For Us KC Area Guys - Fishing Reports

[Dirtyeggroll]

7 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Gave me 3 skunks!

Make that 4 skunks!! Had a nice one that was dumb enough to bite the jerkbait, but it shook off before I saw it. Didn’t get another sniff! My vacation is quickly turning into a skunk-cation

[Bluebasser86]

9 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Make that 4 skunks!! Had a nice one that was dumb enough to bite the jerkbait, but it shook off before I saw it. Didn’t get another sniff! My vacation is quickly turning into a skunk-cation

I got real close to getting sprayed this morning. I've got a lake suggestion if you need one to keep the skunk off.

[Dirtyeggroll]

Apparently skunks are afraid of clowns... clown pattern chrome jerkbaits that is ??

[Fir3hawk]

Been so darn busy lately. Went down to my boat storage to finish rigging up my UHD 93 (needed a wire to fish the transducer wire last time). Boat should be good to go. Also have a little surprise coming for myself soon.

 

Thought about taking my pole with me and fishing the shore at Hillsdale for a hour or two. Didn't end up doing it but hoping to get the boat out to knock the dust off on Saturday. Looking at the weather for next week, think I may take 4/02 off and get some fishing in. I'm having withdrawals but been too busy.

 

What are the water temps at various lakes that you guys are hitting. I assume we are starting to see pre-spawn patterns or if not, very close to it. I typically fish for crappie in April then switch to Bass after the crappie spawn.

[Bluebasser86]

7 hours ago, Fir3hawk said:

Been so darn busy lately. Went down to my boat storage to finish rigging up my UHD 93 (needed a wire to fish the transducer wire last time). Boat should be good to go. Also have a little surprise coming for myself soon.

 

Thought about taking my pole with me and fishing the shore at Hillsdale for a hour or two. Didn't end up doing it but hoping to get the boat out to knock the dust off on Saturday. Looking at the weather for next week, think I may take 4/02 off and get some fishing in. I'm having withdrawals but been too busy.

 

What are the water temps at various lakes that you guys are hitting. I assume we are starting to see pre-spawn patterns or if not, very close to it. I typically fish for crappie in April then switch to Bass after the crappie spawn.

High 40s to low 50s is what I have been seeing. 

[PotatoLake]

I’m hitting Pomme de Terre this week. I’m not expecting much as the water is 10ft high, muddy, and only 50 degrees. I’ll post a report. Gonna fish for 4 days. Hopefully I’ll cobble together a pattern.

[Fir3hawk]

On 3/21/2021 at 10:53 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

It might change it very slightly but it's either that or not have it and be able to use it.

Broke off a lot more than I remembered. It was stored on ceiling above garage door. I guess lure caught the door and game over.

 

 

Snipped it before the eyelet with some dike pliers and heated it up and glued a tip on from a $4.99 BPS rod tip repair kit. 
 

Went from 7’ to 6’6” 

[HaydenS]

Went out to Douglas today with a buddy.  We caught about 13 fish, he caught ten and I caught 3.  Water temps reached 55 in the back of a cove.   One on a spinnerbait and all the rest on jerkbaits.  Biggest was 2.5-3 on the spinnerbait.

Gonna blame the lack of fish on my part on being in the back of the boat lol.

I saw a 6th sense provoke jerkbait in the snagged water, and got it out.  Must've recently been snagged, no rust or anything.  New jerkbait to add to the collection!

[Fir3hawk]

Tossed a jerkbait in a couple spots from the shore at Lenexa today. Didn’t stay long but glad I got out the weather was gorgeous. Only took the 1 rod and lure. Still pretty new to jerkbait so not sure if I was twiching too hard, not pausing enough, etc.

 

Guy on a kayak said he caught a dink. Saw about 4 others fishing. 
 

Water temp was pretty warm. Guessing high 40’s low 50’s.

[HaydenS]

@Fir3hawkThere is a path down to the cove full of standing timber, go down there and you should catch a few on a jerkbait, the water temp back in that cove is higher then the rest of the lake.  It is pretty shallow so watch out that you don't snag.  Find some deeper water and you might catch a couple as well.

Mix up how hard/soft you twitch, how long you pause, etc, until you find something the fish like.

 

[Fir3hawk]

1 hour ago, HaydenS said:

@Fir3hawkThere is a path down to the cove full of standing timber, go down there and you should catch a few on a jerkbait, the water temp back in that cove is higher then the rest of the lake.  It is pretty shallow so watch out that you don't snag.  Find some deeper water and you might catch a couple as well.

Mix up how hard/soft you twitch, how long you pause, etc, until you find something the fish like.

