RESERVOIRS

CLINTON RESERVOIR Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Temperature: 76 Lake Elevation: 1.8' below , 21 cfs
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Carp Fair 1-5 lbs Bowfishing in upper end of lake. Anglers are doing OK using corn lakewide, and especially around feeder near # 3 boat ramp in State Park.
Channel catfish Good 1-5 lbs Goldfish, crawdads, large shiners,worms, and shad on flats. Anglers chumming with soybeans and using Bob's Punch Bait in about 10 -15' of water are reporting good catches.
Crappie Fair 1/2 - 1 lb jigs and minnows in 7-20' of water, fish are suspended over brush


HILLSDALE RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Temperature: 59 Clarity Good Lake Elevation: 1.7 ft low 8cfs
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good up to 9lb Channel catfish continue to bite. Drifting large cut baits on deeper flats and near humps and breaks. Most fish in the 2-4 lb range with a lot of small fish also being caught. Crappie anglers also picking up channel catfish on minnows.
Crappie Fair 1/2 to 3/4 pound Crappie fishing is currently tough at Hillsdale. There is an abundance of small shad in the lake which most of the game fish are feeding heavily upon make fishing tough! Fish are being caught however at a depth of 10 to 12 feet of mainlake points and near the channels.
Largemouth Bass Fair N/A Few reports available. 18 inch minimum length limit.
Walleye Fair up to 22 inches Small walleye are heading the shallows in the early evening hours to feed on small shad and baitfish. Drifting minnows and small crankbaits. Larger fish are off mainlake points or in areas with rocky substrates. Shad imitating presentations will be key. Don't forget to fish the timber. 18 inch minimum length limit.


MILFORD RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Temperature: 67 Lake Elevation: -.55ft,75cfs,3ftvis
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel/Blue catfish Fair 1-10 lbs cut bait, worms 15-25 ft near creek channel ledges lakewide, and 20-40 ft near both islands
Largemouth bass Good 1-6 lbs spinnerbaits, jigs, plastics, topwaters 5-10 ft near structure; a few on crankbaits,carolina rigs 15-20ft off points
Smallmouth bass Good 1-5 lbs rock points 5-10 ft on crankbaits, jigs,carolina rigs; fair topwater early and late
Walleye Fair 1-9 lbs jigs, crawlers, spinners 5-20 ft near mudflats,15-30 ft near rock bluffs
White bass Fair .5-1.5 lbs jigs,spoons 15-20 ft near channel ledges and windy banks; top water early and late near Farnum flats, Indian Pt, and School Creek
Wiper Fair 1-12 lbs trolling crankbaits,drifting shad, sunfish, spoons 20-25 ft near large flats and both islands, some topwater activity


PERRY RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/06/2000
Temperature: 70 Lake Elevation: 1.0'under, 25 cfs
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 4 lbs. Fish are moving out of their summer spots and are following the shad up to the bank. The feeder was filled for the last time this week.
Sauger Poor Up to 2 lbs. Fish using the gravel points, fish early or late, jigs or crank baits.
White Bass Fair Up to 1.5 lbs. Fish those rocky points or the Dam, twisters, minnows or shad colored crank baits.
White Crappie Fair Up to 2.0 lbs. Tube jigs or minnows in 10'-12' of water, fish have started schooling try up tight to the bank 2-4' of water, eating shad.


TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Temperature: 64 degrees, 600cfs Lake Elevation: 4 feet low,
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Good 1 to 10 pounds Channel cat fishing has been impacted but the lake is now rather stable. The lake fishing has been good while drifting from the boat in the north end flats. The best bait on the flats have been fresh cut shad. Other bait selections are worms, minnnows, small sunfish, grasshoppers and some prepared bait. Fish have been caught along large rocky shoreline in the lake, in the tailwaters and in the river leading into the reservoir.
Flathead Catfish Fair 5 to 40 pounds Live bait with pole/line at the outlet area and in the lake using set lines.
Saugeye Fair 1 to 4 pounds Casting, drifting and trolling along the southern flats and off rocky points in the lake and River Pond Area using jigs and worms in 6 to 15 feet of water has been fair. Fishing has been good at times below the tubes along the rocks casting with jigs.
White Bass Good 1/2 to 2 lbs. Fishing for white bass has been good but the catch is dominated by the smaller fish. Fishing has improved during September in the Stockdale Area for larger fish. Casting, drifting and trolling along rocky points and flats in 4 to 12 feet of water. Best baits are a wide variety of shad imitation lures.


