For Us KC Area Guys - Fishing Reports

[Russ E]

10 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

What maps are you guys using for La Cygne? I don’t see it on Lakemaster or the FishSmart App. Is it only available via Navionics?

It is on my  navionics card.

I would not trust the navionics card completely. It has a few places on La Cygne that is not very accurate.

Wish lakemaster would cover la cygne.  It isusually a lot more accurate.

[Dirtyeggroll]

10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Pretty sure it's preloaded on my Garmins but I don't know of many other available maps for the lake.  Lots of floaters and stumps, some even new for me, keep your eyes open or you'll lose your lower unit.

 

1 hour ago, Sprocket said:

It's on my Garmin's in 1' details.

 

SE Kansas grass grower

 

21 minutes ago, Russ E said:

It is on my  navionics card.

I would not trust the navionics card completely. It has a few places on La Cygne that is not very accurate.

Wish lakemaster would cover la cygne.  It isusually a lot more accurate.

I’m not a very brave boat so the only time I will probably be running will be on the big open part of the lake. Once/if I get toward or back up into the creek it’s gonna be idling only for me.

Nonetheless, I will heed your warning and be extra cautious, especially since I am planning on doing some night fishing. Heading down in t-minus 6 hours!

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

 

 

I’m not a very brave boat so the only time I will probably be running will be on the big open part of the lake. Once/if I get toward or back up into the creek it’s gonna be idling only for me.

Nonetheless, I will heed your warning and be extra cautious, especially since I am planning on doing some night fishing. Heading down in t-minus 6 hours!

The big open part is where most of the floaters are at. Basically from the marina south you're good if you stay to the middle. The marina north you're running the risk if you don't know the lake. I almost hit one last Wednesday that I'd never seen before not far from the marina.

[Dirtyeggroll]

@Bluebasser86 saw you out there today, we were fishing the tubes in front of you guys. Guessing your guide trip got called a little early. That was quite the little couple hour storm.

 

Caught 5 bass biggest was just under 4 lbs. 4 on a Squarebill on the dam and 1 on a shaky head on the tubes.

 

Caught an absurd amount of drum. Biggest was 9 lbs all the rest were 4-6lbs. By the end of the day we got so frustrated catching then that we decided to target them, sight fish them and see how many we could catch on consecutive casts. We got up to 14! It was ridiculous but admittedly kind of fun.

 

Caught one channel cat on 130 Whopper Plopper while we were night fishing.

 

Im pretty sure the guys that wrote for B.A.S.S. got drum confused for bass when they selected La Cygne as one of the top 10 bass lakes in the Midwest. 

[pauldconyers]

On 6/18/2019 at 10:49 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

They were mainly along weedlines. 

 

What part of the lake was all that thick grass on? I was out and around sailboat cove yesterday and didn't see anything like that.

[Dirtyeggroll]

1 hour ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

@Bluebasser86 saw you out there today, we were fishing the tubes in front of you guys. Guessing your guide trip got called a little early. That was quite the little couple hour storm.

 

Caught 5 bass biggest was just under 4 lbs. 4 on a Squarebill on the dam and 1 on a shaky head on the tubes.

 

Caught an absurd amount of drum. Biggest was 9 lbs all the rest were 4-6lbs. By the end of the day we got so frustrated catching then that we decided to target them, sight fish them and see how many we could catch on consecutive casts. We got up to 14! It was ridiculous but admittedly kind of fun.

 

Caught one channel cat on 130 Whopper Plopper while we were night fishing.

 

Im pretty sure the guys that wrote for B.A.S.S. got drum confused for bass when they selected La Cygne as one of the top 10 bass lakes in the Midwest. 

Maybe the writers did mean bass lake...

as in bass drum! Ha! You know the big deep one!!!

[Bluebasser86]

4 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

@Bluebasser86 saw you out there today, we were fishing the tubes in front of you guys. Guessing your guide trip got called a little early. That was quite the little couple hour storm.

 

Caught 5 bass biggest was just under 4 lbs. 4 on a Squarebill on the dam and 1 on a shaky head on the tubes.

