Garnett City Lake - North Fishing Information
Garnett, KS
N edge of Garnett
City of Garnett 785-448-5496
Fisheries Biologist: Justin Morrison (620) 637-2748
| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method & Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crappie | Fair | 8-14 inches | Various colored jigs or live minnows around brush or off of the north dock around the cubes. Crappie have moved to deeper water near structure try vertical jigging around any type of brush or sharp drop off. |
| Channel catfish | Good | 8-30 inches | Livers, shad sides, or other prepared baits along ledges or windy banks. Upper end during rain events can be good. |
| Largemouth Bass | Good | up to 4lbs. | Using topwaters, crankbaits or spinnerbaits should be productive. Otherwise shaky heads and Ned rigs are great for tough bite situations. This lake has a high density population of bass so harvesting fish outside the slot limit would be beneficial to the population. |
| Wipers | Slow-Fair | up to 6 lbs | Chicken livers or crankbaits fish around wind blown banks and dropoffs. |
| Walleye | Slow | curly tailed jigs or crankbaits along the bank near deeper water. | |
| General Comments | |||
| Please remember to help STOP AQUATIC HITCHHIKERS! CLEAN, DRAIN, and DRY your boat and livewell when leaving water bodies. Four Georgia Cube Fish Attractors were placed by the fishing dock (2on the East end and 2 on the West end) on the north end of the lake. DO NOT MOVE FISH OR BAIT TO DIFFERENT WATERS! For more information on waters in Woodson, Coffey, Anderson, and Allen counties, click the following link to sign up for the New Strawn District Fisheries Newsletter.http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/KDWPT-Info/News/Newsletter-Request-Forms/Request-a-Newsletter-for-the-New-Strawn-Fishing-District | |||
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | ||
| Channel Catfish | 2 | 15 |
| Crappie | 10 | 10 |
| Flathead Catfish | 5 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 13-18 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 5 | 18 |
| Walleye | 2 | 18 |
| Wiper | 2 | 18 |
| Green Sunfish | ||
| Redear Sunfish |
* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
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| Water | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big Fish | Biologist rating | 3 year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (>20”) | (>28”) | (>34”) | (LBS.) | (>20”) | ||
| CRAWFORD SFL | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 7.87 | G | 0.33 |
| SEVERY CITY LAKE | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.68 | P | 0.33 |
| NEOSHO SFL | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 15.63 | G | 0.42 |
| GARNETT-CEDAR CREEK LAKE | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.48 | F | 0.25 |
| HOWARD-POLK DANIELS LAKE | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.05 | P | 0.17 |
| THAYER CITY LAKE (NEW) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 12.61 | F | 0.25 |
| WILSON SFL | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 7.06 | G | 0.17 |
| EUREKA CITY LAKE | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.27 | F | 0.17 |
| HORTON-MISSION LAKE | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.58 | F | 0.17 |
| MADISON CITY LAKE | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.31 | P | 0.17 |
| YATES CENTER-SOUTH OWL LAKE | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 5.41 | P | 0.17 |
| JEFFREY ENG. CTR.- AUX. MAKEUP LAKE | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.88 | F | 0.13 |
| BONE CREEK LAKE | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.47 | F | 0.19 |
| MCPHERSON SFL | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.36 | P | 0.10 |
| LEAVENWORTH SFL | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | F | 0.17 |