| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
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| Crappie | Fair | 9-15 inches | Few angler reports. Saw a boat catch a couple in front of the bluffs. Anglers catching a few crappie around 13 inches. With water temps reaching the upper 60s the crappie spawn should be winding down. Crappie spawn in shallow vegetation or brushpiles in less than 12 ft of water. Males with spawning coloration are still being observed during spring sampling. Channels, points, or jetties can be transitional areas for fishing moving out of spawning areas. If you're fishing from shore look for submerged vegetation or structure. Use minnows, jigs, spoons, or small crankbaits. |
| Trout | None | None | No trout will be stocked at the Glen Elder State Park Pond or the reservoir outlet for the 2024-2025 trout season. Kanopolis Seep Stream and Webster Stilling Basin will be stocked. |
| Walleye | Fair to Good | 11-25 inches | No angler reports, but Walleye should be starting summer patterns. Some may roam lake flats and river channels looking for baitfish, while others suspend over deep drops or points. Trolling river channels and road beds with crankbaits or nightcrawlers can be a good strategy to find Walleye. Walleye are often caught using nightcrawlers, jigging spoons, minnows, crankbaits, and spinners. *3 million fry were stocked in April 2025. |
| Black Bass | Fair to Good | 12-20 inches | No angler reports. The Marina/Kanza cove and Osage cove held the best densities of black bass. Look for bass to be on spawning beds as early as late April and May. Smallmouth tend to prefer harder, rockier bottoms, while Largemouth might be found on softer bottoms and weed beds. Don't overlook standing timber and brush piles. Look for areas that hold baitfish. Use a quarter ounce or an eighth ounce jig tipped with a minnow or baitfish imitation. You could also have success with hair jigs, jigging spoons, crankbaits, soft plastics, and crayfish imitations. With a 21-inch length limit these Smallmouth are almost all sublegal so please handle them with extreme care and release them immediately after catching them. |
| Catfish | Good | 15-35 inches | No angler reports. Channel Cats can be found almost anywhere in the lake. Targeting inflows can be successful after rains. Blue Cats tend to prefer deeper structure or windblown flats. Try river channel bends, old road beds, building foundations, humps and submerged bridges. The shore-based Blue Cat angler should look for an upwind shoreline where fish are looking to scavenge. Fall sampling indicated good numbers of blues and channel catfish in the reservoir now. Best baits to use include cut bait, stinkbait, shad sides, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Most Flathead fisherman use live bait near hard structure like wood and riprap. The causeway and granite creek bridge will hold good numbers of Flatheads. Remember, there is a NEW creel limit on Blue Catfish at Glen Elder. 10 fish per day, only 1 allowed over 30 in. |
| White Bass | Good | 11-18 inches | Few angler reports. Some Whites being caught on the causeway. White Bass and Wipers can be found chasing shad near brushpiles, river channels, drop offs, and other structure. Higher numbers of big whites tend to be caught west of the causeway. Look for drop-offs and points for suspended fish. Downwind shorelines can produce good numbers of actively feeding fish. Use a variety of jigs, spinners, or minnows to catch fish all year. *350,000 Wiper fry were stocked in May 2025. |
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Anglers can now find GPS locations for each of the brush piles located in the reservoir. Simply click on this link Good Fishing Spots and select the individual brush pile. As we enhance these brush piles throughout the year, we'll make a note under each individual location. Current Water Temperature: 69ºF Current Water Level: 5.7 feet low Some boat ramps are unusable due to low water conditions. This currently includes Granite Creek, North Fork River, Carr Creek, and Walnut Creek. Boller Point ramp is very shallow but usable by shallow drafted vessels. Repairs to the face of the dam were completed in February 2023. Water levels should start to rise with rain. | |||
