Cheney Reservoir Fishing Information
GPS:
N37 43.154 W97 49.538
Surface Acres:
9,550 acres
Maximum Depth:
42 feet
Normal Lake Level:
1421.6 ft above msl
Current Lake Level:
0 feet high releasing 0 cfs
More reservoir information can be found at, http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/uv/?site_no=07144790
A bathymetric map of the reservoir showing depths and contours is available here: https://services1.arcgis.com/q2CglofYX6ACNEeu/arcgis/rest/services/Lakes_All/FeatureServer/0/13/attachments/132
Cheney Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 12/02/2024
| SPECIES | RATING | SIZE | BAITS, LOCATION, METHODS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zebra Mussels | 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 Bass and Wiper | Fair | Up to 27" | Spoons, live bait, and jigs near deeper points and channels. |
| Walleye | Poor | Up to 27" | Large jigs near deeper points. |
| Crappie | Fair to Good | Up to 17" | Try using jigs or minnows near structure in 20+ feet of water. |
| Blue Catfish | Poor to Fair | Up to 50lbs | Fish with live bait or cut bait near the river channel. Reports of small (10"-24") Blue Catfish being caught. Be sure to identify your catch! |
| Channel Catfish | Poor to Fair | Up to 20lbs | Try fishing cut bait or stink bait near deeper channels. |
| White Perch | Fair to Good | Up to 12" | White perch can be caught in similar areas as White Bass and Wipers using smaller lures. Most White Perch are 5"-9". 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. |
| COMMENTS | |||
| The lake is 7.5ft low. Most boat ramps are unusable. Use caution when boating. | |||
Creel Length/Limits
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Channel Catfish | 10 | |
| Crappie | 50 | 10" |
| Flathead Catfish | 5 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 15" |
| Striped Bass | 2 | 21" |
| Walleye | 2 | 21" |
| Wiper | 2 | 21" |
| Blue Catfish | 5 | 35" |
* 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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| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLATHEAD CATFISH | |||||
| (>20") | (>28") | (>34") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| SEBELIUS | 39.62 | 33.92 | 27.44 | 54.65 | G |
| LOVEWELL | 31.65 | 22.93 | 14.12 | 56.83 | G |
| KIRWIN | 22.99 | 3.36 | 2.35 | 37.09 | G |
| GLEN ELDER | 22.15 | 8.37 | 4.65 | 65.29 | G |
| WILSON | 18.01 | 10.80 | 3.19 | 46.26 | G |
| WEBSTER | 14.41 | 3.68 | 1.06 | 25.33 | G |
| KANOPOLIS | 6.88 | 2.79 | 0.00 | 18.00 | F |
| CHENEY | 6.08 | 4.78 | 2.44 | 66.74 | F |
| TORONTO | 5.88 | 1.61 | 0.40 | 41.59 | G |
| FALL RIVER | 3.67 | 1.41 | 0.57 | 32.62 | G |
| CLINTON | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 66.08 | F |
| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLEYE | |||||
| (>15") | (>20") | (>25") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| KIRWIN | 4.78 | 0.56 | 0.06 | 8.46 | G |
| MARION | 4.74 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 4.65 | G |
| WEBSTER | 3.06 | 0.92 | 0.11 | 6.36 | G |
| EL DORADO | 2.73 | 1.00 | 0.09 | 7.94 | G |
| WILSON | 2.62 | 1.18 | 0.07 | 7.45 | G |
| MILFORD | 2.60 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 3.87 | F |
| CEDAR BLUFF | 2.15 | 0.57 | 0.03 | 7.93 | G |
| GLEN ELDER | 2.04 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 6.61 | F |
| CHENEY | 1.20 | 0.73 | 0.14 | 7.54 | F |
| HILLSDALE | 1.17 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 7.06 | G |
