At Milford: Are the Walley hitting on the dam right
now? Or has that come and gone? If they are, or are getting ready
to, does that happen at night like the White Bass or is that
an all day kind of thing? And finally...what is the lure/bait
of choice when they are hitting on the dam?
I'm sure things were moving along smothly as far as good fishing
goes...untill this ugly weather came in!! Thoughts on this? Does
it shut whatever spawning action that was happening down? Thanks...pstein
April 13, 2007 - Answer
to Milford Question - Every year is different like
all Lakes. Water temp will vary due to rain fall and temperatures.
My records show that over the past few years Milford's water
temp will start Sept between 75 - 80 and end the month 70 - 75.
Daytime temp 80 - 90, nighttime low's 50 - 60. No one knows about
the wind. Calm midnight to noon, wind will blow most afternoon's.
Whitebass, wipers and blue cat are hot in Sept. Lots of bait
fish everywhere, all fish all feeding before winter. Look for
bait fish and birds eating shad. Sept is one of the best months
for fishing Milford. My choice would be Sept 12 - 25. RKH
April 12, 2007 - Milford
Question - I have been trying to find out the average
lake temperature for the month of september. please help. We
are planning a week long fishing trip on Milford this September,
and water temperature will determine what type of fishing we
do as well as the gear we will need to bring along. Does the
wind ALWAYS blow on Milford?
April 12, 2007 - Courtesy
of KWP -
Region 1
At 4/07/2007 11:11 AM, Anonymous said...THE RUMORS
ARE TRUE!!!! THEY ARE BITING ON FROZEN SAND TOADS ON THE DAM
AT KIRWIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Region 2
At 4/11/2007 9:29 PM, Anonymous said...Does anyone
know how this cold snap has affected the walleye spawn at hillsdale?
Will there still be any post-spawn action at the damn?
thanks
At 4/10/2007 5:46 PM, Sean said...April 9, 2007
Wakarusa River above Clinton, Partly cloudy, 48 degrees
Water is still high, but it seems like it's slowed
down considerably. There is still a ton of debris in the water,
but its fishable now. I picked up 15 whites and one nice crappie
in about 3 hours.
Never really found a pattern. Picked up several
fish tight to cover, several right along the bank and several
out in the middle of nowhere. Some of them were really deep (15'?)
and several were in less than 3'. Some wanted a really slow delivery
and I caught 2 just burning it back in on what I thought were
'wasted' casts. Odd day, but not overly frustrating. Heckuva
lot better than being at work.
At 4/03/2007 6:48 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale:
Give it two more days, walleye are just starting on the dam with
cranks. Please throw the shorts back as it looks to be turning
into a good fishery.
At 4/03/2007 4:07 PM, Sean said...Wakarusa River
is way, WAY up. Tons of debris, very muddy water, very frustrating.
Guess it'll take a little time to clear up.
Region 3
At 4/12/2007 6:46 PM, Anonymous said...Fished Clark
on 4-12. Very cold day. Fishing was slow. Caught one white bass.
Nice fish, it was a 13 incher. I have caught some really nice
big white bass out of that lake. Also, saw KDWP dumping in walleye
fingerlings.
Region 4
At 4/12/2007 11:59 AM, Mike said...Has anyone been
out at Council Grove City Lake? I'm coming out there in
about 2 weeks for some fishing. Wondering if anyone has any decent
luck. Trying to get into a mess of walleyes. Guess we'll see.
At 4/10/2007 7:00 AM, Kevin said...Does anyone
know what the cold temps did to the walleye or white bass spawns?
Region 5
At 4/12/2007 5:34 PM, Anonymous said...does' anyone
know how much FPS of dishcarge at the gates on JHON REDMAN
, IS SAFE TO WADE live in topeka and don't know how much water
being let out, is safe to wade the spillway.don't want to waste
a trip down there if the gates are open to high thanks
At 4/10/2007 12:13 PM, Anonymous said...Osage
State Lake, Catfishing has been pretty good this month3/07
some big ones up in the shallows!!!!
