Outdoors

Lake Levels

LakeNormalCurrentRel

Arbuckle872.0866.341

Big Hill858.0856.250

Cedar Bluff2144.02127.000

Cheney1421.61417.920

Clinton875.5873.9221

Council Grove1274.01271.8121

El Dorado1339.01335.9710

Elk City796.0792.9834

Fall River950.5947.318

Grand742.0740.920

Hillsdale917.0915.7724

Hulah733.0731.9316

John Redmond1039.01036.0859

Kanopolis1463.01463.1262

Kaw1009.851008.0240

Keystone723.0718.901038

Kirwin1729.31728.450

Lovewell1582.61580.86118

Marion1350.51347.349

Melvern1036.01034.5320

Milford1144.41156.223000

Norton2304.32296.761

Perry891.5897.58700

Pomona974.0973.1815

Skiatook714.0703.69103

Stockton867.0862.4640

Table Rock915.0914.202392

Tenkiller632.0626.79516

Texoma618.5610.21828

Toronto899.5900.406

Truman706.0704.28250

Tuttle Creek1075.01091.822000

Waconda1455.61454.85201

Webster1892.51886.290

Wilson1516.01516.1315

Fishing Report

Local

Some urban lakes are stocked in the middle of the month with channel catfish. These waters include Lake Afton, Cruiser Lake, Emory Park, South Lake and Watson Park. Other urban lakes are stocked the first week of the month. More information is available from the KDWP Region 4 office, 316-683-8069, 6232 E. 29th St North.

Cheney: White bass fair trolling crankbaits or sassy shad along the dam and deep drop-offs. Wipers fair with shad imitation lures. Walleye fair along main lake points and islands trolling 3- 4-inch shad imitations. Catfish good lakewide using cutbaits and stinkbaits.

Council Grove: Catfish fair to good drifting shad or cutbait over flats 4-10 feet deep. Saugeye fair in water up to 8 feet deep using shad-imitating plastics or crankbaits. White bass fair in main lake trolling crankbaits. Wiper fair using crankbaits, jigs or spinners along windblown shorelines. Crappie fair along the dam and near breaks in 9-14 feet deep using jigs or jig-n-minnows.

El Dorado: Wiper good trolling crankbaits or working deep structure with slab spoons along edges of river channels. White bass fair to good off points with slab spoons and trolling crankbaits along rocky shorelines. Crappie fair using minnows or jigs near breaks or structure in 12-15 feet of water. Catfish fair drifting shad. Walleye fair to good in water 18-25 feet deep during the day using crankbaits, slab spoons and jig-n-live bait combos and 5-10 feet during dusk and overnight.

Kingman SFL: Catfish good near feeders using wide variety of baits. Largemouth bass fair with topwater and weedless lures in vegetation. Northern pike good with rattletraps in north end of lake.

Marion: Catfish good in chum holes off the dam and in the middle of lake at low light times. White bass good in deep water off points with twistertails and shad. Wipers good off main lake points and flats trolling shad and crankbaits.

McPherson SFL: Catfish good near feeders using livers, stinkbait or shrimp. Crappie fair with minnows and small jigs near vegetation. Largemouth bass good near weedlines using topwater lures early and late in day.

Kansas

Cedar Bluff: Crappie fair over steep drops and around the fish attractors vertically fishing minnows, small slab spoons or jigs. White bass fair to good vertically fishing live bait or slab spoons over points and drop offs in 20-25 feet of water. Wipers slow to fair over mainlake points and drop-offs in 20-25 feet of water drifting live shad or sunfish or vertically fishing large slab spoons.

Fall River: Catfish good on worms, shad sides or prepared baits over mud flats. Crappie fair near brush in river and over channel breaks with jigs and minnows. Largemouth bass fair near river stumps on twister tails, worms, crank and spinner baits. White bass fair on twister-tail jigs, spinners or shad-imitator crankbaits over mud flats.

Glen Elder: Crappie fair with minnows or jig-n-minnows in deep water brushpiles off swim beach, Campground 3, Marina Cove and the bluffs. White bass/wipers good near the causeway, state park area, Walnut Creek and off the dam using slab spoons, roadrunners and Kastmasters. Walleye fair trolling crankbaits or drifting jig-n-crawlers or jig-n-leech along the state park area, Granite Creek, Walnut Creek and the spillway area. Smallmouth bass fair shallow around the dam, south bluffs and Granite Creek bridge. Catfish good over chumming areas using stinkbaits or shad and nightcrawlers in the outlet.

Kanopolis: Catfish fair in the upper end and chumming south side humps on liver, shrimp, cutbaits and prepared baits. Crappie fair on small jigs or slab spoons shallow along the dam and around the boat docks. Walleye/saugeye fair along river channel edges and around the rocks using shad-colored crankbaits or slab spoons. White bass fair using shad-colored lures or slab spoons wading windblown points. Wipers slow to fair off windy points using bucktailed and twister-tailed jigs or shad imitators.

Milford: Catfish good in river and near flooded vegetation on shad sides and guts or worms. Crappie good using jigs and minnows in 15 feet of water near brush. Walleye fair in deep water off points or over channel ledges 25 feet deep with crankbaits or jigging spoons. White bass/wipers good with crankbaits, spoons, jigs or live bait off windy points and near humps 35 feet deep. Smallmouth bass good off rocky points and bluffs with jerkbaits or crankbaits. Largemouth bass fair on plastics and spinnerbaits near flooded brush and vegetation and topwaters early and late.

Toronto: Catfish good using worms, stinkbaits or shad sides on mud flats on windy side of lake. Largemouth bass fair around stumps in the river using twister-tailed jigs, worms, spinners or crankbaits. White bass fair with twister-tailed jigs, spinners or crankbaits on mud flats. Crappie fair near stumps in Mann's, Woodson and Toronto coves and in Walnut Creek with jig or minnow.

Tuttle Creek: Catfish fair to good at the tubes and chumming in 20 feet of water in the reservoir with worms. Crappie slow to fair on jigs at the tubes. Saugeye fair at the tubes and the River Pond using jigs and crankbaits.

Webster: Wipers/white bass fair off dam and north shore trolling diving lures, especially at low light periods. Crappie fair at breakwaters on north and south side and around the fish attractors and drop-offs with jigs, jig-n-minnows and roostertails. Walleye fair off dam, near old swim beach, Bow City parking lot and old launch area on jigs, jig-n-minnows, jig-n-crawlers or trolling crankbaits. Catfish fair along Old Marina Point, in the upper end and along north side with shad, worms, and shrimp on the bottom.

Wilson: Catfish fair with cut bait or worms chumming windy side of lake. Stripers fair to good with slab spoons or bucktailed jigs in shallower water. Walleye fair along the edges of the river channel up west or around the weedbeds with slab sponsor white twister-tailed jigs. White bass fair near flooded vegetation on white twistertailed jigs. Black bass good using crankbaits, plastics or topwater lures near flooded vegetation, the rocks or any structure.