Mcpherson State Lake Or Butler County?

[AboriginyGuru]

Looking for any insights or advice about the lakes. KDWP says they are the best lakes to fish at for bass, anyone?

[Mr_Scrogg]

Both are good. Lots of cat fishermen though.

Butler is closer of course. And there are big fish there

[AboriginyGuru]

Know any better bass fishing in South Central Kansas?

[jrsmith_80]

Here is may take on both lakes.  Mcpherson is quite a bit closer to me so I fish it more then Butler.

 

Mcpherson is a very nice lake, however the road leading into the lake is gravel and isn't very pleasant to drag a boat down and its also a "no wake" lake. There is not a lot of structure to the bottom of the lake so for me it basically just a "beat the bank" lake.  There are some nice fish in the lake, I've personally caught a bunch 2-4 pounders. For some reason last year the vegetation along the shore didn't grow like it normally does, which makes the fishing tough.  Ive been there a couple time this year already and haven't had any luck what so ever, I'm hoping the vegetation comes back this year which should help the fishing quite a bit in my opinion.

 

Butler is a nice lake as well.  The one thing I really like about Butler in the lily pads, which probably aren't present this time of year.  I have not been to Butler this year but in the past there has been a lot of vegetation along the shore which I enjoy fishing.  There also seems to be quite a bit of structure out on the middle of the lake to fish.  I also really like taking my boat up the inlet channel, its pretty shallow but still quite a bit of fun. Ive caught quite a few 2-4 pounders out of here as well.  

 

Hope this helps a little.

[ksboy]

Never been to McPherson but Butler is a great bass lake. In the spring it's a little tough because of all the shore fishermen on  the lake. After the weather has been nice for a while and the guys fishing from the shore realize they'd rather be working on their cars or whatever and the pads get grown in, it will be really good.

[AboriginyGuru]

Went to Butler yesterday and put 5 bass in my boat weighting a little over 9 lbs total. The lake is really low. I'm interested in fishing when all the vegetation grows back.