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CLINTON RESERVOIR   (7,000 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map    

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 875.5  

Inflow: 10 cfs Outflow: 20 cfs

Level: 3.07 feet high Temp:68

 Report by: Richard Sanders   Fisheries Biologist  Kansas Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

REMEMBER; DO NOT MOVE BAIT AMONG WATER BODIES!!

Crappie Fair 0.75-1.5 lbs  On 1/4 oz jigs and spoons in about 15-22 feet of water along river/creek channels around brush.  

White bass Fair 0.5-1.5 lbs  

Walleye Poor-Fair  1.5-7 lbs Walleye are winding down their spawn on the dam. Anglers are catching some using jigs, rapalas and other crankbaits.  

Channel catfish Fair 1.5-3 lbs  Using shad.  

Trout Fair 0.5-1.5 lb Using powerbait, worms, small spinners and jigs at Lake Henry.  

Note:  Fish feeders were filled this week for the last time this year.  There should be enough feed in feeders to feed through the month of September.  Feeding will resume next year around the end of May.

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HILLSDALE RESERVOIR   (4,580 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 917.0

Inflow: 115 cfs Outflow: 24 cfs

Level: 0.17 feet high Temp: 62

Report by: Hillsdale Lake Guide Service

Channel Catfish  Slow  

Walleye  Slow

Crappie  Slow 

White Bass  Slow 

Largemouth Bass  Slow

BOAT RAMP CONDITIONS: All ramps are useable. However, Russel Crites ramp is very shallow, therefore only small watercrafts are able to launch.

REMEMBER; DO NOT MOVE BAIT AMONG WATER BODIES!!

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MILFORD RESERVOIR  (16,200 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1144.4

Inflow: 2000 cfs Outflow: 25 cfs

Level:3.82 feet high Temperature: 50

Black bass  Good  up to 7 lbs  Smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass are all available to anglers in Milford. Smallmouth are most abundant, and provide a trophy opportunity. Largemouth are less abundant, but trophies are also present. Spotted bass are few in numbers, but provide a unique fishery. In combination, these species should provide good angling.  

Catfish  Good  up to 50 lbs  Channel, blue, and flathead catfish are present in Milford. Blue cats provide both a trophy and abundant fishery, while channel cats offer good numbers of smaller fish. Flatheads also provide a trophy fishery of their own, although not as abundant as channels or blues. Together these 3 species offer good fishing to anglers.  

Crappie  Very Good  .5-1.5lbs  Crappie numbers are high in Milford due to excellent spawning and growing conditions the last few years. Although most are smallish, keepers are present. Fishing can be good in Spring and late Fall/Winter when crappie become more concentrated.  

Walleye  Good  up to 8 lbs  Walleye numbers are good in Milford. Many fish will be sub-legal, but there are still keepers available. Fishing along the dam during the spawn, drifting the flats in late Spring/early Summer, and summertime trolling are the most reliable methods.  

White bass  Fair  .5-2lbs  White bass of all sizes are available in Milford, even trophies. Fishing the river and rocks in the Spring, jigging and trolling in early summer, and topwater in the late Summer/early Fall should be most productive.  

Wiper  Good  up to 10 lbs  Wiper of all sizes are also abundant in Milford. In addition to the techniques for white bass listed above, live bait fishing for Wipers can produce real lunkers for those with appropriate tackle.  

CAUTION: DO NOT TRANSFER LIVE BAIT FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER!!! ALONG WITH ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTATION, ASIAN CARP ARE IN DRAINAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE KANSAS RIVER AND CAN EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR SHAD!!!  

WARNING! ZEBRA MUSSELS NOW IN RESERVOIR AND OUTLET!

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PERRY RESERVOIR  (11,630 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

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Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 891.5 

Inflow: 150 cfs Outflow: 2969 cfs

Level: 2.95 feet high Temperature: 57

Zebra Mussels  Super Infectious!  up to 3/4"  Since the infestation was discovered in Oct. of 2007 these mussels have spread throughout the lake. It's up to all of us to make sure these are not spread to other area lakes, Clean-Drain-Dryeverything that is taken out of Perry. Mussels should be done spawning I'll start water samples again in the spring!  

Channel Catfish  Fair  9.4 lbs.  We sampled 117 channel catfish in our October gill nets. This is slightly less than 2011 but the same as 2010. The largest fish sampled was nearly 29" and weighed 9.4 lbs. Fish feeders will be installed in May of 2013.  

Sauger  Good  2.8 lbs.  In October we sampled 109 sauger in our gill nets which is nearly DOUBLE that of the 2011 sample. The largest fish sampled was nearly 20" and weighed 2.8 lbs.  

Largemouth Bass  Good  7.71 lbs.  In May we sampled 235 largemouth bass in 4.25 hrs of electrofishing or 37.2 Stock length largemouth/hr which is an increase over the 2011 sample. The largest fish we sampled was nearly 22" and weighed 7.71 lbs! We also electrofished a few smallmouth bass the largest was 16.7" and weighed 2.66 lbs!  

White Bass  Good  2.4 lbs.  We sampled 175 white bass in our October gill nets which is about half of what we saw in 2011. The largest fish sampled was 16.7" in length and weighed 2.4 lbs.  

White Crappie  Fair  1.2 lbs.  We sampled 488 in our October traps with about half of what our 2011 sample was. The largest fish sampled was 13.8" and weighed 1.2 lbs.  

