Kanopolis Reservoir Fishing Information

Kanopolis Reservoir Map
This Location does have Boat Access
Trout Lake
Fishing Forecast
Counties:
GPS:
N38 38.709 W097 59.244
Surface Acres:
3,550
Maximum Depth:
35
Normal Lake Level:
1463 msl This lake is generally held 4 feet above this conservation level during the summertime.
Current Lake Level:
1465.8
Lake Temperature:
77 F

33 miles SW of Salina on K-149 & K141 US

Corps Of Engineers 785-546-2294

Fishing Forecast Information

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+Flathead Catfish Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
FLATHEAD CATFISH          
  (>20") (>28") (>34") (lbs.)  
  RES        
LOVEWELL 30.79 22.04 14.86 47.82 G
GLEN ELDER 22.14 8.17 4.42 65.29 G
SEBELIUS 20.82 16.30 10.74 50.22 G
WEBSTER 16.07 0.89 0.89 25.33 G
WILSON 8.15 4.57 1.20 37.80 G
KIRWIN 7.20 1.55 1.13 28.79 G
TORONTO 2.86 0.36 0.00 16.96 G
CHENEY 2.59 2.04 1.12 64.98 F
FALL RIVER 1.50 0.50 0.50 22.29 G
KANOPOLIS 1.33 1.03 0.00 15.55 G
CLINTON 0.23 0.23 0.23 41.96 F

+Saugeye Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
SAUGEYE          
  (>14") (>18") (>22") (lbs.)  
  RES        
SEBELIUS 10.77 3.63 0.17 5.67 G
COUNCIL GROVE 3.51 1.78 0.56 6.89 G
KANOPOLIS 2.07 1.10 0.20 5.74 G
CLINTON 0.40 0.04 0.00 2.72 G
TUTTLE CREEK 0.30 0.03 0.00 3.90 F
POMONA 0.23 0.00 0.00 2.10 F
WEBSTER 0.19 0.17 0.08 5.14 F
MELVERN 0.16 0.00 0.00 1.08 G

+Largemouth Bass Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
LARGEMOUTH BASS          
  (>12") (>15") (>20") (lbs.)  
  RES        
SEBELIUS 219.13 75.16 1.03 5.24 E
WEBSTER 63.81 31.15 0.00 3.99 G
WILSON 61.55 41.11 0.81 5.77 G
LACYGNE 56.15 45.45 3.74 7.70 E
KIRWIN 44.99 35.36 0.00 3.72 G
BIG HILL 38.85 19.20 1.24 5.43 G
CEDAR BLUFF 11.93 4.98 0.04 5.83 G
KANOPOLIS 11.43 1.78 0.26 4.85 F
GLEN ELDER 9.93 6.23 0.12 5.38 G
TORONTO 9.80 5.23 0.00 3.52 F
MILFORD 8.70 2.92 0.00 4.68 F
EL DORADO 5.20 2.45 0.15 3.47 F
CLINTON 3.67 1.67 0.00 4.02 F
WOLF CREEK 3.63 2.73 0.00 3.93 F
MELVERN 3.44 0.86 0.00 2.68 F
LOVEWELL 2.65 2.35 0.00 4.56 P
HILLSDALE 2.38 1.60 0.11 5.16 P
PERRY 1.68 0.83 0.15 6.00 P

