RESERVOIRS

CHENEY RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/16/2000
Temperature: 45 Lake Elevation: -2.8'
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Poor 2 - 8 lb. Rod and reel at feeders at Red Bluffs and Handicap Jetty, feeders go off at 7:00 AM, 7:15 AM, 7:30 AM, 7:45 AM, 7:00 PM, 7:15 PM, 7:30 PM, 7:45 PM
Walleye Fair 17 - 21 Trolling Wally divers or Shad Raps in shallow water. Fall is a great time to catch larger walleye.
White Bass Fair 1- 1 1/2 lbs Casting spoons or trolling spinners in shallow water on the windward side of points and islands.


COUNCIL GROVE RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Temperature: 72 Lake Elevation: -4.5 ft
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair 12 to 15 inch On live bait and set lines in river and Munkers Creek.
Crappie Fair 10 to 12 inch Jigs or Minnows in 20Ft water on face of dam.
Saugeye/Walleye Poor 18 in. Drifting off the face of the dam using jigs.


EL DORADO RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Temperature: 69 Lake Elevation: 22 inches low
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good 1 1/2 - 4 lbs Along shoreline on worms, livers or minnows.
Crappie Fair 1/2 - 1 1/2 lbs On minnows or jigs in standing timber in 10-15ft water.
Drum Fair 6 On Worms or crayfish throughout the lake
Flathead Catfish Fair 1 1/2 - 20 lbs Throughout lake on minnows or small sunfish.
Walleye Fair 2 - 8 lbs Jigging on the dropoffs into creek channels
White Bass Fair 3/4 - 1 lbs On spinners, minnow or jigs off rocky points and on old roadbeds.


MARION RESERVOIR Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Temperature: 54F Lake Elevation: 2 feet low
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good 2 - 15 lbs Scattered through out the lake, mainly off the dam, caught on sponge bait, shad sides,cut bait and jigs. Also using trot-lines in the backs of coves with minnows,shrimp,sunfish, shad sides.
Crappie Poor 0.5 - 1.5 lbs Found in deeper water on jigs and roadrunners.
Walleye Good 3 - 8 lbs Scattered through out the lake. Try drifting live or fresh shad in shallow water areas. Trolling shad like plugs in shallow water areas 1-5 feet)
White Bass Good 1 - 2 lbs Located on the old river channels and on sandy flats, on jigs, plugs, or worms. White bass have under gone a extensive died off. Fishing should improve when weather cools off.
Wiper Good 2 - 8 lbs. In shallow water areas 1-5 feet deep, near breaks.


STATE FISHING LAKES

BUTLER STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair up to 3 lbs Worms and stink bait ; on mud flats and old creek channel mostly at night
Crappie Poor 0.5 - 1 lb On minnows or jigs along the face of the dam.
Largemouth Bass Fair 2 lbs Along weed beds with Spinner Baits and Plastic worms and top Water early mornings and late evenings.
Red Ear Sunfish Fair 6 to 8 in Worms along weed beds in coves.


CHASE STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 08/31/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Excellent 2lbs to 7lbs Fish around fish feeders at 8:00AM, 8:00PM and 12 midnight using grasshoppers, sponge bait, shrimp, shad.
Crappie Poor 8 - 10 inch Slow few Crappie are still being taken drifting with jigs or minnows.
Largemouth Bass Good 1lbs to 4lbs Using a Carolina rig off the points and dropoffs. Evening use topwater lures, spinnerbait are good in the back of coves morning and evenings.Top water lures have also been good.
Saugeye Fair 1 - 4lbs Trolling or drifting off of points using jigs and nightcrawlers. Most fish are suspended.
Walleye Fair 1.5 - 4 lbs trolling or drifting off of points using jig and nightcrawler combination. Use same methods as for Saugeye
White Bass Poor 1 to 2 lbs Watch for Whites chasing bait fish on the surface mornings and evenings. Red or White Sassy Shads on Roadrunner heads.


COWLEY STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Blue Gill Fair up to 8 inch Worms in five to eight feet of water.
Channel Catfish Fair 2 to 3 lbs Worms, liver and worms; mud flats, most sucess around feeders. better success at night
Crappie Poor 8 inch In brushpiles along piers and shoreline; minnows and jigs.
Largemouth Bass Fair 3 lbs Working shoreline in 6 to 8 feet of water; Spinner Baits and Top Water early and late.


