Lovewell Reservoir Fishing Information

Counties:

Jewell

GPS:

N39 53 25.20 W98 1 41.48

Surface Acres:

2,986 acres

Maximum Depth:

35 feet

Normal Lake Level:

1582.6 feet

Current Lake Level:

0.5 feet below conservation

Lake Temperature:

60ºF

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Lovewell Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 05/02/2022

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, Location
Walleye	Fair to Good	16-25 inches	There are still some walleye spawning along the dam and other rocky areas along the bank but this is beginning to wind down a bit as many of the fish are moving out to deeper water. Fish can be found along the river channel between Cedar Point and Walleye Point in 20-25 feet of water. Some anglers often have lake fishing off the swim beach in the evening casting a variety of crankbaits and swim baits. The deeper fish are often caught using a jig and crawler combo or possibly jigs with minnows. *KDWP stocked 2 million walleye fry into Lovewell during the month of April. In addition, walleye fingerlings and intermediates have also been requested for stocking this year.
White Bass/Wipers	Good	7-14 inches 15-25 inches	With the white bass spawn quickly approaching, anglers will find fish along the dam and other rip rapped shoreline around the reservoir. Casting a variety of small crankbaits, roadrunners, and slabs can all catch fish this time of year. Wipers are often found off the dam and along the creek channel on the lower half of the reservoir this time of year. Fish will also be found on the windblown points feeding on gizzard shad, especially around Cedar Point and Walleye Point. *600,000 wiper fry will be stocked into Lovewell in May with fingerlings also requested later this summer
Crappie	Fair to Good	8-14 inches	The crappie spawn has begun and fish can be found moving in to the banks in shallow water over the nexst month or so. They can also be found in prespawn areas during early May. These areas include brush and structure in 10-15 feet of water near spawning areas. There are very good numbers of crappie in the reservoir now so success can be had throughout the year.
Catfish	Good	16 to 35 inches	Anglers can find catfish lakewide throughout the spring. Fall sampling indicated very high numbers of channel catfish are in the reservoir now. Best baits to use include stinkbait, shad gizzards, shad sides, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Anglers often report good spring catches of blue catfish near Walleye Point, the marina, and Cedar Point. Remember there is a 35 inch minimum length limit on blue catfish in Lovewell. All blue catfish less than 35 inches must be released immediately.
Comments
Anglers can now find GPS coordinates, descriptions, and histories of some of the major brush piles in Lovewell. Simply follow this link Good Fishing Spots and select the individual brush pile to find out more information. More Georgia Cubes were added in April 2020! Current water temperature: 60ºF Current water level: 0.5 feet below conservation pool Please discard of leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water!

Creel Length/Limits

Fishing Population	Creel Limit	Min Length Limit
Walleye	5***	18 inches
White Bass
Wiper	2
Crappie	20	10 inches
Largemouth Bass	5*	15 inches
Channel Catfish	10
Blue Catfish	5	35 inches
Flathead Catfish	5
Bluegill

* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination

Fishing Forecast Information

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+Flathead Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>20”)	(>28”)	(>34”)	(LBS.)		(>20”)
LOVEWELL	44.89	35.23	31.25	47.86	G	44.89
GLEN ELDER	30.47	16.67	9.11	48.13	G	30.47
CHENEY	2.50	2.50	2.50	65.04	F	1.27
FALL RIVER	1.79	1.79	0.00	8.38	G	1.79
CLINTON	0.42	0.42	0.42	42.00	G	0.24

+Largemouth Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>12”)	(>15”)	(>20”)	(LBS.)		(>12”)
SEBELIUS	211.18	71.76	1.18	5.04	G	116.08
WEBSTER	57.65	25.88	0.00	3.75	G	57.45
LACYGNE	56.15	45.45	3.74	7.71	E	49.31
KIRWIN	55.88	38.24	0.00	3.12	G	50.39
WILSON	47.01	31.99	0.73	5.47	G	56.92
BIG HILL	35.78	19.12	0.00	4.59	G	38.19
KANOPOLIS	17.03	2.14	0.53	4.85	F	11.66
CEDAR BLUFF	14.99	5.22	0.13	5.83	G	7.44
GLEN ELDER	12.52	6.45	0.00	4.92	G	10.60
EL DORADO	9.41	4.71	0.59	3.47	F	7.94
MILFORD	7.52	2.94	0.00	3.69	F	6.26
WOLF CREEK	6.25	4.55	0.00	3.94	F	10.29
LOVEWELL	2.94	2.35	0.00	4.56	F	2.65
FALL RIVER	0.98	0.00	0.00	1.10	P	0.98
HILLSDALE	0.88	0.63	0.00	2.24	P	2.10

