Outdoor report (June 23)

LOCAL

Cheney: Walleye fair to poor using crankbaits on points, drop-offs and underwater humps. White bass/wiper good using jigs and spinners on points, underwater humps and along the dam. Catfish good on prepared baits or cut baits in the river, near riprap or near creek mouths.

Council Grove: Saugeye good near flats and deeper points on worms, jigs and crankbaits. Wiper fair on crankbaits and large jig/swimbaits near windy rock banks on the east arm. White bass fair near rock points and channel ledges on jigs and spinners. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows near brush and rock banks 5 feet deep. Catfish good near windy flats and in flooded creek mouths on west arm using cut bait and worms.

El Dorado: Crappie good in brush 8-11 feet deep using jigs or minnows. Wiper fair trolling crankbaits along ledges or old roads or casting plastics on windy points. White bass fair using jigs or larger plastics on windy points7-9 feet deep. Catfish good using worms or cut bait in the creeks and upper creek arms during inflows in the creeks and upper creek arms during inflows. Walleye good on the flats using jig-n-crawler or crawler-n-spinner combos.

Marion: Marion Reservoir is open to fishing but remains under warning due to a blue-green algae bloom. Crappie fair using jigs or minnows near brush or other vegetation 8-10’ deep. Walleye good along breaks and across points drifting jig-n-crawlers. White bass/wipers fair to good trolling crankbaits or jig and plastics along windy shorelines. Catfish fair to good along windy shorelines or points using fresh cut bait and stinkbaits or areas of inflow after a rain.

KANSAS

Cedar Bluff: Walleye good using jig-n-crawlers or jig-n-minnows off well-defined points and drop-offs. Crappie fair using minnows, jigs and small slab spoons fished vertically over steep drop-offs or around the fish attractors. White bass/wipers fair to good trolling small crankbaits along the edges of points and shelves or casting jigs over shallow points and flats.

Fall River: Crappie good around brushpiles and rocky shorelines in Rock Ridge Cove, Gobblers Knob point and Brown’s Cove area using a jig or minnow. White bass good trolling spinners or shad imitation crankbaits on mud flats. Catfish good using a worm, stinkbaits or shad sides on mud flats and outlet.

Glen Elder: Walleye good using jig-n-crawler or jig-n-minnow along the river channel in 18-22 feet of water in the west half of the reservoir. White bass/wipers good using slab spoons and rattletraps along the Cawker City causeway and river channels west of the causeway and along the dam or on the north side of the lake in coves with strong south winds. Catfish good using dead shad, stinkbaits and shad gizzards along rocks in Granite Creek, the Cawker City causeway, the south bluffs and state park riprap. Crappie fair to good in 2-3 feet of water in main lake coves using minnows or small jigs or along the west end channel breaks in 12 feet of water using minnows on the bottom.

Kanopolis: White bass fair using jigs and flashy lures on the river channel edges, rocky points and the dam. Walleye/saugeye fair to good near Loder Point and the tower or in 6-14 feet of water on wind blown points and the dam using jig-n-crawlers using jig-n-crawlers. Catfish good in 4-10 feet of water or shallower in the afternoons/evenings using cutbait and worms. Crappie fair with small jigs and minnows on brushpiles and in Marina Cove.

Milford: Catfish good on fresh cut bait in the river and near windblown channel ledges in the upper half. Largemouth bass fair to good on points by flooded coves using spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and jigs. Crappie fair using jigs and minnows suspended 5 feet deep near brush, points and coves. Smallmouth bass good using jerkbaits, crankbaits and jigs near deep rocky points. Walleye fair using worms and crankbaits near flats and points.

Toronto: Catfish good using a worm, stinkbaits or shad sides on mudflats and outlet. Crappie good around brushpiles and rocky shorelines at Toronto Point, Manns Cove, north side of Duck Island, Woodson Cove and west shore of river inlet using a jig or minnow. White bass good on the mudflats trolling shad imitation crankbaits or spinners.

Wilson: Catfish fair using cutbait or worms near the river channel and off points in water less than 8 feet toward sundown. Walleye fair to good on shallow flats, on shallow wind-blown points and rocky shorelines using jigs and spinners or swimming jigs and spinners along shoreline vegetation on the outer edge. Stripers fair using live shiners, spinners or shad-imitation jerkbaits on deeper structure, drop-offs near the river channel and near the dam at 10-30 foot depths.

This story was originally published June 22, 2017 at 6:19 PM with the headline "Outdoor report (June 23)."