STATE FISHING LAKES

ATCHISON STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/06/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie Fair Up to 1.0 lbs. Tube jigs in 8'-12' of water off the brushpiles, black and chartreuse or red and white or blue and white.
Bluegill Good Up to .3 lbs. Smaller spinners around the brush piles, wax worms around the feeders. Netting indicated good numbers of 5-8" fish.
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 6 lbs. The feeders will not be filled after this week. Neting indicated good numbers of 1.5 to 3.0 lb fish.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 2 lbs. Work those spinner baits slow around the brushpiles.
Walleye Netting showed some nice fish, around 7lbs.


BROWN STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/06/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie Fair Up to 1.0 lbs. Tube jigs and/or minnows 6'-10' of water out of the brush piles. Good numbers of 8-12" fish from netting data
Bluegill Fair Up to .3 lbs. Small spinners or worms off the piers and around the brushpiles. Good numbers of 7-8" fish from netting data.
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 6.0 lbs. The feeders will not be filled after this week. Netting showed some good fish still in the lake, at least 1 14 pounder.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 2.0 lbs. Work the points of those north coves using crank baits or spinner baits.


DOUGLAS STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 lbs Nightcrawlers around feeders are producing good catches.
Carp Fair 10-20 lbs Anglers fishing around feeders using corn have the best chances of catching a trophy.
Channel catfish Good 1-5 lbs Bee-Jay and blood bait around feeders


GEARY STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 1-5 lbs shad sides, worms, stinkbait 5-15 ft lakewide
Crappie Fair .5-1 lbs jigs, minnows 10-15 ft near creek channel edges and submerged timber
Largemouth bass Fair 1-4 lbs jigs, spinnerbaits, topwaters near brush: fewer on crankbaits,carolina rigs on points
Saugeye Fair 1-6 lbs jigs, worms, crankbaits 10-15 ft lakewide:worms along weed edge


LEAVENWORTH STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Good Up to 1/2 lb Crickets and nightcrawlers lakewide.
Channel catfish Good 1-4 lbs Mainly on shad and cut bait.
Crappie Fair up to 1/2 lb Minnows and jigs from the bank and in deeper water over aeration system air bubbles.
Largemouth bass Good 1/2-2 lbs Spinnerbaits, plastic worms, minnows and nightcrawlers.


MIAMI STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Closed for Fishing Poor Closed for Fishing Dam is being rebuilt due to erosion. Lake had to be drained to allow construction to proceed. Lake will probably be closed until 2003. Fish habitat work began in July and will continue through the fall.


MIDDLE CREEK STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 lb Crickets and worms. Best spots include near water intake by dam, around feeders, and south side of lake by old Highway 69.
Channel catfish Good 1-6 lbs Drifting shad over flats. Anglers are also picking up some fish using cut bait.
Saugeye Fair 1-4 lbs Vertically fishing jig and nightcrawler over old bridge. Crankbaits in timbered coves. Minnows under bobber near water intake.


NEBO STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/06/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair Up to .3 lbs. Small spinners or worms along the weeds in the west end.
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 5.0 lbs. The feeder will not be filled after this week. Using sinking feed now, cut shad is working well. Netting showed good numbers of 1.5 to 3.0 lb fish.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 2 lbs. Work those brushpiles with a slow spinner bait.
White Crappie Fair Up to 1.0 lbs. Tube jigs or minnows off the piers and out of the brush piles. Netting showed not many larger fish and quite a few 5-7" fish.


POTTAWATOMIE STATE FISHING LAKE #1 Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 pound Using live bait or small artificials along the shoreline in 2 to 5 feet of water.
Channel Cat Fair 3/4 to 1 pound Live bait, livers and cut bait in 4 to 12 feet of water lake wide. The catch is fair to good but this is the first year for the 15 inch minimum length limit on catfish.
Largemouth Bass Fair 1/2 to 4 pounds Casting along the shoreline or fishing near fish attractors with artificial or live bait lake wide.


POTTAWATOMIE STATE FISHING LAKE #2 Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass Fair 1/2 to 2 pounds The lake is home to abundant catch and release bass fishing, though most fish are under the 15 inch minimum length limit. Live bait and artificial lures near submerged habtitat and aquatic vegetation in 3 to 8 feet of water lakewide.
Bluegill and Redear Fair Up to 1/3 pound Live bait and small artificial lures in 3 to 6 feet of water along the shoreline.
Channel Catfish Good 3/4 to 1 pound Still fishing using prepared bait, live bait and livers in 6 to 12 feet of water lakewide.
Crappie Fair 1/3 to 1/2 pound Using live bait and jigs over habitat in creek channels in 7 to 12 feet of water. Fishing has been better from the north courtesy dock.


