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My trip to take the older guy out didn't pan out. I did get to go out and boat fish Clinton dam on the 19th. Lots of crappie and a smallmouth. I was getting smoked by the capt and the first mate. My rust was really showing but I had a great time. I will keep watching and I will contribute more when I really have more to contribute.

Thank you, Bluebasser. I'll do just that. Thank you all. I'll report when I get back!

i used to fish my pond from after work from 3:30 until 5, go to green road in southern snco 'til it started to get dark, then i'd fish the face of the dam at clinton on the way home, go home and eat, then fish from 10 until whenever i got tired of catching fish or too sleepy to fish. i could thread the jighead eyelet and tie my knots in the dark, so yeah, i know about the snags - LOL. my friends thought it was nonsense til they saw me do it. i want to get back to that level of dedication and ability. i think we are going to cedar lake to see what happens. i'll map hillsdale as well and see if it is fishable from the bank somewhere. Thank you so much - again!

Thank you, Russ! I am wanting to meet up with him somewhere between Topeka and BS. Anyone know about Hillsdale? I know nothing about that place. I've always heard good things about La Cygne, but it is farther out there than I thought. I grew up near Shawnee (10 min bike ride as a kid), and I rarely have fished it, and rarely did well there. I don't want him to have to come this far to fish, then to return home, even if the fishing turns out to be great. I'll do some looking into Cedar Lake. Is the crappie fishing decent there? Thanks you, Paul. I don't want to go out there if I don't have to because doing so after work will cut down on fishing time quite a little bit. I will probably do some fishing out there this summer when I have more time. Teaching is a profession that is good if you like to fish. I'll map a couple of these places out and go from there. Thank you both for the guidance. I'm still open to suggestions though! Hopefully I'll have a good report.

Off-topic only sort of. I came here looking for advice on KC area lakes that are fishable from the bank. I am taking an older gentleman out to try to catch some crappie (he's from the West Coast, and is dying to catch/clean/cook/eat some crappie). I'm not sure how mobile he is, and we don't have access to a boat/kayak/float tube right now, and I'd like to get him on some water where he doesn't have to walk far nor that has a bunch of obstacles. I am also here to watch fishing reports and hopefully to be able to contribute what I catch, how, and when. I live in Topeka, but he's vacationing in Blue Springs, and I'd like to find an easy-to fish place near him if possible. I'm thinking La Cygne, but I'VE never even fished there, but I've wanted to for a long time, so any advice or suggestions of another lake would be appreciated. TYIA.