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BIG HILL RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Smallmouth Bass |
good |
13-17 inches |
Smallmouth are associated with steep drop offs from 4 to 10 foot of water. |
Largemouth Bass |
good |
|
Bass spawn is complete, look for fish in 4-8 foot of water. |
Crappie |
fair |
8-10 inches |
6-12 foot of water jig and minnow around structure. |
| General Comments |
Largemouth Bass virus was detected at Big Hill during 2008. There have been no fishkills associated with the virus at Big Hill however, anglers should not transport live bass to other water bodies. |
ELK CITY RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/23/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Channel catfish |
good |
|
With the recent rains catfish action has improved upstream of the reservoir. |
| General Comments |
Lake elevation is 794 and release is 5 cfs. |
| |
FALL RIVER RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? - FALL RIVER GUIDE
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Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
channel catfish |
good |
0% 11"-16"
71% 16"-24"
29% 24"-28"
0% >28" |
worms, shad sides, and stink bait in outlet and mudflats near mouth of river |
crappie |
good |
25% 5"- 8"
23% 8"-10"
40% 10"-12"
11% 12"-15"
1% 15"+ |
jig or minnow around brush piles in Rock Ridge Cove and rocky shorelines |
largemouth bass |
fair |
2-5 lbs. |
jig and worm around brush in Ladd Bridge section of river |
white bass |
good |
7% 6"- 9"
38% 9"-12"
25% 12"-15"
30% 18"+ |
shad immitation or spinner on mudflats
White bass are feeding on spawning gizzard shad on mud flats. |
| General Comments |
The size structure listed is from fall test netting.
|
JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? - Last Updated:
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Channel catfish |
Good |
1-10 lbs |
minnows worms, in spillway and in rocks along the dam |
Flathead catfish |
Fair |
5-50 lbs |
Around the spillway, set lines in the lake and river above the lake,goldfish, carp and greensunfish are the best baits |
White Bass |
good |
1/2 to 3 lbs |
in the lake in front of the gates, |
Paddle fish |
|
|
Season Closed |
crappie |
fair |
1/2 to 2 lbs |
a few in the spillway on minnows, some in Eagle creek, old river channel below dam. |
| General Comments |
Lake level up 13 feet, releasing 20 CFS. water temp around 80 degrees, Expect large releases for the next several weeks |
LA CYGNE RESERVOIR -
Last Updated: 6/26/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Channel, blue and flathead catfish, |
Good |
all sizes, |
CATFISH Fishing is Good around the fish feeders and the upper creek channel. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. use sunfish or cutshad,worms, liver, prepared baits |
crappie |
Fair |
mixed sizes |
Some crappie caught along the entrance road riprap on white jigs, jigs with minnows. |
Largemouth bass |
Good |
varies |
try morningand evening, many nice largemouth bass along every weedbed, use shad imitations or go weedless. |
Carp |
Good |
Varies |
Rod/Reel or bowhunting, along the weedbeds and downwind of the fish feeders, worms or prepared baits |
white bass/wipers |
Good |
varies |
Wipers and white bass are now hitting on the surface after gizzard shad use shad imitations, twistertails, silver spoons big jigs, |
| General Comments |
The fish feeders are ON and located to enhance shoreline fishing areas. Some Big Flathead catfish have been caught lakewide. For additional information call the Linn County Park at 913-757-6633. Anglers when fishing at the hot water outlet,or at the outlet gate at the dam, DO NOT GO OVER THE CABLES. FISHING IN A RESTRICTED AREA COULD GET YOU ARRESTED. |
MELVERN RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? - MELVERN
GUIDE -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Black bass |
fair |
12-18 inches |
Mostly smallmouth bass along rocky shorelines, largemouth in the coves, spotted bass in the marina cove, Sampling shows good numbers of quality size smallmouth and an increasing number of spotted bass |
Channel Catfish , blue catfish |