SHAWNEE STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass Good 1/2 to 3 pounds Artificial lures and live baits used along the shoreline and the flooded vegetation in 2 to 6 feet of water.
Bluegill and Redear Fair Up to 1/4 pound Small artificial floating or sinking and live baits. While casting or below a float in 3 to 5 feet of water lake wide, but best near flooded vegetation.
Channel Catfish Good 1/2 to 1 1/2 pounds Fish are being taken lake wide in 4 to 10 feet of water using prepared baits, shad baits and live bait.
Crappie Fair 1/2 pound Live baits or small artificials in 6 to 10 feet of water with pole/line near submerged fish attactor brushpiles or rocky shoreline.


WASHINGTON STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 1-10 lbs cut bait, worms 5-10 ft lakewide, and along weed edges
Crappie Fair .5-1.5 lbs jigs, minnows near weed edges and 10-15 ft along dam
Largemouth bass Fair 1-6 lbs topwaters, spinnerbaits, jigs in and around weed edges
Saugeye Fair 1-9 lbs drifting worms near weed edges and casting crankbaits 10-15 ft along dam


COMMUNITY LAKES
CEDAR LAKE Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair up to 4 lb Dough baits and cutbaits lakewide. Two fish per day creel limit.
Largemouth Bass Fair up to 3 lb Buzzbaits early near vegetation, plastics and jig-n-pigs middday.


CENTRALIA CITY LAKE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Good Up to 1/ 3 pound Using live baits or small artificials along shoreline and near aquatic vegetation in 2 to 5 feet of water.
Bullheads Fair 3/4 to 1 pound Using worms or livers lakewide near aquatic vegetation and mudflats.
Channel Catfish Good 1 to 10 pounds Live baits, prepared bait (blood baits have been good) and livers in 4 to 12 feet of water lake wide near vegetation, old road beds and flats.
Crappie Good 1/2 to 1 pound Fishing with jigs and or minnows over or near standing vegetation and or near old creek channels. Drift fishing with jigs and rooster tails over flats has been producing nice crappie.
Largemouth Bass Good 1/2 to 5 pounds Casting along the rocky face of dam and piers and near vegetation in 2 to 7 feet of water using a wide variety of artificial lures or live bait. The deep water standing timber is also productive.


DOUGLAS COUNTY-LONESTAR LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 lb nightcrawlers and grasshoppers
Channel catfish Good 1-6 lbs Prepared baits, such as Bee-Jay and Hog Wild; Goldfish, and shad.
Largemouth bass Fair 1-4 lbs Using spinnerbaits off points and back of coves. Anglers fishing the dam with twintail grubs are picking up fish. Some anglers are reporting topwater action some evenings.


ESKRIDGE-LAKE WABAUNSEE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass Good 1/2 to 6 pounds Artificial baits used while casting into near shoreline aquatic vegetation around lake, along face of dam and along rocky shoreline.
Bluegill Fair Up to 1/4 pound Live bait and small artificial lures along shoreline aquatic vegetation in 3 to 5 feet of water.
Channel Cat Fair 3/4 to 4 pounds Still fishing lake wide using live baits, livers, cut bait and prepared baits in 4 to 12 feet of water.
Saugeye Fair 1 to 4 pounds Casting and trolling along flats near breaks and off the face of the dam. Best baits are jigs and/or nightcrawlers in 4 to 12 feet of water.


GARDNER CITY LAKE Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair up to 4 pounds Nightcrawlers, stinkbaits, shad, and live sunfish for bait.
Largemouth Bass Fair up to 3 lb Variety of baits including spinnerbaits, jig and pig, and crankbaits. Focus on docks and holes and pockets in the shoreline vegetation. Buzzpbaits and jerkbaits early morning and late evening in calm water along weedlines.
Saugeye Poor 10 to 11 inches Saugeye were first stocked in May of 1999. There is an 18 inch minimum length limit and a 2 per day creel limit. No legal length saugeye are available at this time. Most are being mistaken as small walleye.