April 6, 2007 - Yates
Center Reservoirs I just wanted to let people know
that at BOTH Yates center reservoirs you can now be checked for
licenses by some city employees. We got checked last Sunday and
I contacted wildlife and parks who then contacte4d the city of
Yates center police. I was told that there are a few people who
have been deputized to check licenses by the city. On another
note caught some nice crappie and one bass. Pretty productive
day. Thanks
CLAYTON
April 5, 2007 - Toronto
Info requested - WE WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION ON
TORONTO LAKE OR SOUROUNDING LAKES FOR CRAPPIE, WALLEY AND CATFISH
OR WHO TO CONTACT. WE HAVE BEEN FISHING KERWIN LAKE FOR THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
April 4, 2007 - Hillsdale
- Friend and i fished hillsdale on 4-2-07 from 830
pm till almost 1130, a few bites no catches though at crappie
cove. severral walleye fishermen along the dam, most were gone
by 10. water temp was 55 degrees
April 3, 2007 - Shawnee
State Fishing Lake - Shawnee state fishing lake went
to the Shawnee state fishing lake this morning armed with night
crawlers with no luck. must have been the bait since the guy
50 yards away caught at least 3 within the hour i was there.
April 3, 2007 - Tuttle
Creek - April 1st Tuttle Creek: Last weeks rain arrive
on Saturday with an inflow of 3500 cf and a water temp 7 degrees
colder than the lake water. Caught large numbers of channels
3 to 9 lbs and some good numbers of bluecat. Tried 5 different
baits and if you didn't have green worms you would of caught
70% less fish. They only wanted green worms! Shad would even
work! The lake took a 2 foot rise but the water is very muddy.
Won't hurt the catfish but could slow down the crappie in a few
weeks. Some channels are not far from spawning, 4 weeks if the
weather stays warm. The bluecat look healthy, there short and
thick and seem to be eating good. There seems to be good numbers
of 6 to 9 pound fish. Hopefully this weather change will just
last this week and things will open up again next week. RKH
April 3, 2007 - Courtesy
of KWP -
Region 1
At 4/02/2007 9:18 AM, Anonymous said...Antelope
Lake/Graham County-Creel Clerk reports that there are not
much biting and that the water temperature is 55 degrees.
At 3/24/2007 8:55 PM, Anonymous said...Kirwin-
Caught a few Channels off the Dam using Frozen Sand Toads , Starting
to Bite
At 3/30/2007 10:02 AM, Anonymous said...Cedar
Bluff-The Cedar Bluff State Park reports fishing is pretty
good - they are catching white bass, walleye and wipers. Bert's
corner reports they are catching the wipers in the middle and
white bass & wipers along the dam.
Glen Elder-Glen Elder State Park reports
the walleye are picking up and they are now spawning. Crappie
are in the marina cove area.
Kanopolis-Kanopolis State Park reports they
are catching 17-18" walleye off of the face of the dam.
Saugeye and channel cat are biting are biting along with a few
crappie. The water level has come up about 2 feet at this time
as well.
Kirwin-Creel Clerk reports that people are
out there fishing but not anything to measure just yet. Will
look for a better report next week.
Lovewell-Lovewell State Park reports there
are some catfish off of the dam and walleye and white bass off
of Cedar point. Lovewell Marina reports that there are also some
channel cat being caught at this time.
Webster-Webster State Park reports that
the trout are excellent, channel cat, walleye and wipers are
pretty good now too.
Wilson-Knotheads Bait Shop reports walleye
are good and large stripers are going around the cove area -
they did receive a few inches of rain this past week as well.
Wilson State Park reports that along the dam and points are the
better fishing areas and that the water level has raised some.
At 3/23/2007 9:44 AM, Anonymous said..Cedar
Bluff-Bert's Corner reports people are out there trying with
minnows, but walleye and crappie haven't shown any great successes
yet. Cedar Bluff State Park reports testing of the walleye have
shown there are some nice size walleye out there.
Glen Elder-Glen Elder State Park reports
that there is not alot of fishing going on at the time but they
have heard there are some small mouth bass and white bass being
caught. At this time the walleye are on the verge of spawning.
