Outdoors

Lake Levels

LakeNormalCurrentRel

Arbuckle872.0866.121

Big Hill858.0856.320

Cedar Bluff2144.02126.960

Cheney1421.61417.820

Clinton875.5873.8421

Council Grove1274.01271.7218

El Dorado1339.01335.9210

Elk City796.0793.206

Fall River950.5947.298

Grand742.0741.091128

Hillsdale917.0915.6924

Hulah733.0731.8216

John Redmond1039.01036.2142

Kanopolis1463.01462.79125

Kaw1009.851008.1240

Keystone723.0719.390

Kirwin1729.31728.440

Lovewell1582.61580.90115

Marion1350.51347.669

Melvern1036.01034.5820

Milford1144.41153.126000

Norton2304.32296.711

Perry891.5896.661000

Pomona974.0973.1215

Skiatook714.0703.29102

Stockton867.0862.70955

Table Rock915.0914.371591

Tenkiller632.0626.96375

Texoma618.5610.1980

Toronto899.5900.436

Truman706.0704.34250

Tuttle Creek1075.01088.957125

Waconda1455.61454.75201

Webster1892.51886.250

Wilson1516.01515.8315

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 along the dam and deep drop-offs trolling crankbaits or sassy shad. Wipers good with jigging spoons or live bait. Walleye fair trolling 3- 4-inch shad imitation crankbaits along main lake points and islands. Catfish good using cutbaits and stinkbaits lakewide.

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas

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

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

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

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

Milford: Catfish good on shad sides and guts or worms in river and near flooded vegetation. Crappie fair in 10-15 feet of water near brush using jigs and minnows. Walleye fair with crankbaits or jigging spoons in deep water off points or over channel ledges 25 feet deep. White bass/wipers good off windy points and near humps 35 feet deep with crankbaits, spoons, jigs or live bait. Smallmouth bass fair with jerkbaits or crankbaits off rocky points and bluffs. Largemouth bass fair near flooded brush and vegetation on plastics and spinnerbaits and topwaters early and late.

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

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 at the tubes on jigs. Saugeye fair using jigs and crankbaits at the tubes and the River Pond.

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

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