Outdoor report (Aug. 18)

LOCAL

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

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

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

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

KANSAS

Cedar Bluff: White bass/wipers fair trolling small crankbaits or drifting live sunfish or shad over points in 15-25 feet of water or around fish attractors. Walleye slow vertically fishing live bait or slab spoons around the fish attractors or over deeper drop-offs and points. Crappie fair using minnows, jigs and small slab spoons fished vertically around the fish attractors.

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

Glen Elder: Catfish fair to good using shrimp, stinkbaits and shad gizzards while chumming with soybeans, milo or wheat. Walleye fair using jig-n-crawler or jig-n-leech rigs on humps near the state park or trolling crankbaits around the Cawker City causeway or the main lake points in the state park. White bass/wipers good to excellent using slab spoons or live bait fished near the bottom along the Cawker City causeway, the dam and river channels west of the causeway. Crappie slow.

Kanopolis: White bass fair on the river channel edges, rocky points and the dam using jigs and flashy lures. Wiper good using live minnows and trolling soft baits off wind-blown points and shallow flats near the river channel. Walleye/saugeye fair trolling crankbaits in early mornings and toward evening. Catfish good in 4-10 feet of water or shallower in the afternoons/evenings using cutbait and worms. Crappie fair to poor in deeper structure using jigs or minnows.

Milford: Smallmouth bass good near deep rocky points and bluffs using topwaters, crankbaits and jigs. Walleye fair near deep flats and points using worms, spoons and crankbaits. Catfish good near channel ledges lakewide on fresh cut bait 20-30 feet deep. Largemouth bass fair to good using topwaters, crankbaits and jigs on creek arm points and edges of flooded structure. Crappie fair to good near points and ledges using jigs and minnows suspended 15-25 feet deep.

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

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

This story was originally published August 17, 2017 at 6:47 PM with the headline "Outdoor report (Aug. 18)."