Fishing Forecast: Top 10

Below is a preview of the 2022 Kansas Fishing Forecast, highlighting the top 10 locations for some of Kansas’ most popular sportfish species –Channel catfish, largemouth bass, walleye, crappie, wiper and saugeye. Included in this preview are the top locations for each species, density rating, preferred rating, lunker rating and biggest fish caught during sampling. Density Rating is the number of fish that were high-quality size or larger sampled per unit of sampling effort. Preferred Rating identifies how many above-average-sized fish a water contains. And Lunker Rating, similar to the Density Rating, tells you the relative density of lunker-sized fish in the lake. To view a complete version of the 2022 Kansas Fishing Forecast, visit ksoutdoors.com/Fishing/Fishing-Forecast or grab a copy of the 2022 March/April issue of Kansas Wildlife & Parks Magazine by calling (620) 672-0756.

CHANNEL CATFISH

RESERVOIRS

LOVEWELL BIG HILL HILLSDALE MARION LACYGNE ELK CITY CLINTON

Density Rating (>16”) Preferred Rating (>24”) Lunker Rating (>28”) Biggest Fish

7.56 0.69 0.06 9.19 5.70 0.90 0.00 8.61 5.08 0.17 0.00 7.57 5.00 0.20 0.00 5.48 3.50 0.07 0.00 7.27 3.25 0.33 0.00 5.65 2.94 0.19 0.00 6.73

PERRY 2.90 1.05 0.35 12.71

WILSON 2.73 0.53 0.03 8.57

GLEN ELDER 2.59 0.52 0.17 15.30

LAKES

WOODSON SFL 9.80 0.00 0.00 5.14 FORT SCOTT-GUNN PARK W POND #2 9.67 0.00 0.00 5.88 NEOSHO SFL 8.00 1.00 0.25 12.23 PLAINVILLE TOWNSHIP LAKE 7.50 3.00 0.00 6.55 GARNETT-CEDAR CREEK LAKE 7.38 0.63 0.00 6.75 CENTRALIA CITY LAKE 7.25 0.75 0.00 5.40 EUREKA CITY LAKE 7.00 2.00 0.50 10.58 BROWN SFL 6.50 1.75 0.25 9.04 COLDWATER LAKE 6.00 0.33 0.00 5.65 FORT SCOTT CITY LAKE 5.38 0.75 0.13 19.37

BLACK BASS

RESERVOIRS

SEBELIUS WEBSTER LACYGNE KIRWIN WILSON BIG HILL GLEN ELDER CEDAR BLUFF EL DORADO WOLF CREEK

LAKES

GRIDLEY CITY LAKE COWLEY SFL BUTLER SFL FORD SFL PRATT COUNTY LAKE MCPHERSON SFL ROOKS SFL GARNETT CITY LAKE-SOUTH WILSON SFL LYON SFL

Density Rating (>12”) Preferred Rating (>15”) Lunker Rating (>20”) Biggest Fish

215.29 75.29 1.18 5.04 57.65 25.88 0.00 3.75 56.15 45.45 3.74 7.71 55.88 38.24 0.00 3.12 55.70 36.09 1.50 5.47 39.71 22.06 0.98 4.59 33.21 20.30 2.47 4.92 21.96 8.23 0.13 5.83 21.18 10.59 1.76 3.47 18.18 15.91 6.25 3.94

173.44 62.50 0.00 3.15 164.71 77.65 3.53 4.66 161.37 78.43 5.88 6.40 155.34 84.53 1.96 6.70 142.01 10.92 0.00 3.42 117.52 39.37 1.68 5.60 116.67 30.39 0.00 3.51 114.58 39.58 0.00 3.62 110.29 38.24 1.47 4.79 106.86 35.29 0.00 3.03

WALLEYE

RESERVOIRS

KIRWIN MARION WILSON WEBSTER MILFORD EL DORADO CEDAR BLUFF GLEN ELDER CHENEY LOVEWELL

Density Rating (>15”) Preferred Rating (>20”) Lunker Rating (>25”) Biggest Fish

7.83 0.50 0.08 8.47 4.00 0.47 0.00 4.01 3.53 1.20 0.13 7.46 2.58 0.50 0.17 6.36 2.50 0.05 0.00 3.76 2.33 0.87 0.13 7.95 1.96 0.46 0.04 7.94 1.62 0.03 0.00 5.62 1.31 0.86 0.17 7.55 1.13 0.50 0.00 4.40