+Walleye Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>15”)	(>20”)	(>25”)	(LBS.)		(>15”)
KIRWIN	7.83	0.50	0.08	8.47	G	4.85
MARION	4.00	0.47	0.00	4.01	G	2.80
WILSON	3.53	1.20	0.13	7.46	G	6.04
WEBSTER	2.58	0.50	0.17	6.36	G	2.17
MILFORD	2.50	0.05	0.00	3.76	F	2.55
EL DORADO	2.33	0.87	0.13	7.95	G	2.16
CEDAR BLUFF	1.96	0.46	0.04	7.94	G	2.53
GLEN ELDER	1.62	0.03	0.00	5.62	G	2.67
CHENEY	1.31	0.86	0.17	7.55	P	1.57
LOVEWELL	1.13	0.50	0.00	4.40	F	1.04
HILLSDALE	0.92	0.08	0.00	7.44	G	0.67
WOLF CREEK	0.56	0.11	0.00	4.63	F	0.55
MELVERN	0.47	0.00	0.00	1.72	F	0.70
CLINTON	0.31	0.00	0.00	2.20	F	0.29
POMONA	0.25	0.00	0.00	6.07	F	0.27
BIG HILL	0.10	0.00	0.00	1.17	F	0.05
KANOPOLIS	0.10	0.00	0.00	1.85	F	0.05
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	P	0.00
SEBELIUS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.51	P	0.00

+Black Crappie Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>8”)	(>10”)	(>12”)	(LBS.)		(>8”)
SEBELIUS	62.70	28.30	2.40	1.54	G	33.03
CEDAR BLUFF	32.00	2.50	0.11	1.10	F	17.78
KIRWIN	20.56	19.56	12.63	2.06	G	16.17
LOVEWELL	10.58	0.33	0.00	0.64	F	6.03
MILFORD	5.94	0.25	0.00	0.73	F	3.03
KANOPOLIS	4.75	3.08	0.58	1.43	F	6.33
WEBSTER	4.69	2.13	0.00	0.88	G	6.06
HILLSDALE	2.06	0.25	0.13	1.02	F	1.00
CLINTON	1.63	0.81	0.00	0.82	F	1.34
WILSON	1.27	0.13	0.13	1.17	P	1.38
GLEN ELDER	0.80	0.55	0.20	1.08	F	7.31
PERRY	0.69	0.06	0.00	0.82	P	0.30
POMONA	0.31	0.19	0.00	0.66	F	0.31
BIG HILL	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.33	P	0.53
TORONTO	0.27	0.00	0.00	0.39	P	0.16
EL DORADO	0.25	0.08	0.00	0.60	P	0.19
JOHN REDMOND	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.87	P	0.53
WOLF CREEK	0.13	0.13	0.13	1.39	P	0.31
FALL RIVER	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.31	P	0.06
TUTTLE CREEK	0.06	0.06	0.06	1.18	P	0.06
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	P	0.03

+Bluegill Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>6”)	(>8”)	(>10”)	(LBS.)		(>6”)
SEBELIUS	60.10	6.50	0.00	0.63	G	47.40
CEDAR BLUFF	22.28	0.22	0.00	0.40	G	18.80
WILSON	8.27	0.00	0.00	0.33	F	7.82
HILLSDALE	6.25	0.06	0.00	0.46	F	4.73
LOVEWELL	4.83	0.00	0.00	0.29	F	2.99
WEBSTER	4.69	0.44	0.00	0.47	G	7.08
BIG HILL	3.70	0.00	0.00	0.33	F	3.53
KANOPOLIS	1.75	0.00	0.00	0.37	F	8.17
KIRWIN	1.56	0.06	0.00	0.59	G	2.92
LACYGNE	1.06	0.00	0.00	0.25	F	2.06
PERRY	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.32	F	1.53
MELVERN	0.71	0.07	0.07	0.30	F	0.76
MILFORD	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.43	P	0.91
FALL RIVER	0.44	0.00	0.00	0.26	P	0.66
POMONA	0.44	0.06	0.06	0.43	P	0.90
EL DORADO	0.42	0.00	0.00	0.20	P	0.40
CLINTON	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.26	P	2.47
GLEN ELDER	0.25	0.05	0.00	0.50	F	3.32
COUNCIL GROVE	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.15	P	0.11
TORONTO	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.18	P	0.06
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	P	0.27
WOLF CREEK	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.18	P	0.45
TUTTLE CREEK	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	P	0.09