Fair to Good |
1-8lbs |
Moving into the rip rap areas along the dam and sundance to spawn, minnows and worms on a bobber close to the rocks |
Crappie |
fair |
8-13inches, |
in the coves in brush piles 15 - 25 feet deep |
Sauger |
slow |
12-18 inches |
points and flats/ jig and worms, scattered along shorelines also |
Walleye |
Good |
1/2-4 pounds, most under the length limit |
Turkey point and Eisenhower park flats |
white bass |
fair |
8-16 inches |
Windy rocky points |
| General Comments |
Water Temp,75 Lake level is normal releasing 20 cfs. |
POMONA RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? - POMONA GUIDE
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Last Updated: 6/26/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
channel catfish |
Good |
varies |
Use worms or baits like cutshad, prepared baits, Lakewide and around the fish feeders |
Walleye |
Fair |
varies |
walleye will be moving to windy points and the flats, |
Carp |
Good |
varies |
along the shoreline, downwind of the feeders, use doughbaits, worms or bowfish, some great opportunities for bowfishing |
White bass/Wipers |
Fair |
varies |
lakewide, minnows or shad colored lures |
Crappie |
Fair |
varies |
lakewide, try jigs and minnows. |
| General Comments |
General Fishing Report : Fishing activity has really picked up with the warm weather. The fish feeders are ON. Some nice channel catfish and crappie are being caught. When large releases occur at the stilling basin then fishing there can be excellent. For additional information, water temperature, release rates, please check:http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/po/daily.cfm .
Baits and equipment are readily available around the lake and Light House Bay and North Shore Marinas are good places to start a fishing trip on the lake. Don't Be A Sinker! Wear a life Jacket! The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks has a zero tolerance policy for lifejacket violations.
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TORONTO RESERVOIR - Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
channel catfish |
good |
9% 11"-16"
42% 16"-24"
30% 24"-28"
18% >28" |
Worms, shad sides, or stink bait in outlet and mudflats near mouth of river. |
largemouth bass |
fair |
2-5 lbs. |
jig and worm around brush in Walnut Creek |
white bass |
good |
9% 6"-9"
44% 9"-12"
23% 12"-15"
23% 15"-18" |
immitation shad lures and spinners on mud flats
White bass are feeding on spawning shad on mud flats. |
white crappie |
good |
38% 5"-8"
36% 8"-10"
18% 10"-12"
7% 12"-15"
1% 15"+ |
jig or minnow around brush piles and timber in Toronto Cove, Manns Cove, north side of Duck Island, and along rocky shorelines |
| General Comments |
The size structure listed is from fall test netting. |
STATE
FISHING LAKES
BOURBON STATE FISHING LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Black Bass |
Good |
12-18 inches |
lakewide, spoons, plastic/weedless |
Bluegill/redear sunfish |
Fair |
all sizes |
slow fish along the piers with jig or worm under a float |
Walleye |
Fair |
varies |
try windy points and the dam |
Channel Catfish |
Good |
12-26 inches |
lakewide, on the south end where the creek comes in. with cut baits, worms, liver, |
Crappie |
Good |
8 - 12 inches and up |
along the edge of weed beds, or brushpiles, minnows, jigs |
| General Comments |
Recent fisheries sampling and channel catfish stocking indicates a good number of nice black crappie and channel catfish. Buy your license and go fishing. This is a great family fishing lake with good shoreline access and bathrooms. |
COFFEY COUNTY LAKE - COFFEY
COUNTY GUIDE -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Largemouth bass |
poor |
8 in to 18 inches |
Scatter |
Walleye
18-26 inch are now protected |
Fair |
14-25 inches |
Walleye slowing down. Found on edges 8-20 feet |
channel catfish |
Good |
1/2-5 lbs |
, worms and shad |
smallmouth bass |
good |
10-20 inches |
off rocky points, . |
white bass |
Good |
8-15 inches |
there is no creel limit on white bass |
wipers |
Good |
2-4 lbs |
warm water discharge area,gravel points |
Crappie |
slow |
11-15 inches |