HERINGTON CITY LAKE-NEW Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 1-8 lbs worms, stinkbait 10-15 ft lakewide
Crappie Fair .5-1.5 lbs jigs, minnows 10-15 ft near creek edges and timber
Largemouth bass Fair 1-5 lbs jigs, crankbaits,topwaters 5-10 ft near cover and dropoffs:jigs/crankbaits along flooded timber
Walleye Fair 1-6 lbs jigs, worms 10-20 ft near channel ledges and flats;crankbaits near timber 10ft
White bass Good .5-2 lbs jigs, spinners, crankbaits 5-10 ft along dam and windy banks:some surface activity lakewide
Wipers Fair 1-4 lbs livebait, spoons 15-20 ft along river channel:some surface activity lakewide


HERINGTON CITY LAKE-OLD Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 2-6 lbs cutbait, worms 5-10ft lakewide
Crappie Fair .5-2 lbs jigs, minnows 6-10 ft near shoreline cover
Largemouth bass Fair 1-4 lbs jigs, spinnerbaits, topwaters 5 ft near brush and dropoffs; shallow crankbaits along dam


HOLTON - BANNER CREEK LAKE Last Updated: 10/06/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie Fair Up to 1.0 lbs. Tube jigs or minnows off the brushpiles in 6'to 10' of water, any color. The same places they were last fall, remember only 50!
Bluegill Fair Up to .3 lbs. Work those brush piles with a small spinner.
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 5 lbs. The fish feeders are in, feeding twice in the morning and twice in the evening. Fish are being caught on prepared baits or nightcrawlers.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 3 lbs. Watch the weather and pick a day before the front and work the dam and timbered coves with a crank bait or spinner bait, try a worm by the stumps on the north side.
Smallmouth Poor up to 2 Fish that rip-rap with crawdad colored crankbaits.
Walleye Poor Up to 1.5 lbs. These are young fish, 3 years old, try the creek channels with a jig and crawler.


JEFFREY ENERGY CENTER MAKE-UP LAKE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Bass Fair 1/2 to 6 lbs. The lake contains a fair to good population of smallmouth bass and a fair population of largemouth bass. Casting along the shoreline using jigs, live baits and crayfish crank baits. The best areas are the dam, the east shoreline, rocky points and submerged fish attractors.
Channel catfish Good 1/2 to 10 lbs. Fish are taken lakewide. Best areas are near incoming water and near the fish feeder. Baits are the traditional live bait, fresh shad and prepared baits.
Crappie Good 1/2 to 1 1/4 lbs. The lake has only a good population of white crappie. Fishing has improved with the fall weather. The best areas are near submerged brushpiles and the dam using jigs and/ or minnows.
Walleye Fair 1 to 7 lbs. The lake contains a fair population of walleye over 15 inches long. However, the angler does have a chance to take a trophy fish. The best areas are along the dam and along the west shoreline using the traditional walleye baits and techniques.
White Bass Good 1/2 to 1 1/2 pounds The lake has a good white bass population. Fish are taken while drifting, trolling or casting along the dam, the lower end shoreline and near the inlet. Best baits are jigs, slabs, live bait and fresh shad.
Wiper Fair 1 to 6 lbs. The lake has a fair to good population. These fish are taken with large artificial baits and fresh shad baits. The best areas are along the west side of the lake and while surfacing on shad.


JEFFREY ENERGY CENTER AUX. LAKE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 1 to 2 lbs. The lake contains a fair to good catfish population, but are dominated by the shorter fish. The fish are taken lake wide, but the best results occur near the fish feeders, which are accessible to the shoreline angler.
Largemouth Bass Good 1/2 to 3 lbs. The lake contains a good population of black bass but the size is generally not large. The best fishing occurs along the face of dam, around the island and the northeast shoreline. The best fishing is in deeper water due to the clear water at this impoundment.
Walleye Good 1/2 to 1 1/2 pound The lake has a good to excellent walleye fishery but is dominated by small and sub-legal fish. The best fishing is along the dam, at the south end of the dam and east shoreline submerged shoreline points. The best baits are the traditional jig and nightcrawler.
White Bass Fair 1/2 to 2 lbs. The lake contains a population in fair abundance, however the fish are of good size. The best areas are near the east shoreline points, at the south end of the dam and while surfacing on the low density shad population.


JOHNSON COUNTY SHAWNEE MISSION LAKE Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel cats Fair up to 6lb Large cutbaits off the points or along south shoreline across from boat ramp.
Largemouth Bass Fair 1 to 3 lb Crankbaits and plastics.
Wiper Fair up to 8 lb On windy days throw shad imitating crankbaits along the shallows on the windy side of the lake. Other times fish 6-14 feet deep. If no action in a few minutes, move to another spot as the wipers are on the move.


