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CHENEY RESERVOIR

Updated 8/28/2010

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1421.60   Temperature:

Inflow: 1510 cfs Outflow: 236 cfs Level: 0.59 feet high

Zebra Mussels Zebra mussels can be found attached to rocks lakewide and are expanding their population. Zebra mussel veligers are too small to be seen with the unaided eye and they can be found in boat livewells, minnow buckets, boat bilges, water toys and anything else that is capable of holding even a small amount of water. Be sure to drain all equipment before leaving the lake to avoid moving veligers to other waters. THIS INCLUDES MINNOW BUCKETS, BOAT LIVEWELLS AND BILGES!!!

 White Bass  Fair  Up to 16" Be sure of your fish ID before keeping white bass. Look for surfacing shad and cast Kastmasters and twistertails into the school.

 Wiper  Good  Up to 8 lb.  Same as white bass and fishing is picking up. A few nice wipers being caught trolling near the dam, walleye island, and Fish Cove.

 Walleye  Fair  Up to 28"  Match baits to the current size of shad (3"). Hit windy shorelines early and late, look for cooler water temps in the upper end of the reservoir right after a rain.

 Crappie  Slow Up to 15"  Some crappies being caught occasionally by walleye anglers trolling, otherwise fishing for crappies has been slow.

 Channel Catfish  Good  Up to 10 lb  Catfishing is good lakewide drifting cutbait, frogs, stinkbait, or shrimp.

 White Perch  Good     If you can find a school of white perch, vertical jig or cast small lures tipped with night crawlers. All white perch in your possession must be dead. It is illegal to posses live white perch.

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1274.0 Temperature:

Inflow: 40 cfs Outflow: 513 cfs Level: 0.28 feet high

There is a new 20 per day Crappie creel limit and is effective January 1, 2005

A commercial fishermen is netting rough fish at Council Grove Reservoir under contract by KDWP. Species being removed include smallmouth buffalo, bigmouth buffalo, common carp, freshwater drum, river carpsucker, and longnose gar. Please be watchful for nets and report any individuals that are tampering with equipment.

 Report by: Council Grove Marina

EL DORADO RESERVOIR

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1339.0 Temperature:

Inflow: 210 cfs Outflow: 984 cfs Level: 1.37 feet high

Zebra Mussels  Zebra mussel veligers (larval zebra mussels) are too small to be seen with the unaided eye and they can be found in boat livewells, minnow buckets, boat bilges, water toys and anything else that is capable of holding even a small amount of water. Be sure to drain all equipment before leaving the lake to avoid moving veligers to other waters. THIS INCLUDES MINNOW BUCKETS AND BOAT LIVEWELLS AND BILGES!!!

ZEBRA MUSSEL & WHITE PERCH WARNING! El Dorado Reservoir and the Walnut River below the reservoir contain zebra mussels and white perch. Take zebra mussel control precautions when leaving the lake, Trout Area, and Stilling Basin. For information on Zebra Mussels click Here.

 Largemouth Bass 18-inch minimum length limit

Smallmouth Bass 18-inch minimum length limit  

Spotted Bass 18-inch minimum length limit

 Walleye 21-inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit

 Wiper 21-inch minimum length limit

 Blue catfish  Slow  up to 18-inch  No recent reports on Blues. The majority of these fish are below the 35-inch minimum length limit and must be released immediately.

 Wiper  Fair  up to 22-inch  Wipers can be caught on shallow flats during warmer days throwing crankbaits, jigs, or inline spinners.

 White bass  Fair  up to 14-inch  Fish can be found along rocky or rip rapped shorelines in the lake. Trolling crankbaits or casting jigs/spinners are good techniques.

 White crappie  Fair  up to 14-inch  Crappie fishing has been sporadic with the unstable weather we've been experiencing. With the onset of cooler weather again, look for the larger females in water 5 to 8 feet deep off of the spawning areas.

Channel Catfish  Fair  up to 4 lbs  Windy shorelines on shad sides. Nightcrawlers in the creeks when inflows are occurring.

 Walleye  Fair  up to 28-inch  Walleye are currently being caught in many locations and at a wide range of depths. Walleye are beginning to show up on the flats and a jig and crawler combo is an excellent choice this time of year. THE 2010 WALLEYE LENGTH LIMIT IS 21-INCHES WITH A 2/day CREEL LIMIT.

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1350.50 Temperature: 

Inflow: 50 cfs Outflow: 7 cfs Level: 0.09 feet low

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Temperature: 

Channel Catfish  Fair Up to 15 lbs  Shad sides or guts on the down wind shorelines. Action has been good during inflow events with fish over 12lbs being caught. Length limit is 15 inches and creel limit is 2/day.