 

Caught an absurd amount of drum. Biggest was 9 lbs all the rest were 4-6lbs. By the end of the day we got so frustrated catching then that we decided to target them, sight fish them and see how many we could catch on consecutive casts. We got up to 14! It was ridiculous but admittedly kind of fun.

 

Caught one channel cat on 130 Whopper Plopper while we were night fishing.

 

Im pretty sure the guys that wrote for B.A.S.S. got drum confused for bass when they selected La Cygne as one of the top 10 bass lakes in the Midwest. 

Not sure what part you're talking about the tubes? We left and went further south to a different lake and caught several bass and bass and 1 crappie. We started great, 2 keepers on topwater in 5 minutes, then 3 more shorts in about 3 hours before the storm rolled in on 3 different baits.

 

3 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

What part of the lake was all that thick grass on? I was out and around sailboat cove yesterday and didn't see anything like that.

Pretty much the whole west side of the lake looks like that.

[Dirtyeggroll]

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not sure what part you're talking about the tubes? We left and went further south to a different lake and caught several bass and bass and 1 crappie. We started great, 2 keepers on topwater in 5 minutes, then 3 more shorts in about 3 hours before the storm rolled in on 3 different baits.

The rip rap on the road heading in to the powerplant in the bay west of the cove. Marked what definitely looked like some sort of tubes in about 15-19’ feet of water.

 

Couldn’t buy a bite on topwater. Stuck at it for about 1.5 hours because the conditions seemed so perfect for it.

[Bluebasser86]

28 minutes ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

The rip rap on the road heading in to the powerplant in the bay west of the cove. Marked what definitely looked like some sort of tubes in about 15-19’ feet of water.

 

Couldn’t buy a bite on topwater. Stuck at it for about 1.5 hours because the conditions seemed so perfect for it.

3 of the 5 ww caught were on topwater, a bone popper. All our fish were in less than 5' of water. Couldn't get bit in deeper water. 

 

I know what you're talking about now. That's usually a good bank but we got nothing off of it. Didn't catch a single drum either, but I don't catch them out there that often. 

[Caleb P]

New to the forum here. Have been reading up this thread as a OP resident and Kansas fisherman and have really enjoyed it. Going to fish Wyco this weekend as a result of this thread. (I never would've considered it).

 

I have a question. I've fished Pomona Lake my whole life (not that long) and have always caught bass. Not very many the last 10 years. I've never heard tell of smallies at Pomona and I've never caught one. Thoughts on this fish? I didn't look at it too hard, just thought it was an odd looking small largemouth.

 

Thanks,

Caleb

[Bluebasser86]

45 minutes ago, Caleb P said:

New to the forum here. Have been reading up this thread as a OP resident and Kansas fisherman and have really enjoyed it. Going to fish Wyco this weekend as a result of this thread. (I never would've considered it).

 

I have a question. I've fished Pomona Lake my whole life (not that long) and have always caught bass. Not very many the last 10 years. I've never heard tell of smallies at Pomona and I've never caught one. Thoughts on this fish? I didn't look at it too hard, just thought it was an odd looking small largemouth.

 

Thanks,

Caleb

I never knew it had them until last year but it certainly does and that is without a doubt one of them.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[Russ E]

finally got to fish La Cygne today. iIt's been over a month since my last trip there.

When I pulled up to the ramp the prospects did not look good. 

water was high and muddy, from the rains this weekend. Add to that 15-20 mph winds and the chances for a skunk were high.

I fished for an hour with a squarebill and a spinnerbait. caught two small bass.

Switched over to a jig and caught a couple more small fish.

Started dragging a Christie Critter down the rip rap and caught these 2 

5lb 3oz and 3lb 9oz .

6 fish in 6 hours is not a stellar day, but a couple quality fish made it worthwhile.

 

 

 

[pauldconyers]

Been thinking about hitting Longview for large mouth bass. Driving by it have seen some good looking spots on the south side but having never fished it I don't have any experience with it and wanted to make sure I was not wasting my time. Anyone got any experience on Longview?