+Walleye Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
WALLEYE          
  (>15") (>20") (>25") (lbs.)  
  RES        
WILSON 4.92 2.18 0.28 8.52 G
KIRWIN 4.67 0.56 0.11 8.46 G
MARION 3.33 0.22 0.00 4.65 G
CEDAR BLUFF 2.88 0.50 0.01 7.93 G
WEBSTER 2.75 0.83 0.14 6.60 G
EL DORADO 2.69 1.11 0.13 7.94 G
MILFORD 2.67 0.23 0.02 6.17 G
GLEN ELDER 2.50 0.32 0.01 6.61 G
CHENEY 1.38 0.89 0.13 7.54 F
LOVEWELL 1.35 0.54 0.02 8.16 G
HILLSDALE 0.81 0.08 0.03 5.74 G
WOLF CREEK 0.59 0.20 0.02 5.99 F
MELVERN 0.50 0.06 0.00 4.59 F
CLINTON 0.45 0.00 0.00 2.91 F
POMONA 0.37 0.06 0.00 4.58 F
KANOPOLIS 0.07 0.00 0.00 1.94 P
BIG HILL 0.03 0.00 0.00 1.17 P
COUNCIL GROVE 0.02 0.02 0.00 2.80 P
ELK CITY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 P
SEBELIUS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 F

+Black Crappie Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
BLACK CRAPPIE          
  (>8") (>10") (>12") (lbs.)  
  RES        
SEBELIUS 29.67 15.60 1.47 1.64 G
CEDAR BLUFF 22.55 2.24 0.06 1.29 G
KIRWIN 12.02 11.19 5.92 2.06 G
WEBSTER 5.17 2.02 0.02 1.40 G
LOVEWELL 4.33 0.38 0.07 1.43 G
KANOPOLIS 3.50 2.39 0.44 1.43 G
MILFORD 2.77 0.81 0.02 1.63 F
GLEN ELDER 1.94 1.55 0.17 1.26 G
HILLSDALE 1.33 0.29 0.06 1.36 G
CLINTON 1.30 0.93 0.04 1.10 P
MARION 1.25 0.50 0.25 1.31 P
BIG HILL 0.63 0.13 0.07 0.92 P
WILSON 0.62 0.22 0.11 1.68 P
JOHN REDMOND 0.48 0.10 0.03 1.29 P
PERRY 0.35 0.11 0.00 0.81 P
TORONTO 0.28 0.15 0.04 1.19 P
WOLF CREEK 0.17 0.06 0.06 1.39 P
EL DORADO 0.14 0.07 0.02 1.19 P
FALL RIVER 0.10 0.08 0.02 1.14 P
POMONA 0.10 0.06 0.00 0.66 P
TUTTLE CREEK 0.04 0.02 0.02 1.17 P
CHENEY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 P
ELK CITY 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13 P

+Bluegill Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
BLUEGILL          
  (>6") (>8") (>10") (lbs.)  
  RES        
SEBELIUS 56.50 6.07 0.00 0.63 G
CEDAR BLUFF 23.14 0.20 0.00 0.41 G
KANOPOLIS 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 G
WILSON 7.00 0.04 0.00 0.34 G
WEBSTER 5.29 0.25 0.00 0.50 G
HILLSDALE 4.92 0.04 0.00 0.46 G
BIG HILL 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 F
LOVEWELL 2.98 0.00 0.00 0.32 F
LACYGNE 2.29 0.02 0.02 0.35 G
CLINTON 2.17 0.02 0.02 0.34 F
PERRY 1.39 0.00 0.00 0.34 F
KIRWIN 1.10 0.06 0.00 0.59 F
GLEN ELDER 1.03 0.20 0.06 0.70 F
MILFORD 0.96 0.13 0.00 0.47 F
MELVERN 0.80 0.05 0.02 0.37 P
FALL RIVER 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.27 P
POMONA 0.46 0.02 0.02 0.43 G
CHENEY 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.22 P
EL DORADO 0.34 0.00 0.00 0.23 P
WOLF CREEK 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.18 P
COUNCIL GROVE 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.21 P
TORONTO 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.23 P
TUTTLE CREEK 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.35 P
JOHN REDMOND 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.18 P
ELK CITY 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.16 P