CRAPPIE

RESERVOIRS

SEBELIUS LOVEWELL CEDAR BLUFF HILLSDALE MELVERN ELK CITY KIRWIN PERRY WOLF CREEK MILFORD

LAKES

SCOTT SFL KINGMAN SFL OTTAWA SFL MCPHERSON SFL NEOSHO SFL PLAINVILLE TOWNSHIP LAKE JEWELL SFL LEBO CITY LAKE EUREKA CITY LAKE HOWARD-POLK DANIELS LAKE

Density Rating (>8”) Preferred Rating (>10”) Lunker Rating (>12”) Biggest Fish

65.90 30.20 3.60 1.54 40.59 12.59 1.59 2.50 32.89 3.39 0.50 1.14 24.88 9.00 1.07 1.21 23.72 3.43 1.43 1.62 22.00 6.32 2.32 1.74 21.44 20.13 13.19 1.68 20.44 7.32 0.63 1.42 16.34 6.07 1.07 1.64 11.94 4.82 0.50 1.33

87.17 51.17 0.17 0.97 72.40 16.60 5.60 2.10 53.17 7.67 1.00 2.03 42.50 4.84 1.50 1.35 42.00 7.00 1.00 1.65 37.00 0.50 0.00 0.57 32.60 11.80 0.00 0.79 30.00 14.00 2.50 1.80 28.75 5.00 1.75 1.49 26.75 10.75 1.50 1.33

WIPER

RESERVOIRS

SEBELIUS

Density Rating (>16”) Preferred Rating (>20”) Lunker Rating (>24”) Biggest Fish

12.00 2.10 0.00 6.81

KIRWIN WEBSTER MARION MILFORD POMONA CEDAR BLUFF LOVEWELL CHENEY EL DORADO

LAKES

HERINGTON CITY LAKE-NEW JEFFREY EC-MAKE UP LAKE JETMORE CITY LAKE SHERIDAN SFL COLDWATER LAKE 9.17 0.42 0.00 5.91 8.58 1.50 0.33 8.38 8.00 2.47 0.00 4.93 7.95 2.85 0.10 6.81 3.58 0.75 0.00 4.26 3.54 2.13 0.04 9.92 3.06 1.56 0.00 5.86 2.14 1.55 0.14 7.99 1.80 1.07 0.00 5.20

6.20 1.00 0.00 5.17 5.33 1.50 0.00 5.98 3.33 0.00 0.00 2.69 3.33 0.00 0.00 2.43 3.00 3.00 0.00 6.17 CENTRALIA CITY LAKE 2.75 1.25 0.25 6.39 JEFFREY EC-AUX. MAKE UP LAKE 2.75 0.25 0.00 5.79 KIOWA SFL 2.50 1.00 0.50 7.43 CRAWFORD SFL 2.17 0.33 0.00 3.79 GRAHAM CO-ANTELOPE LAKE 1.50 0.00 0.00 3.08

SAUGEYE

LAKES

SCOTT SFL GRAHAM CO-ANTELOPE LAKE BONE CREEK LAKE GEARY SFL OTTAWA SFL

Density Rating (>14”) Preferred Rating (>18”) Lunker Rating (>22”) Biggest Fish

20.50 15.63 1.00 5.98 10.50 6.00 0.25 5.21 7.50 4.63 0.25 5.78 2.80 1.60 0.20 6.97 1.67 1.67 0.67 6.26

CENTRALIA CITY LAKE

1.50 1.00 0.75 5.87 MADISON CITY LAKE 1.33 1.17 0.33 7.43 ATWOOD − LAKE ATWOOD − MAIN 1.33 1.33 0.00 3.14 OLATHE-LAKE OLATHE 1.33 1.17 0.00 4.17 SHERIDAN SFL 1.17 0.33 0.00 3.23