[Bluebasser86]

50 minutes ago, pauldconyers said:

Been thinking about hitting Longview for large mouth bass. Driving by it have seen some good looking spots on the south side but having never fished it I don't have any experience with it and wanted to make sure I was not wasting my time. Anyone got any experience on Longview?

By all accounts it's a very difficult lake to catch fish and the ones that are caught are mostly small. The weeknight tournaments there are usually won with 5-8 pounds back when I use to follow it.  Supposed to be a good walleye lake though.

[pauldconyers]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

By all accounts it's a very difficult lake to catch fish and the ones that are caught are mostly small. The weeknight tournaments there are usually won with 5-8 pounds back when I use to follow it.  Supposed to be a good walleye lake though.

Yeah, I had heard that about the walleye there. I put my boat in for a bit Saturday evening and found a large south side area that none of the boating crowd goes near. I was interested in it because there looked like there was a lot of structure (lots of trees, lots of different depth changes and lots of grass surrounding the banks) and obvious targets to focus on but that was my question - was the lake worth it or not. I think I will have to try Jacomo more and I've heard some good things about Watkins Mill just north of Kearney. Back in the day the KC Star used to have a weekly fishing report, other than this page is there any other public forums or info as to where the largemouth are biting locally? I know of a lot of local lakes but now that I am no longer stuck on the bank I want to get to some different bodies of water. Problem is with limited time and an 8 year old son that loves to fish but has a short attention span I need to do research and make sure I make a smart choice as to where we should go.

[Bluebasser86]

1 minute ago, pauldconyers said:

Yeah, I had heard that about the walleye there. I put my boat in for a bit Saturday evening and found a large south side area that none of the boating crowd goes near. I was interested in it because there looked like there was a lot of structure (lots of trees, lots of different depth changes and lots of grass surrounding the banks) and obvious targets to focus on but that was my question - was the lake worth it or not. I think I will have to try Jacomo more and I've heard some good things about Watkins Mill just north of Kearney. Back in the day the KC Star used to have a weekly fishing report, other than this page is there any other public forums or info as to where the largemouth are biting locally? I know of a lot of local lakes but now that I am no longer stuck on the bank I want to get to some different bodies of water. Problem is with limited time and an 8 year old son that loves to fish but has a short attention span I need to do research and make sure I make a smart choice as to where we should go.

Missouri has a newsletter with fishing reports similar to what the KC Star use to have. Not sure of it's accuracy but it's there.

 

I'm sure you're aware but you have to have a Jackson County permit for Longview, Blue Springs, Prairie Lee, and Jacomo, and Jacomo is a 25hp max lake. 

[Caleb P]

11 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

Yeah, I had heard that about the walleye there. I put my boat in for a bit Saturday evening and found a large south side area that none of the boating crowd goes near. I was interested in it because there looked like there was a lot of structure (lots of trees, lots of different depth changes and lots of grass surrounding the banks) and obvious targets to focus on but that was my question - was the lake worth it or not. I think I will have to try Jacomo more and I've heard some good things about Watkins Mill just north of Kearney. Back in the day the KC Star used to have a weekly fishing report, other than this page is there any other public forums or info as to where the largemouth are biting locally? I know of a lot of local lakes but now that I am no longer stuck on the bank I want to get to some different bodies of water. Problem is with limited time and an 8 year old son that loves to fish but has a short attention span I need to do research and make sure I make a smart choice as to where we should go.

KC Star still has a fishing report.

A lot of activity on this Lee's Summit Fishing Facebook page, can be very helpful.

 

 

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/outdoors/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096404020579228/

 

[pauldconyers]

On 6/18/2019 at 12:56 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Had another extended weekend this week and got out a few times because of it. Caught a ton of fish, especially on my first night fishing adventure of the year. Several fish over 4 pounds in the process.

How often do you make those all blue chatterbaits and what would you want for one shipped?

11 hours ago, Caleb P said:

KC Star still has a fishing report.