Kanopolis-Kanopolis State Park reports that
walleye are being caught at Loader Point and white bass are being
caught up by the dam. The water level is slowly coming up and
that main boat ramp is open but please be careful of the sandbars
still.
Kirwin-Creel Clerk reports not alot of people
out there fishing yet, but the water level is coming up a little.
Wilson-Wilson State Park reports people
are out there trying but haven't heard of any successes yet.
Knotheads bait shop reports they are catching stripers on the
west end ranging from 25, 15, 12, & 10 pounds! Walleyes are
up by the dam.
Region 2
At 4/03/2007 4:07 PM, Sean said...Wakarusa River
is way, WAY up. Tons of debris, very muddy water, very frustrating.
Guess it'll take a little time to clear up.
At 4/03/2007 6:48 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale:
Give it two more days, walleye are just starting on the dam with
cranks. Please throw the shorts back as it looks to be turning
into a good fishery.
At 4/01/2007 1:15 PM, Anonymous said...Leavenworth
SFL - 200 in 4 trips last week.
At 4/01/2007 10:28 AM, Anonymous said...Was that
a misprint about Leavenworth SFL? Was it 200 or maybe
20. If it was 200, all I can say is WOW.
At 3/31/2007 8:51 AM, Anonymous said...Had over
200 lm bass at Leavenworth SFL last week
At 3/30/2007 10:43 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale-Fished
along the dam 3/30/07 with a jig/minnow. No walleyes, but nailed
the crappies in about 19 feet of water all along the dam.
At 3/29/2007 9:09 AM, Anonymous said...Clinton
Lake-Fished north end of dam on the evening of March 28th.
Wind was out of the south/southwest. No luck on walleye but between
2 boats and 6 people we caught 75+ wipers and white bass! Numerous
wipers over 18". It was crazy. Caught on white twister-tail
jigs, plain or tipped with a minnow. Even caught a few wipers
with a topwater Chug Bug.
Picked up a couple crappie but only one over 10".
Fishing activity seemed to quit after the wind died down and
it got dark. Fished for walleye for awhile after dark along the
dam but no luck.
At 3/30/2007 10:39 AM, Anonymous said... Clinton-Hack's
Outfitting reports that the walleye are biting and the crappie
are still deep in the water. White Bass and Channel cat are catching
at this time.
Hillsdale-K & M Lake N Dale reports
there are some crappie on the banks using jigs & minnows.
The walleye are biting on the dam at night and the water level
has come up.
Milford-Milford State Park reports that
walleye are up by the dam along with the channel cat.
Tuttle Creek-Tuttle Creek State Park reports
are not real great and they are starting to pick up white bass.
Derick's Bait-N-Tackle reports crappie are really picking up
at the outlet and at University Prak in the Girl Scout Cove area.
The walleye are at Rocky Ford.
At 3/28/2007 11:49 PM, Sean said...Clinton Lake/Wakarusa River-March
28, 2007-70 degrees, 2pm-7:30 pm-White bass are starting to move
up the river. We caught 10 nice fish out off the main river channel
(30-40 feet from the bank) relatively deep on white and/or chartreuse
jigs and spinnerbaits.
Also picked up a few 11-13" crappie and a
random sampling of small black bass.
We also fished west of Shadden Road and the fish
are NOT up that far yet.
At 3/27/2007 12:20 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale-Spoke
with a biologist and he said Walleye #'s aren't on the dam yet
spawning. Said he will be putting the nets out coming up this
weekend.
At 3/27/2007 12:58 AM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale-Tried
Hillsdale again on Sunday afternoon 3/25/07. Slow-trolled live
bait rigs along the dam and got one bite, but no fish. Wind made
it hard to control the boat, so that may have been a factor in
several bites going undetected. The walleyes are few and far
between right now, but it will pickup when they finish spawning.
At 3/26/2007 11:02 AM, BOB BURNHAM said...I was
on the Clinton dam sunday after lunch; wind was bvlowing
in hard. First cast I caught a 3 pound ? white bass on a plastic
minnow with spinner; then a few casts later caught the biggest
Walleye I have ever caught in KS. ( I grew up outside mIldrod
Lake ) This fish was atleast 30 inches long, huge belly probably
full of eggs. Took me two hands to hold it up, and was so excited
forgot to take a picture. I put her back in the lake, fished
for another hour and not another bite.