4-12 feet, spawining around cover. |
| General Comments |
Lake level is full Lake Temp 80-85 degrees,
Entrance gate is 620-364-2475 |
CRAWFORD STATE FISHING LAKE - Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill / redear |
Good |
6 - 8" |
Try worms or small jigs fishing the bottom slowly along weedlines and other structure. A few bluegill and redear may still be in shallower water to spawn. |
Channel catfish |
Good |
All sizes |
Try prepared bait, liver,cut bait, minnows, or worms fished near the bottom in water up to 20 feet deep. The four fish feeders are now operating, and above average success can be expected fishing near them. Excellent fishing can occur where water is entering the lake during, and immediately following, heavy rains. |
Crappie |
Fair |
Mostly 7-9 inch fish. |
Most crappie have completed spawning and have moved to deeper water. Try minnows or jigs in 5-15 feet of water. Many small 7-10 inch fish are available with some bigger fish mixed in. There are six brush piles marked with fish attractor bouys that often hold fish. |
Largemouth bass |
Fair |
All sizes |
Try jigs, spinner baits, crankbaits, worms or plastic baits fished along weedlines, ledges, drop-offs, brush piles, and other structure. |
| General Comments |
The water level is at full pool and overflowing. The surface water temperature is 88 degrees. The four fish feeders are operating. Due to potential water quality problems at the fish hatchery and budget restraints, the aeration unit will not be operated in 2009. Sorry, no bubbles. |
LYON STATE FISHING LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill & Redear |
good |
45% 3-6"
44% 6-8"
12% 8-10" |
worms in coves and around brush piles and feeders |
Channel Catfish |
good |
5% 11-16"
81% 16-24"
14% 24-28" |
worms around feeders and inlet creek |
Largemouth Bass |
very good |
36% 8-12"
54% 12-15"
9% 15-20"
1% >20" |
jigs or spinners around brush |
Black Crappie |
|
|
Comming soon. Black crappie broodstock were recently stocked to establish a new population. If you catch a black crappie, please consider releasing it. Fall test netting revieled that black crappie reproduced this spring. |
| General Comments |
Size structure listed is from spring electrofishing and fall test netting samples.
|
MINED LAND WILDLIFE AREA FISHING REPORT
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Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill / Redear |
Good |
All sizes |
Try worms or small jigs fished slowly along weedlines and structure. A few sunfish may still be in shallow water spawning. |
Channel Catfish |
Good |
All sizes |
Try shad sides, minnows, liver,worms or prepared baits fished on or near the bottom. 14,000 channel catfish were stocked in the Mined Land Wildlife on Oct. 14-15, 2008. These fish were 8-12 inches in length and averaged 1/3 pound each. |
Crappie |
Fair |
All sizes |
Crappie have completed spawning and have moved to deeper water. Try small jigs and minnows around brush and other structure. |
Largemouth Bass |
Fair/good |
All sizes |
Try jigs, worms, plastic baits or spinner baits fished around drop-offs, trees, weedlines or other structure. |
Rainbow trout |
Fair/slow |
10 - 15" |
Try small spinners, spoons, flies, small crankbaits, power bait, worms or corn. Bi-weekly stockings of 935 fish were made from Oct. 9th, 2008 to May 28th, 2009. The bi-weekly stockings will resume in mid-October 2009. Most rainbows are 10 inches in length when stocked, and average 1/2 lb. each. Five percent of each stocking is comprised of 14-inch or larger fish. Trout can live year-around in this unique strip-mined lake, so fish in the 3-5 pound range are occassionally caught. |
| General Comments |
Surface water temperatures are ranging from 88 - 90 degrees. Most lakes are at full pool. Trout Anglers - Youth 15 and younger are not required to purchase a trout permit, but their daily creel limit is 2 trout/day. All anglers 16 and older are required to have a trout stamp to fish in the trout lake in Area # 30. Brown trout less than 20-inches in length must be returned to the water immediately. The creel limit for browns is one fish per day. This regulation is being implemented to improve the quality of fishing, and hopefully, a trophy fishery can some day be established. 2,500 browns ~ 8-inches in length were stocked on October 22, 2008. |