OLATHE-LAKE OLATHE Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Catfish Fair up to 6 lbs Large cutbaits and live bait fished on the bottom in water 5-10 feet deep. Large channels are currently feeding on large shad and crayfish.
Largemouth bass Fair up to 3 lb Fish rocky structure with crayfish imitating baits or jig-n-pig. Lower end of lake will be best bet.
White crappie Fair 1/4 to 1/2 lb A few small fish being caught and the occasional "keeper". Submerged brush holding fish. Also mainlake points where wind is blowing.


PAOLA CITY LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 lb Nightcrawlers from shore.
Channel catfish Good 1/2 - 5 lbs Drifting shad across flats. Cut bait is producing fish as well.


POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY LAKE Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black Crappie Good 1/3 to 1 pound The abundant crappie population has potential for harvest throughout the summer. The fish are taken along the aquatic vegetation, submerged drift wood piles and while trolling using jigs, minnows and small spinnerbaits.
Bluegill Good Up to 1/3 pound The lake contains an abundant population of bluegill. The fish are taken lake wide using worms and small artificial lures.
Channel catfish Fair 1/2 to 3 pounds The lake contains a fair to good number of catfish which are taken lake wide.
Largemouth Bass Good 1/2 to 4 lbs. The lake has a good population that contains all sizes of fish, though the fishery is dominated by 12 to 15 inch bass. Fish are taken lake wide on all the traditional baits.


SABETHA - PONY CREEK LAKE Last Updated: 09/15/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Blak Crappie Poor Up to 1.0 lbs. Tube jigs or minnows off the brush piles. Fish are scattered for the summer.
Channel Catfish Fair Up to 5 lbs. Try under the feeder or in that shallow water on the west side of the lake, fish are moving up there to feed. I have also heard that talking with bullheads increases you listening skills,please take one home.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 3 lbs. Lake wide using bright colored crank baits or spinners baits. Pitch a worm or lizard by the stumps on the south end. It's top-water time!
Smallmouth Bass Poor Up to 1.0 lbs. Fish the rocks by the water inlet using crank baits or spinners.
Walleye Poor Up to 2 lbs. Try dragging a jig and nightcrawler/minnow along the west side of the lake from the pond dam north past the boat ramp. Work the old barrow area with a jig and crawler.


SHAWNEE COUNTY-LAKE SHAWNEE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair up to 1/4 lb Nightcrawlers from shore.
Channel catfish Fair 1-5 lbs Drifting shad across flats. Cut bait is producing fish as well.


SHAWNEE MISSION PARK LAKE Last Updated:
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location


WYANDOTTE COUNTY LAKE Last Updated: 10/10/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Black crappie Fair up to 1 lb Fish water 5 to 12 feet deep early and late in the day.
Channel Catfish Fair 1-4 lb Hotdogs, livers, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait fish in upper end of lake and off mainlake points.
Largemouth Bass Fair up to 17 inch Buzzbaits near submerged cover early in the morning with plastics during midday.
Walleye Good up to 22 inch Walleye are feeding on shad on the mainlake points. Large minnows will be a good offering. There are alot of sublegal length fish in the lake so catch and release fishing will be good. Walleye up to 25 inches are cruising the shallow weedlines after dark looking for a meal.


GENERAL STREAM FISHING

ROCKY FORD FISHING AREA Last Updated: 10/05/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good 1/2 to 2 pounds Channels are taken on minnows, worms, prepared bait and fresh cut bait. There is a large population but the fish taken are generally under 1 1/2 pounds.
Drum Good 1 to 3 lbs. Drum are an abundant species that are taken on worms, minnows, spinnerbaits and crayfish.
Flathead Catfish Fair 5 to 30 lbs. Flathead fishing is best during the summer months using live bait and occasionally on artificial lures. The better fishing occurs at a low release rate following a period of higher release rates from Tuttle Creek. Generally, the best catches occur during the evening hours.
Saugeye Fair 1/2 to 2 pounds The Rocky Ford Dam on the Big Blue River produces saugeye throughout the fishing season. Saugeye migrate to the area via the nearby Tuttle Creek Outlet. These fish are taken on spinnerbaits, jigs, worms and other live baits. Saugeye are also taken by anglers fishing for other predators.
White Bass Fair 1/2 to 1 pounds White bass are an abundant species but most of the harvest are smaller fish. White bass are taken on minnows, jigs and spinnerbaits.