At 3/23/2007 10:40 AM, Anonymous said...Clinton-Clinton
State Park reports that they are catching crappie in about 15-30
feet of water on jigs by the channel and they are catching walleye
on the face of the dam by trolling crankbait.
Hillsdale-Hillsdale State Park reports people
are trying to catch walleye but no successes. The weather is
nice and the water is being released but the rain will bring
it back up. To get daily updated lake details from the US Army
Corp of Engineers visit: http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil./cgi-bin/daily.pl?site_name=hillsdale
Milford-Milford State Park reports fishing
is going fairly well and the the channel cat are farily decent
sized. The bass are ranging from 4-5 pound both small mouth and
white bass.
Perry-Perry State Park reports channel cat
fishing is going great!
Tuttle Creek-Tuttle Creek State Park reports
good trout fishing using mepps spinners; crappie using jigs are
being caught at the tubes along with some channel cat using bobber
and worms (cats are about 3 pounds).
At 3/22/2007 11:03 PM, Anonymous said...Hillsdale-Thurs.
Mar. 22-walleyes are spawning on the dam. They should start biting
during post-spawn in about a week or two.
At 3/22/2007 5:33 AM, Anonymous said...Leavenworth
State Lake-Tried several times last week for walleye during
evening hours and nighttime, but haven't seen any yet.
Hillsdale-Tried below the outlet for walleyes
on Saturday the 17th, but didn't even get a bite. Tried jerkbaits
and a jig/minnow. Witnessed one of the other fishermen catch
a drum on a jig/minnow.
Region 3
At 4/01/2007 9:19 AM, Anonymous said...Could anyone
give me some input on Barber County Lake, i am thinking
of trying it next weekend, any input is good, thank
At 3/30/2007 10:55 AM, Anonymous said...Coldwater-Coldwater
Feed & Seed reports that due to the storms the lake is full
and that the small wiper & channel cats were biting but were
all under normal size.
Meade-Meade State Park and The Bait Shop
report that fishing has been slow and cold due to the storms
the other night.
At 3/23/2007 11:08 AM, Anonymous said...Coldwater
City Lake-K & B's reports catching small channels on
shrimp, wipers on top of the warer. Coldwater Feed & Seed
reports wipers are in spotted areas and small channel cat - the
lake level is full at this time.
Meade State Fishing Lake-The Bait Shop reports
crappie are pretty good size, bass are under size yet and some
channel cat are decent. The lake level is the same. Meade State
Park reports the water temp is 55 degrees.
Scott-Scott State Park reports that people
are catching their limit on trout; crappie are samll; and channel
cat just started biting.
Region 4
At 4/02/2007 8:32 PM, Anonymous said...Caught a
couple of nice fish Friday the 30th. 2 largemouth bass around
3.5 lbs and a blue cat in the 14-15 lb range. and those were
the only bites
At 4/02/2007 7:46 AM, G-catfisher said...went to
dillons pond (central & maize) on sat night. i took
home 3 nice size channels. anybody else having good luck around
wichita?
At 4/02/2007 7:35 AM, Anonymous said...my son and
I spent a weekend at Kingman last summer and myself and
a buddy have been there several times. It's a great place to
camp and hike. very nice and quite for the most part. It's not
a deltination place if you want to catch fish though. I've never
caught anuthing oner 1 1/2 lbs. Usually come home with only made
up stories. ha ha
At 4/01/2007 9:23 AM, Anonymous said...Im looking
for info on Kingman county lake i am thinking of trying
it next weekend any info would be nice, thanks
At 3/30/2007 10:56 AM, Anonymous said...Cheney-Snyder's
Marina reports that fishing is really good! Walleye, crappie
and trot lines are your best bets.
El Dorado-El Dorado State Park reports white
bass and walleye are biting and they are about average size.
At 3/26/2007 9:35 PM, Anonymous said...Kingman
- went out in the wind Sunday trying for Pike with Mepps Spinners
and had no bites in the north end. Only had 1 hr to spare and
in a canoe, had limited areas I could go without getting blown
away.
