For Us KC Area Guys - Fishing Reports

[Bluebasser86]

Well I found Curtis but can't find Chris, There's a bunch of Chris Schauer's out there!

[Chris S]

Well I found Curtis but can't find Chris, There's a bunch of Chris Schauer's out there!

I requested them as friends just for fun!!

PS: Found ya!

[Hi Salenity]

^{Well Blue we are now friends, Let's keep it that way I have no desire to be a customer!}

[Scarecrow]

Anyone been up to Mozingo yet? Probably going to head up on Sunday.

[pbrussell]

So I decided to go with pleasanton east instead of mound city. A little bit closer and it doesn't look like I'll have to deal with a ton of gravel. I know clayton has fished there with success. If anyone else has fished this with success and would like to chime in on some pointers, that'd be great. I have a feeling they'll all still be pretty shallow. It'll be interesting trying to throw together a pattern, but I imagine I'll be pretty shallow most of the time.

[Bluebasser86]

They should be eating a spinnerbait, squarebill, or beaver bait out there by now. The island in the middle and the north bank to the west of the west boatramp are my best big fish areas. A Big Texan Havoc Pit Boss will usually catch some fish out there when all else fails.

[pbrussell]

Caught about 20 bass yesterday. Had three or four come unbuttoned and missed a couple of bites. Most of my fish came on a black/blue jig, but had some takers on squarebills, deep diving cranks, and a pit boss. I thought the biggest fish of the day was this guy.

As you can see, I was fooled. That rock sure did fight like a seven pounder

Anyhow, here is the actual biggest fish of the day. Once again, didn't feel like taking out the scale, which must mean the fish was under four because I rarely weigh fish smaller than four pounds it seems.

Mostly dinks yesterday, but that could've been because of the cold front. Or, it could've been because it was my first time at pleasanton. Whatever the case, it was still fun.

[Bluebasser86]

Took a friend out to Wabunsee who had never been there before to try for some of the big fish that we caught last week. Did catch as many solid fish as last week but did get 4 that were keeper sized with this one being the biggest.

Didn't get a weight on her but probably in the 4.5lb range. I couldn't weigh her because I broke my scale trying to weigh this guy. Using a 7' 1" Rage M/H with a 200E7 and 14lb Vicious Elite fluoro and one my homemade jigs in a 3/8oz size in Big "O" craw color. Didn't get her off the bottome of the boat before the scale chain broke but I've caught enough of them to feel comfortable calling her 40lbs.

She wrecked my jig! It looks tiny in that huge mouth!

Caught a pretty decent smallie on one of my jigs in watermelon color.

It was a pretty steady day with the fish catching but just lots of small ones. I ended up with 45 bass and several other bonus fish. 2012 bass count=788

[Chris S]

Nice report Clayton!!!!

What is that a two hour drive or so?

[Bluebasser86]

Yeah, right about 2 hours. It's not a hard drive or anything, there just isn't a real straight shot to the lake so it takes a little longer.

[Chris S]

Anyone got any idea what the WT is at Lacygne?

[Hi Salenity]

Anyone got any idea what the WT is at Lacygne?

110?

[Chris S]

110?

I went down last June and it was 104 at the oulet. Was like being in a sauna while still in the boat

[Hi Salenity]

I went down last June and it was 104 at the oulet. Was like being in a sauna while still in the boat

That's hotter than my hot tub!

[kylek]

Not sure where they measure the WT at La cygne, but the KC star has the water temp at 76 from last Thursday's report.

[Chris S]

That's hotter than my hot tub!

HAHAHAHAH!

[Chris S]

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).

[Chris S]

Not sure where they measure the WT at La cygne, but the KC star has the water temp at 76 from last Thursday's report.

Guessing thats main Lake Temp, thanks again for the lead to KC Star!

[Chris S]

^{Anyone ever fished Cedar Lake or Cedar Creek off I35 and Lone Elm?}

[Hi Salenity]

Anyone got any idea what the WT is at Lacygne?

it was 76 this morning.

[pbrussell]

Where to fish this weekend, where to fish...

so many options.

Anyone wanna decide for me?

Right now it's between mound city, pleasanton, critzer, perry, leavenworth state lake, or maybe even La Cygne. who knows. hahaha

[bassinKS]

fished gardener lake this evening with a friend and we caught close to 20 fish on nothing but topwater and we caught a couple on wacky rigged senkos around the docks.

[Bluebasser86]

^{Anyone ever fished Cedar Lake or Cedar Creek off I35 and Lone Elm?}

Cedar Lake is very shallow and dirty. Fishing is tough but the ones you get will be nice ones, mostly 16"+ up to 7lbs. I mostly catch them on squarebills and beaverbaits in dark colors fished very slowly. Don't go more than about halfway down the lake from the ramp, you will get stuck in the mud even in the middle of the lake.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Anybody else see this in the Star this morning?

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/26/3578946/outdoors-digest.html

11 1/2 lbs? Ridiculous. And published with a pic in the paper. And then to read that it was a "pet" at the marina and he kept it.

[Chris S]

Cedar Lake is very shallow and dirty. Fishing is tough but the ones you get will be nice ones, mostly 16"+ up to 7lbs. I mostly catch them on squarebills and beaverbaits in dark colors fished very slowly. Don't go more than about halfway down the lake from the ramp, you will get stuck in the mud even in the middle of the lake.

So that explains why the lake feezs so easy!