| LOVEWELL | 1.00 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 4.62 | F |
| WOLF CREEK | 0.66 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 5.99 | F |
| MELVERN | 0.49 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 4.45 | F |
| CLINTON | 0.42 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 3.45 | F |
| POMONA | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 4.16 | P |
| KANOPOLIS | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 5.83 | P |
| BIG HILL | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.39 | F |
| ELK CITY | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | P |
| SEBELIUS | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 | P |
| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANNEL CATFISH | |||||
| (>16") | (>24") | (>28") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| LOVEWELL | 6.94 | 0.94 | 0.11 | 11.81 | G |
| BIG HILL | 6.30 | 0.73 | 0.03 | 9.05 | G |
| HILLSDALE | 5.36 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 10.45 | G |
| MARION | 4.43 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 5.79 | G |
| KANOPOLIS | 3.37 | 0.43 | 0.02 | 9.93 | G |
| WILSON | 2.97 | 0.46 | 0.03 | 10.11 | G |
| TORONTO | 2.56 | 1.83 | 0.47 | 11.33 | G |
| PERRY | 2.45 | 0.67 | 0.14 | 12.70 | G |
| CHENEY | 2.45 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 14.81 | G |
| ELK CITY | 2.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 5.65 | G |
| LACYGNE | 2.19 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 7.26 | G |
| GLEN ELDER | 2.18 | 0.46 | 0.16 | 16.60 | G |
| MELVERN | 2.14 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 8.33 | G |
| CLINTON | 1.82 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 6.06 | G |
| FALL RIVER | 1.73 | 1.39 | 0.64 | 14.53 | G |
| POMONA | 1.55 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 11.96 | G |
| CEDAR BLUFF | 1.46 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 14.15 | G |
| COUNCIL GROVE | 1.42 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 9.41 | F |
| WEBSTER | 1.39 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 10.64 | G |
| KIRWIN | 1.06 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 11.23 | G |
| JOHN REDMOND | 1.05 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 12.33 | F |
| TUTTLE CREEK | 0.95 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 14.31 | G |
| WOLF CREEK | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.12 | F |
| EL DORADO | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.84 | F |
| SEBELIUS | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 22.56 | F |
| MILFORD | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 9.23 | F |
| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE BASS | |||||
| (>9") | (>12") | (>15") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| GLEN ELDER | 18.32 | 16.17 | 3.84 | 3.49 | G |
| MARION | 17.06 | 12.20 | 0.43 | 1.87 | G |
| CEDAR BLUFF | 10.24 | 9.28 | 2.79 | 2.25 | G |
| PERRY | 9.76 | 5.82 | 0.22 | 2.15 | G |
| KANOPOLIS | 8.17 | 6.15 | 0.28 | 2.70 | G |
| POMONA | 7.40 | 4.58 | 0.45 | 2.20 | G |
| CLINTON | 6.88 | 5.20 | 1.02 | 2.32 | G |
| WEBSTER | 6.22 | 3.92 | 0.08 | 2.73 | G |
| MILFORD | 5.78 | 4.93 | 0.55 | 2.13 | G |
| KIRWIN | 5.19 | 4.22 | 0.67 | 2.18 | G |
| TORONTO | 5.00 | 3.00 | 1.36 | 2.69 | G |
| FALL RIVER | 4.24 | 2.94 | 0.94 | 3.02 | G |
| WOLF CREEK | 3.96 | 2.44 | 0.32 | 1.98 | G |
