Elk City Reservoir Fishing Information

Counties:

Montgomery

GPS:

N37 15.415 W95 46.487

Surface Acres:

4,450 acres

Maximum Depth:

24 feet

Normal Lake Level:

N/A

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Independence, KS

Corps of Engineers (620) 331-6820

Elk City Bathymetric Map (PDF 5.23 MB)

Elk City Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 09/05/2018

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method & Location
Crappie	Good	8-12"	Crappie fishing has remained steady. Jigging vertically along the dam has been producing the most fish. Fish have also been caught from the dock and rock jetties in the state park.
Blue and channel catfish	Good	18-26"	Catfishing remains good. Look for fish to move into the shallows in the evenings. Drift fishing has also been producing good fishing. Shad sides have been working the best.
White Bass	Fair	10-14"	The white bass fishing remains slow. Look for white bass to start moving in near the shore at the state park with cooling water.
Outlet	Fair	12-20"	Water release has diminished. Fishing has slowed.

Blue catfish are currently managed with a 35-in minimum length limit and 5/day creel limit in hopes that they will establish a self-sustaining population. Water Level Current water levels and discharge can be viewed HERE. District Newsletter We have created a fishing newsletter that can be sent out to all that subscribe to it. This newsletter is for fishing information for the Independence District (Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery, and Wilson counties) only. Youth/Mentor Pond The Elk City State Park Youth/Mentor pond is now open. The pond is open to anglers 15 and younger as well as their mentor. A mentor may take more than one youth fishing, but only one mentor may fish per youth they accompany. Two channel catfish can be harvested daily, but largemouth bass are catch and release only. See the park office for more information.

Creel Length/Limits

Fishing Population	Creel Limit	Min Length Limit
Bluegill
Black Bullhead
Channel Catfish	10
Crappie	50
Flathead Catfish	5
Green Sunfish
Largemouth Bass	5	15
Saugeye	5	15
White Bass
Blue Catfish	5	35

* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
****Channel Catfish or Blue Catfish in combination

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Fishing Forecast Information

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+Flathead Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>20”)	(>28”)	(>34”)	(LBS.)		(>20”)
LACYGNE	0.50	0.08	0.00	6.62	E	0.37
TORONTO	0.42	0.00	0.00	5.36	G	0.63
BIG HILL	0.20	0.10	0.00	6.41	G	0.20
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	0.20	0.10	0.00	9.66	F	0.20
MELVERN	0.19	0.06	0.00	3.50	F	0.13
FALL RIVER	0.17	0.08	0.08	8.85	G	0.12
EL DORADO	0.13	0.00	0.00	2.40	G	0.15
COUNCIL GROVE	0.10	0.00	0.00	5.17	F	0.08
KANOPOLIS	0.10	0.00	0.00	3.21	F	0.10
WEBSTER	0.08	0.08	0.00	7.84	F	0.08
ELK CITY	0.08	0.00	0.00	1.87	F	0.08
POMONA	0.08	0.00	0.00	1.56	G	0.07
HILLSDALE	0.08	0.00	0.00	5.61	G	0.11
WOLF CREEK	0.06	0.00	0.00	2.76	F	0.06
JOHN REDMOND	0.06	0.00	0.00	3.13	G	0.09
TUTTLE CREEK	0.05	0.00	0.00	3.00	G	0.05
PERRY	0.03	0.00	0.00	4.36	G	0.02
LOVEWELL	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	G	0.03