MONTGOMERY STATE FISHING LAKE
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Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill and redear sunfish |
fair |
7-9 inches |
Males are in close to the weedline. |
Largemouth Bass |
good |
10-16 inches |
Bass spawn is complete look for fish in deeper water. |
Channel Catfish |
fair |
15-22 inches |
Action has picked up with the latest rain event. |
| General Comments |
Anglers should note that there are no alcoholic beverages allowed on the area. |
NEOSHO STATE FISHING LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill / redear |
Good |
All sizes |
Try worms and/or small jigs fished slowly on the bottom around weedlines and structure. A few sunfish may still be in shallow on their spawning beds. |
Channel catfish |
Good |
|
Try liver, prepared baits, worms, shrimp, minnows or shad sides fished near the bottom. Fishing can be excellent where water is entering the lake after a hard rain. |
Crappie |
Fair |
7 -12 inches |
Try minnows or small 1/64 oz. jigs fished near structure in 3 - 12 feet of water. Mostly small 7 to 10-inch fish are available with some quality fish mixed in. |
Largemouth bass |
Fair/good |
All sizes |
Try jigs, plastic worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits fished around weedlines, trees, drop-offs, and other structure. |
| General Comments |
The lake is at full pool. The surface water temperature is 89 degrees. |
OSAGE STATE FISHING LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Walleye |
slow |
|
Scattered |
channel catfish |
Good |
1-20lbs |
Shad |
crappie |
fair |
|
around brush |
largemouth bass |
Good |
most under 15 inches |
grubs, and plastic worms, spinner baits |
bluegill |
slow |
small |
worms, |
wipers |
fair |
mostly small a few up to 10 pounds |
liver and casting shad imitations |
| General Comments |
78 degrees, Fishing improving |
WILSON STATE FISHING LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
largemouth bass |
good |
8-18 inches |
Bass spawn is complete, look for fish in 4-8 foot of water. Larger baits will work well this time of year. |
Channel Catfish |
good |
17-28 inches |
Dough bait near the feeders. |
| General Comments |
| |
WOODSON STATE FISHING LAKE (Lake Fegan)
- Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Crappie |
fair |
1/2-1 pound |
minnows, jigs around brush piles |
channel catfish |
good |
1-20lbs |
fresh and prepared shad on windy points |
largemouth bass |
Few |
1/2 to 3 pounds |
Bass numbers are low at this lake |
redear/ ,bluegill |
Poor |
|
|
walleye |
slow |
15-24 inches |
Scattered around the lakes feeding in shallow water, some large fish |
|
|
|
|
| General Comments |
Lake is down to normal level and murky 80 degrees |
CITY AND LOCAL
LAKES
BONE CREEK FISHING REPORT - Need
a Map? -
Last Updated: 6/25/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill / Redear |
Good |
6-10" |
Try small jigs, worms or spinners fished slowly on the bottom along weedlines and structure. A few bluegill and redear may still be in shallow water spawning. |
Channel catfish |
Good |
15-24" |
Try liver, stink bait, shrimp, worms or shad sides fished on or near the bottom. The four fish feeders are now operating. KDWP fish samplings have shown that there is an excellent channel catfish fishery. Many 2-5 pound fish are available. |
Crappie |
Fair |
8-14 inches |
Most crappie have completed spawning and have moved to deeper water. Try minnows or small jigs fished in 5-20 feet of water. Bone Creek supports a good crappie population, with some quality-size fish available. |
Largemouth bass |
Fair/good |
Mostly 8-16 inch fish. |
Try jigs, plastic baits or spinner baits around cover, drop-offs and in creek channels. Clear water conditions force many larger fish into deeper water. |
| General Comments |
The water level is at full pool. The surface water temperature is 88 degrees. Bone Creek recreational use permits (vehicle permits) are no longer required.