KINGMAN STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 10/04/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Fair 6-8 Worms near weedbeds
Channel Catfish Fair up to 14 lbs Prepared baits, Shad Sides, and liver. Feeders go off at 7 AM and 7 PM.
Largemouth Bass Fair 12-14 inches Chuggers early and late, plastic worms mid-day. Water very clear, down 1 ft. 4 in.
Redear Good 8-12 inches Using minnows or worms near the bottom


MCPHERSON STATE FISHING LAKE Last Updated: 09/22/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good 1 - 14 lbs, A fair number of smaller Channel Catfish are being taken on prepared baits at the feeders. Lake is 1.25 feet low. Water is 67 degrees.
Largemouth Bass Good 2 - 6 lbs Topwaters near cover early and late, Texas-rigged plastic worms, jigs, and spinnerbaits,during the day. Try outside edges of weedlines. Lake is 1.25 feet low. Water is 67 degrees.


COMMUNITY LAKES
ANTHONY CITY LAKE Last Updated: 09/18/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel catfish Fair 1.5 lb Stocked 775 lb on 9/5. Lake very murky.


COUNCIL GROVE CITY LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bass Fair 10in In coves with minnows
Channel Cat Fair 15 in Live bait


EMPORIA - LAKE KAHOLA Last Updated: 07/31/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bass Good 1 to 4 lbs Around docks vegatation in the mornings and evenings. Top water lures, spinnerbaits.
Channel Catfish Fair 1 to 3 lbs Liver or nightcrawlers in 8' to 10' of water.
Walleye Fair 2lbs to 4lbs Trolling lures or drifting jig and crawler combo 12' to 15' of water.


HARVEY COUNTY LAKE-EAST Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Bluegill Good 0.25 - 0.75 Found in shallow water, around rocky shoreline in the evenings and early mornings.Best bait worms
Channel Catfish Fair 1 - 11 lbs Found in shallow water on mudflats and backs of coves. Use shad fished right off the bottom.Best time late morning and early evening.
Crappie Poor 0.5 - 1.5 Found deep along rocky points during the day, and in shallow along rocky points in the evenings.
Largemouth Bass Good 2 - 8 lbs In shallow around rocky points in early mornings and evenings. During the mid-day around deep water structure.
Walleye/Saugeye Good 1.5 - 6 lbs Fish in shallow water on mudflats and backs of coves.. Using medium jigs( tipped with minnow) or crankbaits.
White Bass Fair 1.5 - 3 lbs Around rocky points and in deeper water. Fishing around jetties in the evening or early morning.


MARION COUNTY LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair 2 - 10 lbs Backs of coves-on live bait (shad works best),cut bait and worms throughout the lake.
Crappie Poor 0.5 - 1.5 lbs Located in deeper water-Minnows and jigs. Fishing in the evening.
Flathead Fair 5 - 20 lbs Best bait live shad and sunfish.
Largemouth Bass Good 2 - 8 lbs Plastic baits, jig and pig and spinner baits, in shallow water.
Walleye/Saugeye Good 2 - 6 lbs Best bait live shad fished shallow. Shad type lure fished or trolled in shallow water.
Wipers Good 2 - 10 lbs Hot-N-Tot trolling. Throughout the lake. Also try drifting with live shad.


SEDGWICK COUNTY-LAKE AFTON Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair 0.75 to 5 pounds On cut bait,prepared baits,small shad and minnows. Fish are being taken lake wide. Mid-afternoon is the best fishing time.
Crappie Poor .05 avg. On roadrunners, minnows and jigs.
Largemouth Bass Poor .05 - 4 lbs On plugs and jigs, found in shallow water and along sharp breaks.


WELLINGTON CITY LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Fair 2 - 14 lbs In back of coves and around fish feeders,live shad, worms and cut bait. Mid day best time.
Crappie Poor 0.5 - 1.5 lbs Moving into deep water structure, on roadrunners, jigs, and minnows.
Flathead Fair 2 - 50 lbs Scattered throughout the lake. Best bait live shad of sunfish.
Saugeye Fair 1 - 4 lbs Scattered in the lake roadrunners and jigs, Fish shallow (1-5 feet).
Walleye Good 2 - 4 lbs Scattered in lake, mainly on the flats. Roadrunners, large jigs, and nightcrawlers. Fish shallow (1-5 feet).
Wipers Fair 3 - 5 lbs Scattered in lake, mainly on the flats. Roadrunners, large jigs, and nightcrawlers.


WINFIELD CITY LAKE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
Channel Catfish Good 2 lb. avg. On mudflats on north shoreline. Using worms or liver.
Crappie Fair 10 Minnows or jigs along south shoreline in standing timber.
Flathead Catfish Fair 2 - 45 lbs On north shore mudflats and old Cowley Co. #1 roadbed using worms and small sunfish or goldfish.
White Bass Fair 12 In creek channels and off rocky points.
Wiper Fair 2lb Average On north shoreline and old Cowley #1 roadbed.


GENERAL STREAM FISHING

ARKANSAS AND LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER CONFLUENTS Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
No Report Poor


ARKANSAS RIVER AT LINCOLN STREET BRIDGE Last Updated: 10/09/2000
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, & Location
No report Poor