PADDLEFISH

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The paddlefish is a plankton eater that resembles prehistoric fishes. Common only in two Kansas rivers – the Marais des Cygnes and the Neosho – the paddlefish is taken by fishermen during the spring spawning runs, and then only during the special snagging season. Stocking paddlefish in Oklahoma’s Kaw Reservoir and in Tuttle Creek Reservoir may bring the paddle-snouted fish back to some of its former range. The largest paddlefish on modern record weighed 144 pounds and measured 54 1/4". This is the Kansas record.

Stocking Records Information
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The paddlefish is a plankton eater that resembles prehistoric fishes. Common only in two Kansas rivers – the Marais des Cygnes and the Neosho – the paddlefish is taken by fishermen during the spring spawning runs, and then only during the special snagging season. Stocking paddlefish in Oklahoma’s Kaw Reservoir and in Tuttle Creek Reservoir may bring the paddle-snouted fish back to some of its former range. The largest paddlefish on modern record weighed 144 pounds and measured 54 1/4". This is the Kansas record.

Impoundment Size Stocking Date Quantity Species Stocking Year
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2022-07-14 6000 Paddlefish 2022
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2022-07-14 6000 Paddlefish 2022
Elk City Reservoir Intermediates 2022-07-28 4835 Paddlefish 2022
Elk City Reservoir Intermediates 2022-07-28 6521 Paddlefish 2022
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-04 4465 Paddlefish 2022
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-04 4510 Paddlefish 2022
Elk City Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-11 4737 Paddlefish 2022
Perry Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-24 4267 Paddlefish 2022
Pomona Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-24 4157 Paddlefish 2022
Tuttle Creek Reservoir Intermediates 2022-08-24 4394 Paddlefish 2022
Elk City Reservoir Intermediates 2021-07-20 491 Paddlefish 2021
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2021-07-20 495 Paddlefish 2021
Tuttle Creek Reservoir Intermediates 2020-09-24 25 Paddlefish 2020
John Redmond Reservoir Intermediates 2019-08-01 5103 Paddlefish 2019
Tuttle Creek Reservoir Intermediates 2019-08-13 2663 Paddlefish 2019
Perry Reservoir Intermediates 2019-10-17 1482 Paddlefish 2019
Pomona Reservoir Intermediates 2019-10-17 1412 Paddlefish 2019
Tuttle Creek Reservoir Intermediates 2019-10-17 2128 Paddlefish 2019