Sheridan State Fishing Lake Fishing Report -
Species Rating Size Baits, Method, and Location
Crappie Fair Up to 13 inches Vertically fishing white 1/16th oz. jigs off the dam and around the deeper fish attractors.
Largemouth Bass Fair Up to 5 lbs. Casting soft plastics along rocky shorelines and around laydown trees and brushpiles.    
Saugeye Fair Up to 3 lbs. Casting smaller sassy shads and other shad imitations along creek channel edges and along the face of the dam has been good for a few fish.
Bluegill Fair/Good Up to 8 inches Worms under a bobber around shallow brush and rock structure.
Channel Catfish Fair/Good Up to 18 inches. Still-fishing cut bait, shrimp, and prepared baits along edges of the old creek channel.  
Wiper Fair Up to 2 lbs. Vertically fishing small slab spoons.
Comments

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has issued Sheridan State Fishing Lake be opened to public fish salvage effective 11/6/2023. 

The order is posted on signs around the lake.  It allows the public to collect fish by any legal methods as well as by hand, dip net, throw net, minnow trap or seine, snagging, gig, speargun, bow and arrow or crossbow with a barbed head and line attached from bow/crossbow to arrow per regulation 115-7-1.  This fish salvage order also removes all daily creel limits and size limits per regulation 115-25-14.  This public fish salvage will remain in effect until posted notice signage on site is removed.           

For more information contact Dave Spalsbury, District Fisheries Biologist at 785-726-3212.