+Bluegill Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>6”)	(>8”)	(>10”)	(LBS.)		(>6”)
WEBSTER	14.19	0.13	0.00	0.46	G	5.00
MARION	9.20	0.00	0.00	0.23	F	7.73
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	9.00	0.10	0.00	0.45	G	5.53
LOVEWELL	6.64	0.00	0.00	0.29	F	2.86
HILLSDALE	4.69	0.06	0.00	0.47	G	3.54
LACYGNE	3.69	0.00	0.00	0.30	F	4.33
BIG HILL	2.20	0.00	0.00	0.29	F	3.03
KIRWIN	2.06	0.00	0.00	0.37	F	0.69
WILSON	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.32	F	1.02
KANOPOLIS	1.44	0.06	0.00	0.52	F	0.95
CEDAR BLUFF	1.37	0.00	0.00	0.31	P	1.25
GLEN ELDER	1.09	0.00	0.00	0.38	P	0.41
CLINTON	0.69	0.00	0.00	0.26	P	0.94
EL DORADO	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.10	P	0.42
PERRY	0.38	0.00	0.00	0.16	P	0.76
MELVERN	0.38	0.00	0.00	0.22	P	0.81
FALL RIVER	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.26	P	0.81
POMONA	0.31	0.00	0.00	0.26	P	0.44
WOLF CREEK	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.18	F	0.98
MILFORD	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.30	F	0.67
TUTTLE CREEK	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.29	P	0.10
TORONTO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	P	0.31
JOHN REDMOND	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	P	1.30
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	P	0.33
COUNCIL GROVE	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	F	0.08

+White Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>9”)	(>12”)	(>15”)	(LBS.)		(>9”)
GLEN ELDER	19.54	13.75	2.83	2.60	E	10.64
CEDAR BLUFF	17.13	14.78	4.35	1.93	E	14.70
TORONTO	9.00	7.08	1.42	2.76	G	5.36
ELK CITY	8.25	6.25	0.33	2.19	G	5.66
KANOPOLIS	8.00	7.33	1.38	2.65	G	9.02
WEBSTER	6.00	2.08	0.33	1.93	G	5.86
JOHN REDMOND	5.56	5.39	1.22	3.21	G	6.78
CLINTON	5.50	5.44	2.19	2.31	F	8.25
FALL RIVER	5.08	3.25	1.25	2.48	G	3.60
LOVEWELL	4.90	1.95	0.00	1.27	G	4.01
MARION	4.53	1.40	0.00	1.68	G	2.76
EL DORADO	4.20	3.60	0.80	2.16	G	2.79
MELVERN	3.88	3.56	0.56	2.59	F	9.58
PERRY	3.28	1.90	0.14	2.80	G	5.71
KIRWIN	3.17	2.25	0.42	2.93	G	3.83
LACYGNE	3.00	1.58	0.08	1.60	G	2.40
WILSON	2.93	2.60	0.40	2.97	F	2.30
CHENEY	2.85	2.25	0.85	2.78	G	6.65
HILLSDALE	2.83	2.50	0.00	1.12	F	4.53
WOLF CREEK	2.63	1.75	0.06	1.56	F	2.99
POMONA	2.58	2.00	0.17	3.07	F	9.65
MILFORD	1.80	1.45	0.15	2.01	F	1.12
BIG HILL	0.90	0.90	0.20	1.76	F	2.29
COUNCIL GROVE	0.80	0.00	0.00	0.44	F	1.11
TUTTLE CREEK	0.15	0.10	0.00	1.40	P	0.27

