Outdoor report (Aug. 11)

LOCAL

Cheney: White bass/wiper good on points and underwater humps using jigs and spinners. Catfish fair near creek mouths on prepared baits or cut baits. Walleye good on points, drop-offs, underwater humps or shallow flats using crankbaits.

Council Grove: Crappie fair near brush and rock banks 10-20 feet deep on jigs and minnows. Catfish fair drifting blood baits along flats. Saugeye fair using worms, jigs and crankbaits on flats and deeper points. Wiper fair on crankbaits and large jig/swimbaits near windy rock banks. White bass fair on crankbaits, jigs and spinners near rock points and channel ledges.

El Dorado: Catfish good in upper ends of the lake in 8-14 feet of water near channel ledges over chummed areas. Walleye good using jig-n-crawler or crawler-n-spinner combos on the flats or trolling crankbaits off points, roads and ledges. Crappie good using larger jigs in 8-11 feet deep along the timbered creek channels. Wiper good along ledges or old roads trolling crankbaits or on windy points casting plastics. White bass fair on windy points and shorelines casting small to mid-sized twister-tails, small crankbaits, spinners or trolling crankbaits.

Marion: Catfish good using fresh cut bait and stinkbaits along windy shorelines or points; chummed areas producing nice fish. Crappie fair near brush or other vegetation 8-10’ deep using jigs or minnows. Walleye good drifting jig-n-crawlers or trolling crankbaits along breaks and points. White bass/wipers fair to good along windy shorelines trolling crankbaits or jig and plastics.

KANSAS

Cedar Bluff: Crappie fair over steep drop-offs or around the fish attractors using minnows, jigs and small slab spoons fished vertically. White bass/wipers good over points in 15-20 feet of water or around fish attractors trolling small crankbaits or drifting live sunfish or shad. Walleye fair around the fish attractors or over deeper drop-offs and points vertically fishing live bait or slab spoons.

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

Glen Elder: White bass/wipers good along the Cawker City causeway, the dam and river channels west of the causeway or on the north side of the lake in coves with strong south winds using slab spoons or live bait fished near the bottom using slab spoons or live bait fished near the bottom. Catfish good while chumming with soybeans, milo or wheat using dead shad, stinkbaits and shad gizzards. Walleye fair on humps near the state park using purple slow death nightcrawler rigs or trolling crankbaits in the west half of the reservoir. Crappie slow.

Kanopolis: Catfish good using cutbait and worms in 4-10 feet of water or shallower in the afternoons/evenings. White bass fair using jigs and flashy lures on the river channel edges, rocky points and the dam. Wiper good off wind-blown points and shallow flats near the river channel using live minnows and trolling soft baits. Walleye/saugeye fair near Loder Point and the tower or in 8-20 feet of water on wind blown points and the dam using jig-n-crawlers. Crappie poor.

Milford: Crappie fair using jigs and minnows suspended 10-20 feet deep near points and ledges. Smallmouth bass good using topwaters, crankbaits and jigs near deep rocky points and bluffs. Walleye fair using worms, spoons and crankbaits near deep flats and points. Catfish good on fresh cut bait near channel ledges in the middle portion of the lake. Largemouth bass fair to good on creek arm points using topwaters, crankbaits and jigs.

Toronto: Catfish good on mudflats and windy shorelines using a worm, stinkbaits or shad sides. White bass good trolling shad imitation crankbaits or spinners around brushpiles, rocky shorelines and channel breaks at Toronto Point, entrance to Manns Cove, north side of Duck Island and Woodson Cove. Crappie good around brushpiles, rocky shorelines and channel breaks at Toronto Point, Manns Cove point, north side of Duck Island and Woodson Cove using a jig or minnow.

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

This story was originally published August 10, 2017 at 6:54 PM with the headline "Outdoor report (Aug. 11)."