At 3/25/2007 12:21 PM, Anonymous said...Emery
Park- I went there two days ago and caught 8 vey nice (2-5
lb) catfish. Went there again yesterday, caught three (1-3 lb).
Other person fishing nearby caught his limit of very nice 2-5
lb catfish (he was using stinkbait).
Tons of weeds so bottomfishing is a royal pain
in the butt- I was using a worm on a bobber with a circle hook
about 4' deep, right off the end of the point. Many of the larger
females were jampacked full of roe and looked like they were
pretty close to spawning.
Clearwater- Murky, full of weeds. Caught
2 dinky catfish (1 lb at best) in 5 hours.
At 3/24/2007 6:22 PM, Anonymous said...Wichita
Northwest Water Reclamation Ponds- went here, had fun catching
tons of bluegils, small 0-1/2 pound.. thats about it for now,
however several ponds to explore so hope to get more into it
soon, and get the bass and catfish. no restroom facilities out
there. windy and merky waters..
Derby Stone Creek- No Luck Yet, tried worm,
plastics, livers, shrimp,several fishing tho. Merky Waters.
Haysville- riggs Park- Worms No Luck Yet.
Windy day
Wichita South Lake- Nice Pond, A few crappiecaught
on Jigs, released, no big enough to keep. no other luck yet,
using worms, Shrimp, stink baits, and artificial baits,
At 3/23/2007 11:09 AM, Anonymous said...Cheney-Snyder's
Marina is open at this time and reports that fishing is going
very well! Be sure to check out their website for a picture of
a 29" walleye that was caught recently. Visit: http://www.snydersmarina.com/
- Also crappie and wipers are biting.
El Dorado-Shady Creek Marina will open either
the weekend of the 14-15 of APril or the weekend of the 21st
and 22nd - they report that the walleye are spawning at this
time.
At 3/22/2007 7:32 PM, Anonymous said...me and a
buddy decided to go and fish the trout stream in el dorado
on saturday and caught our limit in about 2 hours the big one
was 16 inch and the smallest was 12 inch
Region 5
At 3/30/2007 11:13 AM, Anonymous said...Toronto-Cross
Timbers State Park reports crappie are biting really well on
minnows and jigs.
Melvern-Melvern Lake Marina reports that
crappie are biting and some saugeye and walleye are biting on
the the flats (but not on the dam).
Pomona-North Shore Marina reports that they
are catching crappie betwene 6-7 inches in cove areas around
the docks using minnows and lures.
At 3/27/2007 12:17 PM, Anonymous said... La
Cygne Sat 3/24/07 Fished from the bank at the outlet. Caught
12 or 13 keeper white bass. Water is high, so plan on standing
in the water if you want to cast for white bass. Several boats
were trying their luck. Only saw one boat catching a white bass
about every 10 min. They were anchored throwing weighted spoons.
At 3/23/2007 11:23 AM, Anonymous said..Toronto/Cross
Timbers-Cross Timbers State Park reports that the crappie are
beginning to bite.
Melvern- Melvern Lake Marina reports that
fishing is fair around the docks; crappie and some channel cat
are catching on cut bait and the walleye are catching on the
flats.
Pomona-North Shore Marina reports that it
has rained alot but not alot of fishing.
At 3/22/2007 2:53 PM, Anonymous said...Toronto-Fished
for channel, had 3 bites, caught one keeper channel. Fished for
a short time for crappie on the bank, caught 1 keeper with a
jig and bobber (18" deep). Other fisherman did better early,
lake water is in good shape.coa
At 3/22/2007 1:01 PM, Anonymous said...Neosho
has some water, but the levels arent steady spoonbill is iffy
need more rain this weekend, went yesterday and no such luck.
April 2, 2007 - Black
Kettle - March 31 to April 1 - Boy, were the crappie
on! Took home 32 all together 8-13" long threw about half
that many back.Using minnows under bobbers at depths from .5-3'.
All were staged to the influx of water at the low water bridge.
Also saw several nice bass caught 14", 19" & a
12", all on minnows off the reeds.
Worm
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| Oklahoma | Texas
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