+Channel Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>16”)	(>24”)	(>28”)	(LBS.)		(>16”)
CLINTON	6.06	0.38	0.06	9.45	G	5.42
MARION	5.20	0.73	0.13	8.84	G	3.62
BIG HILL	5.10	0.30	0.00	5.74	G	4.68
HILLSDALE	5.08	0.25	0.17	9.89	G	4.25
MELVERN	4.50	0.19	0.00	6.67	G	3.75
LOVEWELL	4.30	0.60	0.00	7.25	G	2.78
ELK CITY	4.08	1.08	0.00	7.46	G	3.79
KANOPOLIS	3.71	0.00	0.00	4.56	G	3.05
POMONA	3.25	0.25	0.00	4.91	G	3.57
COUNCIL GROVE	2.60	0.30	0.00	8.07	G	1.78
WILSON	2.57	0.10	0.00	7.93	G	2.06
PERRY	2.45	0.34	0.03	8.60	G	2.45
LACYGNE	2.00	0.00	0.00	3.93	G	1.76
TORONTO	1.75	0.67	0.17	9.64	G	1.69
GLEN ELDER	1.67	0.21	0.04	14.18	F	1.90
FALL RIVER	1.25	0.50	0.17	11.49	G	1.11
CHENEY	1.15	0.60	0.15	13.07	F	0.85
MILFORD	1.15	0.10	0.00	6.59	F	1.20
WOLF CREEK	1.13	0.00	0.00	4.25	F	1.10
JOHN REDMOND	1.06	0.56	0.56	22.05	G	0.84
WEBSTER	1.00	0.08	0.00	6.04	F	0.99
CEDAR BLUFF	0.35	0.04	0.00	5.81	F	0.35
KIRWIN	0.33	0.17	0.00	6.71	F	0.61
EL DORADO	0.27	0.00	0.00	3.78	G	0.31
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	0.20	0.10	0.10	9.45	F	0.33
TUTTLE CREEK	0.15	0.00	0.00	4.38	F	0.45

+Redear Sunfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>7”)	(>9”)	(>11”)	(LBS.)		(>7”)
BIG HILL	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.35	F	0.83
WOLF CREEK	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.44	P	0.07
LACYGNE	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.27	F	0.08
WILSON	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	P	0.00
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	P	0.00
HILLSDALE	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	P	0.00

+Blue Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>20”)	(>30”)	(>35”)	(LBS.)		(>20”)
WOLF CREEK	3.31	0.63	0.06	22.05	G	2.58
MILFORD	3.05	0.40	0.10	20.94	G	1.78
ELK CITY	1.75	0.00	0.00	6.15	G	0.64
EL DORADO	1.13	0.13	0.07	23.88	G	0.81
WILSON	0.53	0.00	0.00	10.26	G	0.44
LOVEWELL	0.50	0.00	0.00	12.63	G	0.45
MELVERN	0.44	0.13	0.06	21.02	F	0.29
CLINTON	0.31	0.13	0.00	19.02	F	0.69
TUTTLE CREEK	0.30	0.05	0.05	24.69	F	0.17
LACYGNE	0.25	0.00	0.00	4.97	F	0.15
PERRY	0.03	0.00	0.00	3.57	P	0.13
KANOPOLIS	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.17	P	0.00
JOHN REDMOND	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.99	P	0.02
POMONA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.64	P	0.00
GLEN ELDER	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.27	P	0.00

+White Crappie Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Biologist rating	3-yr average
	(>8”)	(>10”)	(>12”)	(LBS.)		(>8”)
HILLSDALE	27.00	7.19	0.94	1.47	G	22.50
PERRY	25.63	7.38	0.63	1.22	G	13.41
LOVEWELL	19.91	7.55	0.27	1.50	G	11.30
MARION	17.60	6.70	1.30	1.43	G	17.20
EL DORADO	11.73	5.07	1.60	2.10	G	5.47
WOLF CREEK	11.29	3.07	1.36	1.76	F	5.94
CLINTON	11.25	7.25	0.81	1.36	G	15.23
ELK CITY	10.94	5.44	0.44	1.68	G	13.27
FALL RIVER	9.94	8.13	1.63	2.09	G	9.21
POMONA	9.63	4.44	0.81	1.52	G	7.29
TORONTO	8.94	8.19	1.94	2.39	G	15.65
JOHN REDMOND	8.81	8.00	3.06	2.23	F	27.38
KANOPOLIS	7.69	0.81	0.13	1.31	F	4.48
TUTTLE CREEK	6.88	3.69	0.75	1.78	F	3.92
BIG HILL	3.20	0.60	0.10	1.04	F	4.95
KIRWIN	3.13	0.94	0.31	1.73	G	1.65
MILFORD	3.13	1.69	0.19	1.57	F	4.69
COUNCIL GROVE	2.13	1.00	0.63	1.83	F	2.21
GLEN ELDER	2.09	0.50	0.23	1.42	F	1.46
MELVERN	2.06	0.44	0.19	1.27	F	2.58
LACYGNE	1.94	1.00	0.19	1.87	F	8.96
WEBSTER	1.56	0.00	0.00	0.38	F	1.00
CEDAR BLUFF	0.84	0.42	0.37	1.66	F	1.67
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	0.40	0.30	0.00	0.73	F	1.40