   Redear Sunfish  No Report

Walleye No Report

Channel Catfish  Fair  Up to 15 lbs  Shad sides or guts on the down wind shorelines. Action has been good during inflow events with fish over 12lbs being caught. Length limit is 15 inches and creel limit is 2/day.

 Largemouth Bass  Fair to Good  up to 19-inch  Spinnerbaits, slashbait, and cranks in water 1 to 3 feet deep. We saw very good numbers and sizes of bass during the spring electrofishing sample that was conducted 5/3/2010.

Bluegill  Fair to Good  up to 7-inch  Small livebait offerings under a float next to shoreline cover. Fish are up shallow and are bunching up. If you aren't catching any fish, keep moving as once you find them you should be in to them pretty good! Redear Sunfish  Fair  up to 7-inch  Same a bluegill

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  Channel Catfish  Fair to Good  Up to 24-inch  Cats are being caught off the piers and other shorelines as well on a variety of baits including stinkbaits, livers, and cut bait. Some nice cats exceeding 10lbs have been caught recently. Inflows will concentrate cats in the upper end creating some fast cat action.

 Largemouth Bass  Fair  9 to 17-inch  Upper ends of coves and along the fishing piers. On warm days you will find the bass shallow. Try slow rolling a spinnerbait or fish a slashbait just off of the shoreline. There is a 13 to 18 inch slot limit on Largemouth Bass in effect at the lake.  

Saugeye  Fair to Good  up to 22-inch  Casting plastics along the dam and slow trolling crankbaits in the upper end

 Spotted Bass  Fair  9 to 14-inch  See largemouth bass  

 White Bass        Few recent reports

 Bluegill        Few recent reports

 White Crappie  Fair to Good  7 to 13-inch  In the brushpiles on jigs and minnows. Crappie are coming shallow to the banks to spawn with best times in the morning and evening.

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 Black Crappie  Fair  up to 9-inch  Crappie have been caught in water 10 to 12 feet deep on minnows with some crappie still being found shallow.

 Bluegill  Good  up to 8-inch  Small live bait under a bobber next to shoreline cover. Fish are bunching up and are in shallow water (less than 3 feet deep).

 Channel Catfish  Fair  up to 22-inch  Try shad guts or sides. Few anglers have been out recently but fishing will pick up quickly with the warmer weather. 15-inch minimum length limit

 Largemouth Bass  Good  up to 19-inch  Spinner baits and jerk baits in shallow water on warmer days. Fish deeper with a jig-n-pig on cloudy cooler days.

Redear Sunfish  Fair  up to 9-inch  Few recent reports

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Lake Map

Alcohol possession is not allowed at this lake

The feeders are now on the lake so try catfishing near them in the mornings and evenings. White perch have been found in the lake, and they can become a fisheries management nightmare. If you catch a white perch, you must kill it; do not release it back into the water.

 Crappie  Fair  8-14 inches  A few crappie still biting near brush and rip rap.

 Channel catfish  Good  Up to 10 lbs  Channel cats are being caught near the feeders on chicken livers and cut bait.

 Largemouth Bass  Fair  12-18 inches  The bass should be spawning soon. Fish soft plastics or spinner baits near vegetation or in shallow water. Minimum length limit is 18".

 Sunfish  Fair  4-8 inches  Small night crawlers around brush piles

 Northern Pike  Fair  24-42 inches  Try any lures you would use for bass fishing, especially around weed beds.  

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McPHERSON (SFL)

Updated   8/28/2010

Temperature: 

Lake Level: Normal

On Channel Catfish only 2 per day

Both feeders are filled. Try catfishing near them in the mornings and evenings.

 Channel catfish  Good  Up to 30"  Dead shad or cut bait near the feeders. Creel limit is 2 catfish per day and a 15" length limit.  

Crappie  Fair  8-10"  Crappie fishing has been good around rip rap or brush with small minnows and jigs.

 Largemouth bass  Good  Up to 5 lb.  The bass spawn should be winding down, so fish should be spreading out lakewide

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Harvey County East Lake

Updated   8/28/2010
Lake Map

Lake Level: Normal   Water Temperature: 

Lake size & Location: 254 acres, 7 miles E of Newton

Report by: Hunter's Bait Shop  

Black Crappie NO REPORT

   Saugeye/Walleye  No Report

 White bass  No Report

Bluegill  Good  up to 1/2lb  Worms and jigs.

 Largemouth Bass  Good  All sizes  Soft Plastics.  

White Crappie  Fair  8-12 inches  Minnows and jigs.

 Channel Catfish  Fair  1 lb plus  Stinkbait and worms.

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Harvey County West Lake  

Updated 8/28/2010

Water level: Normal  Water temp : 

Report by: Hunter's Bait Shop  

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