| MELVERN | 3.33 | 2.63 | 0.43 | 2.26 | G |
| LOVEWELL | 3.25 | 1.75 | 0.25 | 1.85 | P |
| EL DORADO | 3.24 | 1.58 | 0.36 | 2.03 | F |
| JOHN REDMOND | 3.14 | 2.21 | 0.95 | 3.24 | F |
| BIG HILL | 3.00 | 1.83 | 0.07 | 1.73 | G |
| LACYGNE | 2.71 | 1.60 | 0.33 | 2.88 | G |
| COUNCIL GROVE | 2.47 | 1.58 | 0.18 | 2.23 | F |
| HILLSDALE | 2.43 | 1.83 | 0.10 | 1.43 | G |
| WILSON | 2.21 | 2.11 | 0.86 | 2.96 | G |
| CHENEY | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.33 | 2.09 | P |
| ELK CITY | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 1.94 | F |
| TUTTLE CREEK | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 2.96 | F |
| Waterbody | Density | Preferred | Lunker | 3 yr avg | Size | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebelius Reservoir | 9.17 | 4.63 | 0.43 | 6.38 | Reservoir | P |
| Kirwin Reservoir | 4.75 | 1.06 | 0.33 | 8.46 | Reservoir | G |
| Marion Reservoir | 4.69 | 1.89 | 0.17 | 4.65 | Reservoir | G |
| Council Grove Reservoir | 3.51 | 1.82 | 0.60 | 6.89 | Reservoir | G |
| Webster Reservoir | 3.19 | 1.94 | 0.81 | 6.36 | Reservoir | G |
| El Dorado Reservoir | 2.73 | 1.91 | 0.67 | 7.94 | Reservoir | G |
| Wilson Reservoir | 2.62 | 2.02 | 0.84 | 7.45 | Reservoir | G |
| Milford Reservoir | 2.60 | 1.13 | 0.05 | 3.87 | Reservoir | F |
| Cedar Bluff Reservoir | 2.12 | 1.34 | 0.47 | 7.93 | Reservoir | G |
| Glen Elder Reservoir | 1.96 | 1.10 | 0.13 | 6.61 | Reservoir | F |
| Kanopolis Reservoir | 1.88 | 1.13 | 0.32 | 6.70 | Reservoir | G |
| Perry Reservoir | 1.55 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 2.75 | Reservoir | E |
| Melvern Reservoir | 1.37 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 4.45 | Reservoir | G |
| Cheney Reservoir | 1.20 | 1.04 | 0.63 | 7.54 | Reservoir | F |
| Clinton Reservoir | 1.20 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 3.45 | Reservoir | G |
| Pomona Reservoir | 1.20 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 4.16 | Reservoir | G |
| Hillsdale Reservoir | 1.14 | 0.62 | 0.24 | 7.06 | Reservoir | E |
| Lovewell Reservoir | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.38 | 4.62 | Reservoir | F |
| Wolf Creek Reservoir | 0.64 | 0.40 | 0.16 | 5.99 | Reservoir | F |
| Tuttle Creek Reservoir | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 4.81 | Reservoir | G |
| Big Hill Reservoir | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.39 | Reservoir | F |
| Elk City Reservoir | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.11 | Reservoir | F |
+Temperate Basses Combined Forecast
| Waterbody | Density | Preferred | Lunker | 3 yr avg | Size | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Elder Reservoir | 17.63 | 2.60 | 0.57 | 9.89 | Reservoir | G |
| Marion Reservoir | 15.97 | 4.40 | 1.57 | 4.92 | Reservoir | G |
| Kirwin Reservoir | 15.06 | 10.00 | 0.78 | 7.99 | Reservoir | G |
| Cedar Bluff Reservoir | 12.76 | 4.07 | 2.63 | 13.60 | Reservoir | G |
| Webster Reservoir | 11.72 | 6.92 | 1.50 | 10.88 | Reservoir | G |
| Sebelius Reservoir | 10.17 | 9.57 | 3.23 | 6.81 | Reservoir | G |
| Milford Reservoir | 9.80 | 4.35 | 1.55 | 6.80 | Reservoir | G |
| Pomona Reservoir | 8.43 | 2.58 | 0.63 | 2.20 | Reservoir | G |
| Clinton Reservoir | 6.46 | 1.06 | 0.36 | 5.98 | Reservoir | G |
| Kanopolis Reservoir | 5.32 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 7.28 | Reservoir | G |
| Lovewell Reservoir | 4.96 | 2.11 | 1.11 | 7.35 | Reservoir | F |
| Perry Reservoir | 4.73 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 2.15 | Reservoir | G |
