Creel limit 2/day Length Limit 15-inches

Areas near shore where the wind is blowing in. Good baits are worms and fresh cut bait.

Harvest regulations include a 15-inch minimum length limit and 5/day creel limit.

Windy shorelines or points using stink baits, cut bait, shrimp or night crawlers.

Zebra mussels can be found attached to rocks lakewide. Zebra mussel veligers are too small to be seen with the unaided eye and they can be found in boat livewells, minnow buckets, boat bilges, water toys, and anything else that is capable of holding even a small amount of water. Be sure to drain all equipment before leaving the lake to avoid moving veligers to other waters. THIS INCLUDES MINNOW BUCKETS, BOAT LIVEWELLS, AND BILGES!!!

Click HERE to learn how to prevent the spread of zebra mussels.

White perch can be caught using similar methods as White Bass and Wiper. Most White Perch are 5"-8". 

White perch cannot be used as live bait, but they do make good cut bait. For tips on identifying a white perch from a white bass, wiper or striped bass click HERE.

All white perch in your possession must be dead. It is illegal to posses live white perch.

10-20 ft deep on minnows and jigs near points, brush, and ledges

Creel limit 20/day

Outlet fishing is slow/fair for catfish, white bass, and saugeye

Click HERE for water level information.

Worms and stinkbaits off the fishing piers.

15-inch minimum length limit 5/day creel limit

Be sure to properly ID your catch as there is there is an 21-inch minimum length limit and 2/day creel limit on wiper.. Click HERE for tips on identifying wipers.

Mainlake ledges and deeper water near structure are holding fish where spoons, jigs, or jigging raps produce action. 

Click HERE for info on properly identifying white perch.

Small live bait such as worms on smaller hooks.  Look for white perch in the main lake areas near structure such as break, humps, or old roads.

There is a 25 to 35 inch protective slot limit on blue catfish and a 5/day creel with no more than 2 blue catfish over 35 inches.

A blue catfish tagging project in underway at El Dorado.  Please see the information below in the General Comments section for all the details! 

Fresh cut baits on river channel edges in the upper portion of the reservoir will work well for most of the cold water winter season.  Please harvest the blue catfish that are under the 25 inch slot length limit (while following the 5/day creel limit).  El Dorado has an abundance of fish under the slot.  The El Dorado blue catfish population will benefit from the harvest of these "short" fish as growth rate of the remaining fish will improve.

Trout season opened November 1.  Trout were last stocked on Thursday December 29.

Trout area is 100% ice covered.   (8AM December 29, 2022)

Trout Program information can be found HERE.

2.38 ft below Normal Pool, releasing 6 CFS. Click Here for the most up to date lake level information. 

ICE REPORT:  Main lake area is ice free.  Arms and coves are ice covered.  Shady Creek Marina boat ramp, Shady Creek Area #1 boat ramp, Bluestem #1 boat ramp, Bluestem #2 boat ramp and Sailboat Cove boat ramp are all iced in.  Boulder Bluff Boat Ramp (Five Fingers boat ramp) is still iced in but is the least impacted with ice between the jetties with open water beyond.  These are the ice conditions as of 2:30PM on December 29, 2022.

ZEBRA MUSSEL & WHITE PERCH WARNING! El Dorado Reservoir and the Walnut River below the reservoir contain zebra mussels and white perch. Take zebra mussel control precautions when leaving the lake, Trout Area, and Stilling Basin. For information on Zebra Mussels click Here.

Blue Catfish Tagging Project Underway at El Dorado

Blue catfish – native to major river basins in eastern Kansas – can reach massive sizes. Kansas’ current state record was caught from the Missouri River, weighing in at more than 100 pounds. As blue catfish populations become established in Kansas’ largest reservoirs, popularity of this species among anglers also continues to grow. One such growing fishery can be found in El Dorado Reservoir.

While many anglers might associate El Dorado Reservoir with monster walleye, hard-fighting wipers, or slab crappie, blue catfish are developing a following in the 8,000-acre impoundment. Blue catfish were introduced into El Dorado Reservoir in 2004 to establish an additional predatory fish population and to provide anglers with a new sport fishing opportunity. Annual stockings occurred for six years, creating a population that first exhibited natural recruitment in 2009. As the population grew, it became apparent that the fishery would benefit from harvest of smaller fish. In 2016, KDWPT implemented a 25- to 35-inch protected slot length limit, five fish daily creel limit, and a maximum of two fish over 35 inches.

As with any new regulation, data is needed to gauge effectiveness. To collect this data, KDWPT Fisheries biologists are tagging up to 2,000 blue catfish in El Dorado Reservoir. Tags will appear as a small yellow vinyl tube beneath the fish’s dorsal fin. Each tag will display an ID number unique to that fish and a phone number to call to report the catch, (620) 342-0658. Biologists hope to gain information about the area’s blue catfish population size, entrainment through the dam, and the fish’s susceptibility to harvest.

Success of this project is dependent on anglers reporting the tagged fish they capture. Information needed during the call will be the length of the fish, date, tag number, and whether the fish was kept or released. Anglers who report their tagged catch will receive an award as compensation for their participation.

Anglers should note that tagged blue catfish that are not legal for harvest must be returned to the water immediately after recording the tag information. If the tagged catfish is legal for harvest, anglers may keep or release the fish. Because part of this study is to evaluate harvest patterns, biologists encourage anglers not to let the presence of a tag influence their decision to keep or release the fish.

If you find a tagged blue catfish on the end of your line this summer, please take the time to call it in. Data collected from these fish are invaluable to fisheries biologists and will only improve angling success in the future.

20/day creel limit  

Jigs or minnows fished near brush or other cover.  8 to 14 feet deep.

20/day creel limit

Crappie have moved back out to deeper water near breaks and structure.  Jigs and minnows are producing.

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Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.

Trout season began on November 1. A trout permit is required to fish at Vic's Lake and Slough Creek in Sedgwick County Park and KDOT East. Rainbow trout have been stocked! Try using floating dough baits, worms, small spoons, or spinners. Artificial lures only at Slough Creek

Remember that KDOT East, Vic's Lake, and Slough Creek are Type 1 trout waters and all anglers fishing those waters November 1st - April 15th must have a trout permit.