+Channel Catfish Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
CHANNEL CATFISH          
  (>16") (>24") (>28") (lbs.)  
  RES        
LOVEWELL 6.11 0.96 0.13 13.83 G
HILLSDALE 5.81 0.22 0.06 10.62 G
BIG HILL 5.47 0.63 0.03 8.60 G
MARION 5.36 0.20 0.02 5.48 G
TORONTO 3.75 2.36 0.53 12.78 G
KANOPOLIS 3.70 0.48 0.00 6.54 G
ELK CITY 3.11 0.47 0.03 8.42 G
WILSON 2.76 0.48 0.03 10.11 G
PERRY 2.54 0.65 0.14 12.70 G
MELVERN 2.46 0.30 0.06 11.45 G
CLINTON 2.45 0.09 0.00 6.06 G
CHENEY 2.29 0.51 0.09 14.81 G
LACYGNE 2.27 0.02 0.00 7.26 G
GLEN ELDER 1.94 0.45 0.17 16.60 G
POMONA 1.51 0.09 0.06 11.96 G
FALL RIVER 1.43 1.06 0.37 14.53 G
WEBSTER 1.28 0.08 0.03 10.64 F
KIRWIN 1.22 0.33 0.08 11.23 F
COUNCIL GROVE 1.18 0.20 0.04 7.59 F
JOHN REDMOND 0.98 0.24 0.10 14.02 F
CEDAR BLUFF 0.90 0.12 0.04 14.15 F
WOLF CREEK 0.81 0.00 0.00 4.16 F
TUTTLE CREEK 0.75 0.12 0.07 14.31 F
EL DORADO 0.67 0.02 0.00 5.39 F
MILFORD 0.30 0.03 0.02 9.23 F
SEBELIUS 0.17 0.10 0.10 22.56 F

+White Bass Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
WHITE BASS          
  (>9") (>12") (>15") (lbs.)  
  RES        
GLEN ELDER 19.40 15.73 3.22 3.49 E
MARION 15.40 9.84 0.40 1.87 E
KANOPOLIS 10.74 5.05 0.49 2.86 G
CEDAR BLUFF 8.56 7.87 2.47 2.49 G
PERRY 8.42 4.26 0.33 2.51 G
CLINTON 8.00 7.17 0.83 2.31 G
WEBSTER 6.39 4.19 0.11 2.73 G
POMONA 6.26 3.31 0.14 1.88 G
JOHN REDMOND 5.75 4.85 1.19 3.12 G
HILLSDALE 4.75 2.03 0.08 1.66 G
MILFORD 4.50 2.73 0.17 1.91 G
TORONTO 4.36 3.44 1.36 2.85 G
KIRWIN 3.94 3.39 0.72 2.64 G
FALL RIVER 3.94 2.77 1.00 3.29 G
LOVEWELL 3.46 2.09 0.37 2.15 G
EL DORADO 3.27 1.42 0.38 2.01 G
BIG HILL 2.87 2.43 0.27 2.35 G
MELVERN 2.82 2.28 0.32 2.34 G
WOLF CREEK 2.78 2.13 0.43 1.72 F
LACYGNE 2.75 1.66 0.39 2.88 G
WILSON 2.72 2.22 0.88 2.96 F
COUNCIL GROVE 2.16 1.33 0.18 2.23 F
CHENEY 1.67 1.45 0.59 2.58 F
TUTTLE CREEK 0.27 0.07 0.03 2.96 F
ELK CITY 0.25 0.17 0.03 1.94 F