+Channel Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>16”)	(>24”)	(>28”)	(LBS.)		(>16”)
LOVEWELL	7.56	0.69	0.06	9.19	G	7.19
BIG HILL	5.70	0.90	0.00	8.61	G	6.23
HILLSDALE	5.08	0.17	0.00	7.57	G	5.08
MARION	5.00	0.20	0.00	5.48	G	4.93
LACYGNE	3.50	0.07	0.00	7.27	G	2.71
ELK CITY	3.25	0.33	0.00	5.65	G	2.78
CLINTON	2.94	0.19	0.00	6.73	F	2.69
PERRY	2.90	1.05	0.35	12.71	F	2.18
WILSON	2.73	0.53	0.03	8.57	G	2.81
GLEN ELDER	2.59	0.52	0.17	15.30	F	1.95
MELVERN	2.40	0.53	0.07	8.33	F	2.88
CHENEY	2.28	0.34	0.00	8.87	G	1.83
KANOPOLIS	2.10	0.30	0.00	6.54	G	4.64
WEBSTER	1.92	0.08	0.08	10.65	G	1.19
TUTTLE CREEK	1.45	0.25	0.20	14.33	G	0.88
POMONA	1.42	0.08	0.08	8.80	G	2.10
COUNCIL GROVE	1.20	0.20	0.00	5.24	F	1.22
KIRWIN	1.17	0.50	0.17	11.24	G	1.16
WOLF CREEK	1.17	0.00	0.00	4.12	G	0.88
TORONTO	1.08	0.92	0.08	10.44	G	3.36
CEDAR BLUFF	1.00	0.17	0.04	12.38	G	0.60
FALL RIVER	1.00	0.92	0.50	14.54	G	1.50
JOHN REDMOND	0.89	0.28	0.11	12.35	F	0.96
EL DORADO	0.20	0.00	0.00	2.29	F	0.42
MILFORD	0.20	0.05	0.05	9.24	P	0.30

+White Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>9”)	(>12”)	(>15”)	(LBS.)		(>9”)
GLEN ELDER	18.03	16.86	2.93	3.49	E	19.30
KANOPOLIS	12.45	8.35	0.50	2.78	G	17.55
MARION	10.73	9.53	0.40	1.78	G	10.91
PERRY	10.25	5.25	0.20	1.83	G	5.59
POMONA	9.42	5.50	0.42	1.88	G	4.85
CLINTON	6.75	6.38	0.81	2.28	G	8.38
LACYGNE	6.57	4.00	0.64	2.88	G	3.54
CEDAR BLUFF	6.33	4.63	2.00	1.99	G	6.03
EL DORADO	5.47	1.53	0.47	2.02	G	3.67
MELVERN	5.47	4.00	0.87	2.25	G	5.28
MILFORD	5.40	4.60	0.30	1.91	F	4.98
FALL RIVER	3.25	1.92	0.50	2.71	F	2.58
WEBSTER	3.17	2.92	0.08	1.94	G	5.86
KIRWIN	2.92	2.42	0.50	2.40	G	2.32
JOHN REDMOND	2.50	2.33	0.56	2.82	F	7.03
BIG HILL	2.30	1.70	0.20	1.34	F	3.20
COUNCIL GROVE	2.27	1.80	0.20	2.20	F	1.22
WOLF CREEK	2.22	2.11	0.50	1.81	F	1.90
WILSON	2.00	1.93	0.33	2.75	F	2.73
LOVEWELL	1.69	1.25	0.50	1.85	F	3.44
HILLSDALE	1.67	1.25	0.00	1.19	F	4.14
CHENEY	1.31	1.21	0.48	1.88	F	2.18
TORONTO	0.92	0.42	0.17	2.64	F	1.33
TUTTLE CREEK	0.55	0.05	0.05	2.97	P	0.30
ELK CITY	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.58	P	3.58

