Happy 4th of July,
Since high gas prices are keeping most of us closer to home this holiday weekend let's focus on a couple of nearby lakes. It looks as if James A. Reed Lake is a good spot this weekend. The Missouri Department of Conservation's weekly fishing report says the largemouth bass & sunfish are good.
Staying close to home in northeast Kansas it looks like, according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, Atchison State Fishing Lake is one of the hot spots.
ATCHISON STATE FISHING LAKE - Last Updated: 7/3/2008
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Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
|
Black Crappie |
Fair |
Up to 1.0 lbs. |
Fish around the brushpiles with jigs and minnows off the ends of piers. |
|
Bluegill |
Good |
Up to .5 lbs. |
Fish those brushpiles with a small jig or meal worm, work those beds with a small spinner, are done spawning. |
|
Channel Catfish |
Fair/Good |
up to 3 lbs. |
Shad side lake wide, fish feeders are in and feeding sinking feed. Feeders are feeding at 7:30, 8, noon, 7 and 7:30 pm. Fish the west end when the water is running in. |
|
Largemouth Bass |
Good |
Up to 4 lbs. |
Spinners worked slow around the piers, a little top water around the brushpiles in the mornings or evenings. |
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General Comments |
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Water is turning a pretty green! New Electrofishing pictures , check out the fish by clicking on Atchison State Fishing Lake . We electrofished a couple weeks ago, even saw a few smallmouth bass! Stocked the potential State Record smallmouth bass along with 3,300 other fish today, check out the picture! Stocked 1,000 channel catfish a couple of weeks ago, some keepers. Click on the fish species and it will take you to the Fishing Forecast Data. |
WYANDOTTE COUNTY LAKE - Last Updated: 7/3/2008
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Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method, & Location |
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Black Crappie |
Fair |
Up to 12 inches |
Fishing jigs for fish suspending over breaks in 15 to 20 ft. of water. |
|
Bluegill |
Fair |
Up to 8 inches |
Small baits such as mealworms, jigs, and sinking flys or nymphs around rocks and laydown trees. |
|
Channel Catfish |
Good |
Up to 4 lb. |
Cutbait and prepared baits over shallow flats and points in the morning and evening. |
|
Largemouth Bass |
Fair/Good |
Up to 3 lb. |
Spinnerbaits and plastics along shoreline vegetation and crankbaits or plastics over points. |
|
Wiper |
Fair |
Up to 19 inches |
Casting small spoons or floating crankbaits into surfacing schools. |
|
Walleye |
Fair |
Up to 2 lb. |
Jig and worm combo over mainlake points. |
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General Comments |
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Effective January 1, 2007, a Wyandotte County fishing permit is required. For more information on permit requirements and availability contact Unified Governement of Wyandotte County Kansas City, KS Parks and Recreation at (913)-596-7077.
Attention: Wipers were stocked during June 2006. An 18 inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit is in effect for wipers. Be sure to check the toothpatches located on the fishs' "tongue" to distinguish wipers from white bass. For more information relative to wiper identification consult page 17 of the 2006 KDWP Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary or log on to http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing/fish_id_gallery and click on the "Fish I.D. Poster-Temperate Bass Family" link. |
Have a Happy & Safe 4th of July,
Brett