The four fish feeders are now operating. |
BOURBON COUNTY - ELM CREEK LAKE
-
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Channel catfish |
Great |
many fish around 4 pounds some up to 15 pounds |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders and lakewide. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT and along the dam and fishing piers, use liver, chunks of cut shad, |
|
Largemouth/Smallmouth bass |
Good |
average13 to 16 inches |
good reports coming in as the water warms, plastic baits |
|
Bullheads |
Good |
around 1 pound |
worms,liver along the dam |
|
Bluegill |
Fair |
8-10 inches |
small baits/worms under floats, along weedbeds. around fish attractors |
|
Walleye |
Good |
lotsof fish over and under the length limit |
try the dam and windy points with jigs or minnows |
|
| Comments |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders.Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. Recent channel catfish stocking have really increased angling opportunity. Fishing is good, buy your license and have fun. Buy your license and go fishing. This is a great family fishing lake with good shoreline access and bathrooms. Remember the special length/creel limits.
With questions about this lake call Donald George, Fisheries Biologist, at 913-795-2218, or Bourbon County at 620-223-3800. |
CEDAR CREEK LAKE, BOURBON COUNTY -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| species |
ratings |
size |
baits,methods, locations |
crappie |
Good |
8 to 12 inches |
in standing timber close to the drop offs. try jigs, minnows, |
channel catfish |
Good |
varies, |
some fish caught on cut shad, liver along dam |
largemouth bass |
Good |
most bass in the 14 to 18 inch range |
some good reports coming in as water warms, try plastic baits, spinners |
| General Comments |
Water levels are normal. The fish feeders is ON. Buy your license and have fun. Remember the special length/creel limits.
NO special permits required, this is a Community Fisheries Assistance Program Lake. Use caution, this lake has quantities of standing and submerged trees and limited shoreline access. This is a 220 acre lake with approximately 180 acres of standing trees. Fishing only lake. The lake has a boat ramp, parking lot, security light, floating dock, and toilet on the east and west side of the lake. |
FORT SCOTT CITY LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
black bass |
Good |
12-16 inches |
bass are in shallow areas close to structure, crank baits, soft baits, . |
channel catfish |
Good |
varies |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. Heavy channel catfish stocking improves success. lakewide, use cut shad, sponge baits, |
white crappie |
Good |
varies |
good reports of fish along dam over brushpiles along the weed beds, use jigs, minnows, |
| General Comments |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. Water levels are good. Buy your license and have fun. Remember the special length/creel limits.
This is a Community Fisheries Assistance Lake Cooperator,no city permits for fishing and boating while fishing. City permit required for recreational boating. |
GARNETT CITY LAKE - NORTH -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill |
Good |
6-8 inches |
crickets and worms, wax worms, around spawing beds |
channel catfish |
Good |
1-20lbs |
shad, , |
crappie |
slow |
8-11inches |
Jigs and minnows around brushpiles |
largemouth bass |
Very Good |
1-3 lbs. |
Sampling shows and excellent bass population |
wipers |
fair |
1/2 to 12 pounds |
liver, shad imitations |
| General Comments |
Temp. 80 degrees. . Fishing improving |
GARNETT CITY LAKE - SOUTH -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Largemouth bass |
Good |
1/2 to 4 pounds |
Most baits |
Wipers |
fair |
1/2 -8 pounds |
top water around the feeders when they go off. Also fresh livers |
bluegill |
good |
6-8 inches |
worms |
channel cat |
fair |
1/2 - 10 lbs |
Shad, worms, cut baits, a lot of small fish bigger fish at night, big fish on flood inflows |
Trout |
none |
8-14 inches |
trout nearly gone |
| General Comments |
Water temp 80 degrees. |
MOUND CITY LAKE -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Channel Catfish |
Good |
varies most legal size, with some large fish |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. Worms, cut shad or prepared baits, |
Walleye |
Poor |
varies |
try off windy points and the dam |
Crappie |
Good |
8 to 11+inches |
white jigs and minnows, along submerged cover, |
largemouth bass |
Good |
varies |
fish the dam and along standing trees, |
| General Comments |
Mound City Lake does support a small population of large walleye. The fish feeders are ON. High populations of channel catfish insure angling opportunity. Water levels are high. Fishing is good, buy your license and have fun. Remember the special length/creel limits.