+Crappie Combined Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Biologist rating	3-yr average
HILLSDALE	28.00	7.31	1.00	G	23.06
PERRY	25.69	7.38	0.63	G	13.49
KIRWIN	21.44	1.44	0.38	G	8.08
LOVEWELL	21.18	7.82	0.27	G	12.37
MARION	19.20	7.10	1.30	G	18.40
EL DORADO	12.33	5.20	1.60	G	5.72
WOLF CREEK	11.79	3.57	1.57	F	6.11
CLINTON	11.50	7.38	0.81	G	15.56
ELK CITY	10.94	5.44	0.44	G	13.27
FALL RIVER	9.94	8.13	1.63	G	9.25
POMONA	9.63	4.44	0.81	G	7.31
TORONTO	9.19	8.25	2.00	G	15.79
JOHN REDMOND	8.81	8.00	3.06	F	27.38
KANOPOLIS	8.50	1.63	0.31	F	4.94
TUTTLE CREEK	7.00	3.75	0.81	F	3.96
WEBSTER	7.00	0.69	0.00	F	3.10
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	6.40	2.50	0.00	G	4.43
BIG HILL	3.50	0.70	0.10	F	5.48
MILFORD	3.31	1.81	0.19	F	4.98
GLEN ELDER	2.23	0.55	0.23	F	1.57
COUNCIL GROVE	2.13	1.00	0.63	F	2.21
CEDAR BLUFF	2.11	1.37	0.53	F	2.48
MELVERN	2.06	0.44	0.19	F	2.60
LACYGNE	1.94	1.00	0.19	F	9.08
WILSON	0.13	0.07	0.00	P	0.16

+Temperate Basses Combined Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Biologist rating	3-yr average
GLEN ELDER	21.92	15.96	2.96	E	13.57
CEDAR BLUFF	19.30	16.22	4.43	E	17.78
MARION	12.47	3.67	0.00	E	10.09
SEBELIUS (NORTON)	9.60	4.20	0.00	G	9.86
KANOPOLIS	9.29	7.71	1.38	G	10.49
TORONTO	9.00	7.08	1.42	G	5.36
CHENEY	8.50	3.35	0.95	E	11.43
EL DORADO	8.40	5.40	0.80	G	8.06
ELK CITY	8.25	6.25	0.33	G	5.66
WEBSTER	6.75	2.42	0.33	G	7.04
CLINTON	6.56	6.19	2.19	F	9.83
JOHN REDMOND	5.67	5.44	1.22	G	6.85
MILFORD	5.15	3.05	0.15	F	8.68
FALL RIVER	5.08	3.25	1.25	G	3.60
LOVEWELL	4.95	1.95	0.00	G	4.87
WILSON	4.50	2.60	0.40	G	2.33
KIRWIN	4.33	2.92	0.58	G	6.64
POMONA	4.08	2.58	0.17	F	11.42
MELVERN	3.88	3.56	0.56	F	9.58
LACYGNE	3.50	1.75	0.08	G	3.35
PERRY	3.28	1.90	0.14	G	5.71
HILLSDALE	2.83	2.50	0.00	F	4.53
WOLF CREEK	2.75	1.75	0.06	F	3.45
COUNCIL GROVE	1.00	0.20	0.00	F	2.60
BIG HILL	0.90	0.90	0.20	F	2.29
TUTTLE CREEK	0.15	0.10	0.00	P	0.27

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