| Cheney Reservoir | 4.43 | 2.71 | 1.55 | 7.98 | Reservoir | F |
| El Dorado Reservoir | 3.42 | 1.38 | 0.93 | 6.75 | Reservoir | G |
| LaCygne Reservoir | 3.00 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 2.88 | Reservoir | F |
| Toronto Reservoir | 2.94 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 2.69 | Reservoir | G |
| Fall River Reservoir | 2.85 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 3.02 | Reservoir | G |
| Wilson Reservoir | 2.64 | 0.94 | 0.51 | 13.27 | Reservoir | G |
| Wolf Creek Reservoir | 2.22 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 4.59 | Reservoir | F |
| John Redmond Reservoir | 2.16 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 3.24 | Reservoir | F |
| Melvern Reservoir | 2.10 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 2.26 | Reservoir | G |
| Big Hill Reservoir | 1.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.73 | Reservoir | G |
| Hillsdale Reservoir | 1.67 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 1.43 | Reservoir | F |
| Council Grove Reservoir | 1.42 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 6.15 | Reservoir | P |
| Elk City Reservoir | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.94 | Reservoir | F |
| Tuttle Creek Reservoir | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 2.96 | Reservoir | F |
| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CATFISH | |||||
| (>20") | (>30") | (>35") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| EL DORADO | 92.83 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 13.05 | G |
| JOHN REDMOND | 92.08 | 1.25 | 0.31 | 22.03 | G |
| ELK CITY | 77.14 | 7.55 | 0.45 | 22.90 | G |
| TUTTLE CREEK | 58.43 | 11.49 | 1.66 | 33.04 | G |
| MILFORD | 47.83 | 6.76 | 4.69 | 43.98 | G |
| PERRY | 38.05 | 8.47 | 4.99 | 45.15 | G |
| LOVEWELL | 37.63 | 25.46 | 6.55 | 30.55 | G |
| GLEN ELDER | 26.29 | 7.21 | 3.20 | 38.94 | G |
| CHENEY | 15.46 | 12.93 | 8.28 | 57.71 | F |
| MELVERN | 13.74 | 4.53 | 0.28 | 19.43 | G |
| WOLF CREEK | 8.78 | 2.07 | 0.42 | 38.00 | G |
| CLINTON | 7.84 | 3.00 | 1.34 | 37.44 | F |
| KANOPOLIS | 7.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.53 | F |
| WILSON | 4.88 | 2.99 | 0.24 | 26.45 | F |
| NAME | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big fish | Bio rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIPER | |||||
| (>16") | (>20") | (>24") | (lbs.) | BR | |
| KIRWIN | 9.89 | 0.75 | 0.06 | 7.99 | G |
| SEBELIUS | 9.53 | 3.13 | 0.00 | 6.81 | G |
| WEBSTER | 6.83 | 1.47 | 0.28 | 10.88 | G |
| MARION | 4.37 | 1.51 | 0.00 | 4.92 | G |
| MILFORD | 4.30 | 1.52 | 0.05 | 6.80 | F |
| CEDAR BLUFF | 3.43 | 2.59 | 0.60 | 13.60 | G |
| CHENEY | 2.65 | 1.53 | 0.08 | 7.98 | G |
| POMONA | 2.53 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 4.73 | G |
| LOVEWELL | 2.09 | 1.08 | 0.02 | 7.35 | F |
| GLEN ELDER | 1.37 | 0.55 | 0.18 | 9.26 | G |
| EL DORADO | 1.31 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 6.75 | G |
| CLINTON | 0.74 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 5.98 | G |
| LACYGNE | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.79 | F |
| KANOPOLIS | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 7.28 | F |
| WOLF CREEK | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 4.59 | P |
| COUNCIL GROVE | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 6.15 | P |
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