+Black Bass Combined Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker 3 yr avg Size Rating
Sebelius Reservoir 92.35 32.94 0.00 72.41 Reservoir Good
Wilson Reservoir 84.21 49.85 2.32 52.41 Reservoir Good
Webster Reservoir 73.53 21.18 0.00 40.74 Reservoir Good
LaCygne Reservoir 55.42 33.13 6.02 51.34 Reservoir Excellent
Big Hill Reservoir 54.62 25.21 2.52 32.28 Reservoir Good
Kirwin Reservoir 42.35 34.71 0.00 32.39 Reservoir Good
Glen Elder Reservoir 42.21 25.61 5.36 46.53 Reservoir Good
El Dorado Reservoir 28.24 12.94 1.18 24.12 Reservoir Fair
Wolf Creek Reservoir 20.77 18.46 5.38 34.21 Reservoir Fair
Melvern Reservoir 12.75 5.29 1.57 19.85 Reservoir Fair
Toronto Reservoir 10.46 5.88 0.00 10.46 Reservoir Poor
Milford Reservoir 9.63 6.19 1.38 17.42 Reservoir Fair
Cedar Bluff Reservoir 7.37 4.32 0.00 9.92 Reservoir Fair
Kanopolis Reservoir 6.34 1.46 0.00 9.80 Reservoir Poor
Clinton Reservoir 5.69 2.91 0.24 6.68 Reservoir Fair
Perry Reservoir 5.11 2.84 0.57 14.43 Reservoir Fair
Hillsdale Reservoir 3.96 2.64 0.22 5.58 Reservoir Fair
Lovewell Reservoir 1.24 1.24 0.00 1.24 Reservoir Poor

+Percids Combined Forecast

Waterbody Density Preferred Lunker 3 yr avg Size Rating
Sebelius Reservoir 12.40 2.50 0.00 9.43 Reservoir Good
Wilson Reservoir 8.70 3.97 0.70 6.72 Reservoir Excellent
Cedar Bluff Reservoir 4.04 0.54 0.00 4.00 Reservoir Good
Perry Reservoir 3.96 0.65 0.22 2.25 Reservoir Excellent
Kirwin Reservoir 2.92 0.67 0.25 2.97 Reservoir Good
Milford Reservoir 2.60 0.45 0.05 2.05 Reservoir Fair
El Dorado Reservoir 2.53 1.40 0.13 2.22 Reservoir Good
Marion Reservoir 2.40 0.07 0.00 1.73 Reservoir Good
Glen Elder Reservoir 2.04 0.42 0.00 3.15 Reservoir Good
Webster Reservoir 2.00 0.67 0.25 2.03 Reservoir Good
Council Grove Reservoir 1.93 1.71 0.50 1.82 Reservoir Fair
Clinton Reservoir 1.75 0.88 0.13 1.29 Reservoir Fair
Cheney Reservoir 1.70 1.19 0.11 1.31 Reservoir Fair
Kanopolis Reservoir 1.43 0.48 0.19 3.74 Reservoir Fair
Lovewell Reservoir 1.15 0.30 0.05 0.83 Reservoir Fair
Melvern Reservoir 1.10 0.45 0.10 0.95 Reservoir Fair
Horsethief Reservoir 0.80 0.60 0.00 1.23 Reservoir Fair
Wolf Creek Reservoir 0.70 0.30 0.00 0.53 Reservoir Fair
Hillsdale Reservoir 0.33 0.08 0.00 0.42 Reservoir Good
Pomona Reservoir 0.29 0.14 0.00 0.18 Reservoir Fair
Tuttle Creek Reservoir 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.05 Reservoir Poor
Big Hill Reservoir 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Reservoir Poor
Trout Stocking Information

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Northwest Region Trout Stocking Schedule

Department-owned Waters – Trout Stockings by KDWP

Northwest Region Webster Reservoir
Stilling Basin
Glen Elder
State Park Pond
Kanopolis
Seep Stream
Sherman County Smoky Gardens
1st Stocking    Will not be stocked This year      
2nd Stocking          
3rd Stocking        
         
Total Estimated Trout Stocked for
2023-24 Season
0 4,208 trout 6,375 trout    1,275 trout

 

Community Lake Stockings - Please contact local city offices for dates of stockings if not listed below

Northwest Region Colby
Villa High
785-460-4400
Salina
Lakewood Lake
785-826-7275
1st Stocking    
2nd Stocking    
3rd Stocking    
     
     
Total Estimated Trout Stocked for
2023-24 Season
   
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