Blue Catfish  Slow   We sampled 6 blue cats in our fall sample which is a few less than the 2011 sample. The important part of this is that last years fish were all less than 9" and this year the largest fish sampled was 27.4" and weighed 10.8 lbs. The second important thing is that we sampled a small fish prior to this years stocking which means there is some natural reproduction!

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TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR    (12,500 Acers)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map

Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1075.0

Inflow: 975 cfs Outflow: 4833 cfs

Level: 7.00 feet  high Temperature : 55

Catfish  Good  1 to 9 pounds  Sample numbers of channel catfish are looking good with nice numbers of fish over 24". Blue catfish are starting to get established in the Reservoir and hopefully there will be a good population in a few years.  

Crappie  Good  1/2 to 1.5 pounds  Largest crappie sample in 25 years. Tuttle has good numbers of crappie over 11 inches and a bunch of young fish that are growing well.  

White Bass  Good  1/2 to 4 pounds  White bass number have improved a lot over the last few years. There are pretty good numbers of 12" to 15" fish and there are some real trophys over 4 pounds in the reservoir.  

Largemouth Bass  Fair  1 to 5 pounds  Coves in southern third of the Reservoir have some locally good largemouth bass populations. The McIntyre Cove area tends to produce the best fishing.  

Saugeye  Good  Up to 6 pounds  Good sample numbers of saugeye over the 15" length limit.

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DOUGLAS (SFL)  (180 Acres)

Updated 5/16/2013

Temperature: 59Clarity: 30 inches Lake level:3.0 feet below full pool

Lake Map

Report by Sports Cache Bait & Tackle  

Water level: 3.0 feet below full pool   

Water temperature: 59 degrees F. 

Turbidity: Visibility to 30 inches 

Fishing pressure: Fairly heavy on weekends, light during the week. 

Channel catfish:  Fair on night crawlers and cut bait. 

Flathead catfish:  No reports.   

Bullhead catfish:  No reports. 

Black crappie: Spotty, but several good reports.  Crappie are taking live minnows and jigs.   

Bass: Many positive reports.  Most are less than 13 inches and are therefore o.k. to take.  A few keepers are longer than 18 inches.  Those between 13 and 18 inches must be returned to improve the fishery.    

Saugeye: One report of  a 13 inch fish caught and released off the dam.    

Redear sunfish: No reports.  Recent electro-fishing reports rank Dg. State Lake number one for abundance of redear.  They’ll  begin showing up soon. 

Bluegill sunfish:  Hand size bluegill are being taken in good numbers with night crawler pieces or small curly-tail jigs.     

Green sunfish: Abundant and easy to catch on night crawler pieces or jigs.  Most are small, but make good bait for flatheads or big channel.    . 

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GEARY (SFL)   (97 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map

Temperature:

Black bass  Fair  up to 5 lbs  Largemouth and smallmouth are both available, with the majority being largemouth. They can be caught with traditional methods lakewide throughout the seasons.  

Bluegill  Good  up to 1/3 lb  Bluegill are found near shallow water cover, and caught on small jigs and live bait.

 Channel catfish  Fair  up to 4 lbs  Although smaller in size, channel catfish can be caught lakewide on standard catfish baits. Flatheads can be caught along rocky areas on live bait.

 Crappie  Good  up to 1.5 lb  Crappie numbers are good for smaller fish, and should provide fun angling, primarily in the Spring and Winter periods.

 Saugeye  Fair  up to 6 lbs  Saugeye numbers remain steady, with some keepers available for harvest. Most are caught along the dam and rock points on crankbaits and jig/worm.

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MIAMI (SFL)

Updated 5/17/2013 (101 Acres)

Temperature:

Lake Map

LM Bass  Fair/Good  0.5-4 lbs  Finesse plastics fished near shoreline structure.

 Bluegill  Fair  Up to 0.33 lbs  Livebait under a bobber fished along the fishing piers.

 Channel Cat  Fair  1-5 lbs  Nightcrawlers or shad sides fished along the fishing piers.

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MIDDLE CREEK (SFL)   (281 Acres)

Updated 5/17/2013

Lake Map

Temperature: Level:

Channel Catfish  No Report

 Crappie  No Report

 Saugeye  No Report

 Largemouth Bass  No Report

 Wiper/White Bass  No Report

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POTTAWATOMIE #1    (24 Acres)

  Updated 5/17/2013

Water Temp: 

Bluegill  Fair  Up to 8 inches  The lake has a fair bluegill population this year. The North West bank tends to be the best spot.

 Channel Catfish  Slow  3/4 to 5 pounds  The lake has a low level catfish population.

 Crappie  Fair  1/2 to 1 pound  The lake has fair numbers of 8-10" crappie.

 Largemouth Bass  Good  1/2 to 5 pounds  The lake has excellent numbers of bass with most of the fish 12 to 15 inches.

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POTTAWATOMIE #2   (75 Acres)

 Updated 5/17/2013

Water Temp: 

Black Bass Fair  1/2 to 4 pounds  The lake has good numbers of both largemouth and smallmouth. The East bank was the best area in the most recent sample.  

Channel Catfish  Good!  3/4 to 3 pounds  The lake is in the Urban Stocking Program and is frequently stocked with 12 to 18 inch fish. This allows for good harvest rates of eater size channel catfish. 445 catfish were stocked on May 23 and these fish were bigger than normal. So far 2,250 channel catfish have been stocked this year. A video about the Urban Stocking Program can be found at http://youtu.be/5l4QiSfsQbQ

 Crappie  Fair  1/4 to 1 pound  Along the rock piers and off of the docks with jigs or minnows. Most of the crappie are 8 to 10 inches, but sampled a 2 lb one this spring!

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