Outdoors

Lake Levels

LakeNormalCurrentRel

Arbuckle872.0865.881

Big Hill858.0856.210

Cedar Bluff2144.02126.870

Cheney1421.61417.610

Clinton875.5873.6521

Council Grove1274.01271.5514

El Dorado1339.01335.7810

Elk City796.0793.0816

Fall River950.5947.144

Grand742.0741.03283

Hillsdale917.0915.5224

Hulah733.0731.6216

John Redmond1039.01036.3642

Kanopolis1463.01462.740

Kaw1009.851008.07410

Keystone723.0719.871000

Kirwin1729.31728.430

Lovewell1582.61580.86115

Marion1350.51347.569

Melvern1036.01034.4320

Milford1144.41149.026000

Norton2304.32296.641

Perry891.5894.592000

Pomona974.0972.9715

Skiatook714.0702.96102

Stockton867.0862.57736

Table Rock915.0914.446936

Tenkiller632.0627.30588

Texoma618.5609.95588

Toronto899.5900.316

Truman706.0704.330

Tuttle Creek1075.01083.178000

Waconda1455.61454.64151

Webster1892.51886.160

Wilson1516.01515.7315

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 good on deep contours with jigging spoons or live bait. Walleye fair along dropoffs trolling 3-4-inch shad imitation crankbaits. Crappie fair around shallow brush and rip rap with jigs or minnows. Catfish good lakewide using cutbaits and stinkbaits.

Council Grove: Catfish fair drifting shad or cutbait over flats 4-10 feet deep. Saugeye fair along rocky, windblown shorelines using shad-imitating plastics or crankbaits. White bass fair over points, ledges and humps trolling crankbaits, plastics or spoons. 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 with slab spoons working deep structure along edges of river channels or trolling crankbaits. White bass fair to good off points with slab spoons and along rocky shorelines trolling crankbaits. 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 and 5-10 feet during dusk and overnight using crankbaits, slab spoons and jig-n-live bait combos.

Kingman SFL: Crappie fair using minnows under a bobber near shore. Catfish good using cutbait or stinkbait. Largemouth bass fair with topwater and spinnerbaits near weedlines. Northern pike good with rattletraps or inline spinners lakewide around vegetation.

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

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

Kansas

Cedar Bluff: Crappie fair to good over steep drops and around the fish attractors vertically fishing minnows, small slab spoons or jigs. Walleye fair casting crankbaits or jig-n-minnows over points, submerged roads and parking lots. White bass/wipers fair to good over points and drop offs vertically fishing small slab spoons.

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

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 good shallow around the dam, south bluffs and Granite Creek bridge using shad-imitations. Catfish good over chumming areas using stinkbaits or in the outlet using shad and nightcrawlers.

Kanopolis: Catfish fair in the upper end on liver, shrimp, cutbaits and prepared baits and chumming south side humps. 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 10-15 feet of water near brush. Walleye fair in deep water off points or over channel ledges 20-30 feet deep with crankbaits or jigging spoons. White bass/wipers good with crankbaits or jigs off windy points and on live bait or spoons near humps 35 feet deep. Smallmouth bass fair 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 good with twister-tailed jigs, spinners or crankbaits on mud flats. Crappie good near stumps in Mann's, Woodson and Toronto coves and in Walnut Creek with jig or minnow.

Tuttle Creek: Catfish fair to good with worms at the tubes and chumming in 20 feet of water in the reservoir. 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 good 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 on mainlake points. 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.