 

Thats where I went. I was more at the point than in the cove. Was throwing a 6th Sense Provoke 106x in Chrome Threadfin. Never caught on a Jerkbait before, so I was kind of assuming I needed to play with the speed of my pauses and and how hard I twitched. I figured I was twitching too hard and fishing too fast, so tried to slow it down since water is kinda cold.

 

[skunked_again]

So... Anyone get the boat out today? lol

[Bluebasser86]

18 minutes ago, skunked_again said:

So... Anyone get the boat out today? lol

Worked 10pm to 10am after only getting 3 hours of sleep yesterday, I barely made the drive home and almost slept in my truck instead. 

[skunked_again]

On 3/27/2021 at 6:33 PM, Fir3hawk said:

Broke off a lot more than I remembered. It was stored on ceiling above garage door. I guess lure caught the door and game over.

 

 

I had a Shimano Cumara I broke about 2" from the tip.

I did THIS to fix it. The process works very will if you take the time to fit the outer rod. The only time I can feel much difference is on light baits. You might consider this as an option next time. 

[HaydenS]

Went and fished a private lake in Shawnee, about got blown off of the dock by our hurricane level winds.  Caught 30+ fish.  Jerkbait, firework jig ned rig, spinnerbait got 'er done.  Caught one fish vertical jigging a blade bait off the dock.  Went from spinnerbait hater to spinner bait lover this trip!

[Bluebasser86]

New lake and kayak PB this morning.

[pauldconyers]

On 3/31/2021 at 11:14 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

New lake and kayak PB this morning.

Hey nice one Clayton! Where did you end up going? Looks like you are really liking the yak so far!

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

Hey nice one Clayton! Where did you end up going? Looks like you are really liking the yak so far!

Gardner 

[PotatoLake]

Pomme de terre was 10 feet high, chocolate milk and mostly low 50s water temps. I fished midlake and had a rough go. 3 dinks on a spinnerbait is all I could scratch out. The buck males were in the flooded brush. Never could figure out where or what the females wanted. I bet the fishing will be excellent once the lake clears up and lowers a bit.

[Fir3hawk]

Welp... after dancing around PTO days trying to avoid 15+mph winds, I've got tomorrow off. Kind of rough cold front past few days.

 

Leaning towards Hillsdale as it's closest to where my boat is stored and I'd like to run the engine a bit and make sure everything is good as this will be my first time out on the boat this year.

 

Do I chase Crappie or White Bass? Best to head up towards the feeder creeks or toss some jigs down at deeper structure? Thought we were getting close to Crappie spawn but I assume the past few days has got the fish scattered back. Figured a drop-off close to shallow areas might not be a bad place to start.

[michael1]

I live in Missouri and Tuesday I am heading with a buddy to do some fishing in Kansas. How much is a KS license for a MO resident to buy? I assume I can just go to a Walmart in KS and get it?

[Fir3hawk]

43 minutes ago, michael1 said:

I live in Missouri and Tuesday I am heading with a buddy to do some fishing in Kansas. How much is a KS license for a MO resident to buy? I assume I can just go to a Walmart in KS and get it?

$10 1 day

$27.50 5 day

$52.50 year

 

Can buy at Cabelas, Bass Pro, Walmart, Academy, or online at https://www.kshuntfishcamp.com/

 

https://ksoutdoors.com/Fishing/Fishing-Application-and-Fees

[Bluebasser86]

Buy it online and save all the hassle of going to a store. You can download the app the state has for all your licenses to have it on your phone, and print copies. I print several so I have one in my wallet, one in my Stratos, johnboat, truck, bank fishing bag, where ever I feel I might need one. 

[Fir3hawk]

20 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Buy it online and save all the hassle of going to a store. You can download the app the state has for all your licenses to have it on your phone, and print copies. I print several so I have one in my wallet, one in my Stratos, johnboat, truck, bank fishing bag, where ever I feel I might need one. 

Warden checked us at a small boat ramp on North end of Hillsdale Sunday. I keep mine in a small tackle bag that I put on my boat, kayak or take shore fishing. There were quite a few folks fishing so when he approached first person I walked back to car and grabbed mine in case he gave us gripes for not having it on us.

[Russ E]

10 minutes ago, Fir3hawk said:

Warden checked us at a small boat ramp on North end of Hillsdale Sunday. I keep mine in a small tackle bag that I put on my boat, kayak or take shore fishing. There were quite a few folks fishing so when he approached first person I walked back to car and grabbed mine in case he gave us gripes for not having it on us.

In 6 years of living in Kansas, I have never been checked by a game warden.

that does not count the Wyandotte county sheriff checking me for a boating and fishing permit. That happens about once a month.