+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

+Temperate Basses Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Glen Elder Reservoir	22.83	15.33	3.38	20.35	Reservoir	Excellent
Webster Reservoir	17.08	5.42	0.17	11.31	Reservoir	Good
Clinton Reservoir	16.38	12.13	1.31	10.56	Reservoir	Good
Kanopolis Reservoir	15.19	3.33	0.76	16.19	Reservoir	Good
Marion Reservoir	11.60	3.60	0.20	11.84	Reservoir	Good
John Redmond Reservoir	10.00	8.57	0.95	7.92	Reservoir	Good
Hillsdale Reservoir	9.42	2.08	0.17	3.89	Reservoir	Good
Milford Reservoir	8.35	1.50	0.10	7.78	Reservoir	Good
Sebelius Reservoir	7.80	0.80	0.10	7.03	Reservoir	Good
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	7.71	7.58	2.63	8.74	Reservoir	Good
Cheney Reservoir	6.00	4.63	1.15	6.27	Reservoir	Good
El Dorado Reservoir	5.47	3.93	0.47	5.49	Reservoir	Good
Pomona Reservoir	5.29	2.43	0.00	3.49	Reservoir	Good
Perry Reservoir	5.17	1.57	0.35	2.97	Reservoir	Good
Kirwin Reservoir	5.00	2.17	0.75	5.96	Reservoir	Good
Big Hill Reservoir	4.30	3.90	0.60	3.33	Reservoir	Good
Wilson Reservoir	4.13	2.73	1.20	2.74	Reservoir	Good
Toronto Reservoir	2.58	2.42	0.25	2.37	Reservoir	Fair
Wolf Creek Reservoir	2.50	2.30	0.50	2.26	Reservoir	Good
Lovewell Reservoir	2.15	1.45	0.35	5.66	Reservoir	Fair
Fall River Reservoir	1.92	1.42	0.75	5.29	Reservoir	Fair
LaCygne Reservoir	0.57	0.50	0.21	3.08	Reservoir	Good
Melvern Reservoir	0.50	0.50	0.10	4.06	Reservoir	Fair
Council Grove Reservoir	0.29	0.14	0.00	1.72	Reservoir	Poor
Tuttle Creek Reservoir	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	Reservoir	Poor
Elk City Reservoir	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.54	Reservoir	Fair

Stocking Records Information

+Palmetto Bass/Wiper Stocking

Water	Water Type	Stocking Date	Source	Number Stocked
FARLINGTON FISH HATCHERY	OTHR	06/15/17	- FARLINGTON HATCHERY	12648
CHENEY RESERVOIR	RESV	06/13/17	- PRATT HATCHERY	52389
LOVEWELL RESERVOIR	RESV	06/13/17	- PRATT HATCHERY	23850
			Total Requested	238378
			Total Stocked	88887

+Palmetto Bass/Wiper Stocking

Water	Water Type	Stocking Date	Source	Number Stocked
PRATT FISH HATCHERY	OTHR	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	300000
CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	362000
SEBELIUS RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	100000
MILFORD RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	2000000
HERINGTON CITY LAKE-NEW	COML	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	60000
KIRWIN RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	300000
CENTRALIA CITY LAKE	COML	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	80000
EUREKA CITY LAKE	COML	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	25900
WEBSTER RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	200000
LYON STATE FISHING LAKE	SFLS	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	13500
SG COUNTY-TOM SCOTT LAKE	COML	05/17/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	5000
WICHITA-WATSON PARK LAKE	COML	05/17/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	8000
MADISON CITY LAKE	COML	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	11400
MOLINE NEW CITY LAKE - NORTH	COML	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	25900
JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	500000
LOVEWELL RESERVOIR	RESV	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	300000
FARLINGTON FISH HATCHERY	OTHR	05/09/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	25000
IOWA		05/17/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	1150000
MISSOURI		05/17/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	500000
NEBRASKA		05/17/17	- MILFORD HATCHERY	1120000
			Total Requested	3366700
			Total Stocked	7086700

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