April 25th
Kansas
• GLEN ELDER: 67 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Little Bait Shop reports: crappies very good on shiners, jigs along banks in coves; walleyes good on crankbaits, night crawlers on the flats; white bass good on jigs, grubs along the Granite Creek Causeway; flathead catfish good on trotlines with green sunfish; channel catfish good on night crawlers on the flats.
• MILFORD: 64 degrees, clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Clem’s Corner reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in the brush; blue catfish good on shad sides in Madison Creek and on the north end; wipers, white bass good on topwater lures along the banks.
• WILSON: 60 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Knothead’s reports: walleyes good on jigs with night crawlers on the flats in the Minooka area; bass good on live bait, spinnerbaits in the shallows; stripers good on crankbaits, live bait trolled with planer boards (a 23-pound fish was caught this week).
• COFFEY COUNTY: 87 degrees at the hot-water outlet, 74 degrees on the main lake, clear, normal. Outlook: Coffey County reports: smallmouth bass good on crawdad-colored crankbaits, soft-plastic baits along riprap; white bass good on jigging spoons, jigs on the flats; crappies fair on jigs, minnows.
• KILL CREEK:66 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: bass good on jigs, spinnerbaits on the north side and along the dam; panfish good on minnows in the headwaters; panfish good on minnows in the headwaters.
• MELVERN: 61 degrees, fairly clear, 1 foot high. Outlook: Melvern Lake Marina reports: crappies good on jigs, minnows in 8 to 20 feet of water in the brush and 10 to 12 feet down in 20 feet of water off the marina docks; smallmouth, largemouth bass good (but small) on crankbaits, spinnerbaits in rocky areas.
• SHAWNEE MISSION: 65 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish good on liver, worms, green sunfish along the dam and on the flats; wipers fair on jigging spoons in the coves and on the flats; bass fair on crankbaits, jigs, spinnerbaits in the coves and along the dam; panfish good on minnows, jigs lakewide.
• WYANDOTTE: 65 degrees, very clear, normal. Outlook: Wyandotte Boat Rentals reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in deep water on the main lake; smallmouth, largemouth bass good (but small) on plastic baits in the shallows.
• POMONA: 65 degrees, slightly murky, 2 feet high. Outlook: Lighthouse Bay Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows in the brush early in the morning; white bass good on minnows in the Dragoon arm.
• LA CYGNE: 76 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reports: wipers good on crankbaits trolled on the main lake (fish up to 12 pounds have been caught); flathead catfish good on limblines with green sunfish in the Marais des Cygnes River.
• PERRY: 68 degrees, murky, normal. Outlook: Rock Creek Marina reports: crappies fair on jigs, minnows; white bass fair on Road Runners, jigs off windy points; black bass fair on a variety of baits in the shallows.
• HERITAGE: 66 degrees, 1- to 2-foot clarity, normal. Outlook: Johnson County Park and Rec reports: catfish good on liver, worms, dough bait; bass fair on plastic baits; panfish good on jigs; trout fair on worms, PowerBait.
• CLINTON: 65 degrees, clear, normal. Outlook: Clinton Lake Marina reports: crappies poor to fair (a few are being caught on jigs, minnows in the shallows, but fishing has slowed since the cold fronts).