A lot of activity on this Lee's Summit Fishing Facebook page, can be very helpful.

 

 

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/outdoors/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096404020579228/

 

I like the look of this LS Facebook fishing page! Any other ones on either side of the state line I should check out?

[Rollin]

Mostly lurker here, but the water and vegetation in that first photo light me up.

[Bluebasser86]

10 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

How often do you make those all blue chatterbaits and what would you want for one shipped?

Whenever someone asks for any of my baits. Right in the middle of moving right now but you can send me a PM if you want to talk about them.

[Russ E]

Fished Olathe this morning. Been a while since my last trip there.

Lake is not currently in a good state. Water is muddy. About one foot visibility. Floating debris everywhere.

The few fish I caught were very skinny. Only place I could catch any fish was very shallow in the water willows.

Besides water willows, I did not see any vegatation in the whole lake.

The thermocline was very distinct on my graph. Roughly 10 foot deep.

The new recreation area is open. There were a lot of rental kayaks on the water. Not the quiet little lake I was accustomed to.

Maybe the water will clear up when the construction is done.

Until then I will be fishing elsewhere

 

[Bluebasser86]

4 hours ago, Russ E said:

Fished Olathe this morning. Been a while since my last trip there.

Lake is not currently in a good state. Water is muddy. About one foot visibility. Floating debris everywhere.

The few fish I caught were very skinny. Only place I could catch any fish was very shallow in the water willows.

Besides water willows, I did not see any vegatation in the whole lake.

The thermocline was very distinct on my graph. Roughly 10 foot deep.

The new recreation area is open. There were a lot of rental kayaks on the water. Not the quiet little lake I was accustomed to.

Maybe the water will clear up when the construction is done.

Until then I will be fishing elsewhere

 

That's weird, it was the clearest I've ever seen it a couple weeks ago when we fished it last time for a Thursday nighter, probably 3-4 feet of visibility. It was crawling with kayakers, people swimming from the beach (which I've heard they just recently cracked down on to encourage people paying to use the new swimming area), and people walking around randomly. The fish we caught were pretty healthy. Had 8 keepers over 18" between 5 or 6 boats up to nearly 4 pounds. I think my son and I had the smallest one at right at 18" and just shy of 3 pounds. Here's half of them that I can find pictures of.

 

I wonder if they just did some more construction near the mouth of the creek that muddied the whole lake up and shut them down?

[Russ E]

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's weird, it was the clearest I've ever seen it a couple weeks ago when we fished it last time for a Thursday nighter, probably 3-4 feet of visibility. It was crawling with kayakers, people swimming from the beach (which I've heard they just recently cracked down on to encourage people paying to use the new swimming area), and people walking around randomly. The fish we caught were pretty healthy. Had 8 keepers over 18" between 5 or 6 boats up to nearly 4 pounds. I think my son and I had the smallest one at right at 18" and just shy of 3 pounds. Here's half of them that I can find pictures of.

 

I wonder if they just did some more construction near the mouth of the creek that muddied the whole lake up and shut them down?

I did notice they put rock walls int he back of the east cove and the very back of the lake . I assume that is to catch silt.. Maybe that will help clean the water in the future.

The muddy water surprised me. Last time I was there it was pretty clear and I caught several fish.

[Bluebasser86]

28 minutes ago, Russ E said:

I did notice they put rock walls int he back of the east cove and the very back of the lake . I assume that is to catch silt.. Maybe that will help clean the water in the future.

The muddy water surprised me. Last time I was there it was pretty clear and I caught several fish.

When I saw the plans for the lake, it showed the east cove was to be blocked off to boat traffic completely. I'm not sure if that's still happening or if they decided not to do it but that would be a big loss to boat fishermen out there.

[Bluebasser86]

Fished Mound City for a few hours this morning. Slammer was good for awhile, bladed jig bite was pretty good over what grass I could find which was way more sparse than in past years, and that was about it. No flipping bite to speak of, just very randomly catch one here or there, maybe 5 or 6 total and only 1 off wood. No big ones but lots of good quality fish.