Outdoors

Lake Levels

LakeNormalCurrentRel

Arbuckle872.0872.031

Big Hill858.0857.600

Cedar Bluff2144.02131.000

Cheney1421.61421.9352

Clinton875.50875.8921

Council Grove1272.51273.978

El Dorado1339.01338.7215

Elk City794.0794.7811

Fall River947.9947.3512

Grand742.0741.943470

Hillsdale917.0916.8724

Hulah733.0734.0922

John Redmond1039.01037.35338

Kanopolis1463.01465.7888

Kaw1013.01007.813360

Keystone723.0725.965191

Kirwin1729.31728.62175

Lovewell1582.61577.62120

Marion1348.51350.0913

Melvern1036.001036.9820

Milford1144.41144.4925

Norton2304.32297.521

Perry891.50893.93500

Pomona974.0973.7715

Skiatook714.0713.10101

Stockton867.0865.7240

Table Rock915.0913.567116

Tenkiller632.0631.391098

Texoma615.0615.9270

Toronto900.1900.559

Truman706.0706.80250

Tuttle Creek1075.01075.362333

Waconda1455.61454.251701

Webster1892.51889.30120

Wilson1516.01515.8415

Fishing Report

Local

Cheney: White bass fair using Kastmasters or twistertails cast into surfacing schools. Wipers good casting into surfacing shad schools or trolling near the dam, Walleye Island and Fish Cove. Walleye fair trolling 3-inch shad-imitating baits along windy shorelines. Catfish good lakewide drifting frogs, stinkbaits, shrimp and cutbaits. White perch good on vertical jig or casting small lures tipped with night crawlers.

Council Grove: Catfish good over the flats drifting shad. Saugeye fair along riprap using crankbaits and plastics. White bass/wipers fair trolling shad-imitating crankbaits near face of dam and off points. Crappie fair along the dam and off the points at 8-12 foot depths.

El Dorado: White bass/wipers fair using shad imitators along windblown shorelines and off mainlake points. Catfish fair using cut bait, fresh shad or livers. Walleye fair trolling crankbaits or casting to windblown structure at dawn and dusk.

Kingman SFL: Catfish good with cut baits and chicken livers near feeders early mornings. Largemouth bass good around brushpiles and rock jetties. Sunfish good on worms. Northern pike good at north end with swimbaits and crankbaits.

Marion: Catfish good drifting whole shad or using prepared bait. Walleye fair off windblown shores or points with grub and shad imitations. White bass fair using sassy shads on the flats. Wipers fair using curly tailed grubs and crankbaits off points and over flats, wipers mixed with white bass.

McPherson SFL: Catfish good near the fish feeders with stink baits or shrimp. Largemouth bass fair using topwater lures early in the morning. Bluegill good near any structure using nightcrawlers.

Kansas

Fall River: Catfish good using worms, shad sides or stink bait on setlines in the river and on the mud flats. Crappie good on channel breaks and under trees overhanging the river using minnow or jig. Largemouth bass fair using plastic shad, rattle trap, spinner baits or plastic worm in the flooded timber or clearer water in the backwater section of the river. White bass good on the mud flats and points using plastic shad, rattle traps, twistertails or spinnerbaits.

Glen Elder: Crappie fair to good at a variety of locations, especially near fish attractors using a Kentucky rig with 2 minnows over brushpiles. Wiper/white bass fair to good slabbing along the dam, Sandy beach, mouth of Walnut Creek and Marina and Timber coves and trolling the mouths of creeks or near dam. Smallmouth bass good casting topwater lures like Zara Spooks along rocky areas and structure early and late in the day or in 4-8 feet of water using a variety of crankbaits. Catfish good chumming soybeans in the rivers, around Fisherman's Bridge, the "Honey Hole" and around the stumps in Oak and Carr Creeks.

Kanopolis: Catfish good on the humps and around brushpiles using wide variety of baits after chumming. White bass good to excellent with shad-colored crankbaits in the main lake, near rockpiles and off windblown points. Wipers fair off windblown points with bucktail jigs, live shad or slab spoons.

Kirwin: Walleye fair below Knob Hill using crank baits or using jig-n-crawler on the humps, drop offs and river channel. Wipers/white bass good using crank baits and spinners. Crappie fair around the North and South fish attractors using jigs or minnows under a bobber under the lights.

Lovewell: Reservoir is now open for pleasure boating and fishing activities. Walleye fair along the dam and around Walleye and Cedar Points trolling crankbaits. White bass/wipers good casting roadrunners, slabs, rattletraps and twistertails in the outlet and inlet. Catfish fair using shrimp and live bullheads and bluegill in the inlet and outlet areas, as well as drifting the flats around the cross and Oak Hill.

Milford: Catfish good in the river with worms, cut baits and shad or along channel ledges on shad. Walleye fair trolling spinners and crankbaits along drop offs 20-30 feet deep. Black bass good using topwaters, jigs or spinnerbaits near brush and using carolina rigs and crankbaits along riprap and off deep points. White bass/wipers good on live baits near humps and points or trolling crankbaits near points and using topwater lures around surfacing shad.

Norton: Wipers good along the dam using surface lures and using jigs and minnows at night under the lights. Crappie fair around the public fishing dock and fish attractors using jigs and jig-n-minnows. Catfish fair in the spillway channel using shad, shrimp and nightcrawlers or on trotlines and limb lines at the west end. Largemouth/spotted bass fair using crankbaits and spinnerbaits in Leota Cove and along the dam.

Toronto: Catfish good on setlines in the river and Walnut Creek and on the mud flats using worms, shad sides or stink bait. Largemouth bass fair using plastic shad, rattle trap, spinner baits or plastic worm in the flooded timber or clearer water in the backwater section of Walnut Creek . White bass good on the mud flats and points using plastic shad, rattle traps or spinnerbaits. Crappie good using minnow or jig on channel breaks and around stumps in Mann's Cove, Toronto Cove and the north side of Duck Island .

Tuttle Creek: Catfish fair to good at the tubes or Baldwin Creek area using a variety of baits. Crappie fair around standing timber in Tuttle Cove or Stockdale area. White bass fair along rocky points or near the dam. Largemouth bass fair in coves in the southern third of the reservoir, especially McIntyre Cove. Saugeye fair in the River Pond or the tubes.

Webster: Wipers/white bass good with jigs or minnows at night under the lights and at the Lakeview area casting bucktail jigs into the wind. Catfish fair in the stilling basin with worms, using green sunfish near west end and in Bow Creek using stink bait.

Wilson: Catfish good with worms, liver, shrimp, live baits, soaked grain and dip baits in chumming areas or using live sunfish or minnows on setlines and trotlines. Black bass good in backs of coves around vegetation using topwater baits or small spinnerbaits.

This story was originally published August 27, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Outdoors."