This is a Community Fisheries Lake Cooperator, no special permits. |
PLEASANTON CITY LAKE - EAST -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Wiper |
Fair |
size varies, |
lakewide, worms, liver, spoons and silver crank baits |
channel catfish |
Good |
All sizes, |
around the feeders, use liver, cut sunfish or shrimp, worms, prepared baits lakewide |
largemouth bass |
Good |
varies |
lakewide, weedbeds |
walleye, saugeye |
Fair |
18-24 inches |
fish the east corner of the dam or along the island |
white crappie |
Good |
8-14 inches |
fish are around the floating dock, use jigs,minnows, and over brushpiles |
| General Comments |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. The fish feeders are ON. Recent stocking of 6000 channel catfish has improved success. Go have fun. Remember- Wear a Lifejacket and Reach - Throw - Don t Go. |
PLEASANTON CITY LAKE - WEST -
Last Updated: 6/26/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
channel catfish |
Excellent |
Size varies |
Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. use liver, gizzard shad, shrimp, worms, prepared baits, along dropoffs, |
crappie |
Fair |
All sizes |
fish are lakewide, with jigs, minnows, fish are stacked along the bridge, |
largemouth bass |
Fair/Good |
12-22 inches |
fish are shallow along the shore and piers, the dam, the brushpiles |
| General Comments |
CHANNEL CATFISH Fishing is GREAT around the fish feeders. Many BIG FISH CAUGHT. ALL Fishing is improving as the water warms. Recent channel catfish stocking have really increased angling opportunity. This is a Community Fisheries Assistance Program Lake Cooperator. |
YATES CENTER RESERVOIR - NEW -
Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Bluegill |
Good |
6-9 inches |
worms, small jigs, around gravel beds, around feeders |
Redear |
slow |
8-11 inches |
worms on the bottom, around vegetation, this lake has an excellent redear population |
channel catfish |
Good |
1-10 lbs |
worms and prepared baits fresh cut fish around feeders, windy points |
crappie |
slow |
8-12 inches |
around shallower cover and off the piers |
largemouth bass |
slow |
8-18inches |
Around any cover |
walleye |
slow |
15-18 inches |
spawn is finished, moved deeper |
wipers |
slow |
12-18 inches |
windy rocky points |
| General Comments |
Lake temp. 78 Need a City permit. you can buy them at the Iron ranger at the lake, daily or seasonal, lake is turbid |
YATES CENTER - SOUTH OLD LAKE
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Last Updated: 6/18/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
Largemouth bass |
fair |
1-5 lbs |
very shallow, along weed line and brush |
Wipers |
slow |
|
mostly on liver |
channel catfish |
Good |
1/2-15 lbs |
shad, worms, prepared baits |
Walleye |
poor |
1-6 pounds |
jigs and crank baits off rocky points and dam |
crappie |
good |
1/2-1 lbs. |
spawing around cover in shallow water |
| General Comments |
The lake has a good largemouth bass population. lake is murky Water temp 82. Lake is full |
STREAMS
MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER -
Last Updated: 6/9/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
blue, channel catfish |
River fishing is Good |
varies |
The river is high there are good reports on the river and under the 69 bridge where fish are concentrated, fresh shad, liver, worms |
walleye |
Poor |
varies |
no reports but use minnows, jigs, work the pools below riffles |
white bass/wipers |
Fair |
varies |
inproved flows have brought up fish in the river, minnows, jigs, work the pools below the rifles, |
| General Comments |
Access to the river is at the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area and along stateline road bridge. Some pools in the state property are draining and are open to public fish salvage call 913-352-8941 for accurate information. |
NEOSHO RIVER AT CHETOPA DAM -
Last Updated: 5/19/2009
| Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
| Paddlefish |
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| General Comments |
| The Paddlefish season is closed. |
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