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 | Use minnows under a bobber around deeper water dropoffs and brush. |
| Channel catfish | Good | 8-30 inches | Livers or other prepared baits lakewide, upper end during rain events. Some nice sized catfish were seen during electrofishing |
| Largemouth Bass | Good | up to 4lbs. | There is an abundant bass popuation in this lake with many fish in the 13-16" range, you can benefit the population by harvesting bass less than 13". Topwater baits should produce some fish along with spinnerbaits or finesse plastics such as Senkos or Trick worms rigged weightless or wacky style on a drop shot |
| Wipers | Fair | up to 6 lbs | Chicken livers or topwater or crankbaits fish around wind blown banks and dropoffs. Many nice sized wipers were seen while electrofishing. |
| 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
****Channel Catfish or Blue Catfish in combination
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| WATERBODY | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big Fish | Biologist rating | 3-yr average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (>11”) | (>14”) | (>17”) | (LBS.) | (>11”) | ||
| BOURBON | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.94 | E | 34.27 |
| WILSON | 25.00 | 6.48 | 0.00 | 1.88 | E | 20.71 |
| HOWARD - POLK DANIELS LAKE | 6.99 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.79 | G | 12.59 |
| WINFIELD CITY LAKE | 5.88 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 1.94 | F | 2.94 |
| CRAWFORD | 5.43 | 1.81 | 0.00 | 1.74 | F | 8.67 |
| EUREKA CITY LAKE | 2.99 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.34 | G | 3.64 |
| GARNETT - CEDAR CREEK LAKE | 1.08 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 1.59 | P | 0.54 |
| WATERBODY | Density | Preferred | Lunker | Big Fish | Biologist rating | 3-yr average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (>7”) | (>9”) | (>11”) | (LBS.) | (>7”) | ||
| DOUGLAS | 15.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.53 | G | 16.69 |
| WILSON | 13.00 | 1.75 | 0.25 | 0.99 | G | 7.17 |
| PAOLA CITY LAKE | 10.75 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.93 | G | 3.75 |
| MELVERN RIVER POND | 10.50 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.66 | F | 4.00 |
| DOUGLAS CO. - LONESTAR LAKE | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 | F | 7.00 |
| BONE CREEK LAKE | 6.38 | 2.13 | 0.25 | 1.12 | G | 5.93 |
| COWLEY | 5.75 | 0.50 | 0.00 | G | 8.67 | |
| MONTGOMERY | 4.14 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.55 | G | 3.13 |
| LENEXA-LAKE LENEXA | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | G | 3.83 |
| SEDAN - NEW (SOUTH) CITY LAKE | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.34 | G | 3.50 |
| LYON | 3.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.67 | G | 4.58 |
| YATES CENTER CITY LAKE-NEW | 2.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.65 | G | 2.85 |
| THAYER CITY LAKE | 2.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.46 | G | 1.25 |
| MOLINE OLD (SOUTH) CITY LAKE | 2.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.78 | G | 3.92 |
| JEWELL | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | F | 2.92 |
| BUTLER | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | F | 1.38 |
| NEOSHO | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.22 | G | 0.83 |
| YATES CENTER - SOUTH OWL LAKE | 1.40 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.52 | F | 1.02 |
| HOWARD - POLK DANIELS LAKE | 1.25 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.48 | G | 1.00 |
| LEAVENWORTH | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | F | 9.58 |
| OSAGE | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | P | 1.08 |
| POTTAWATOMIE #2 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 | F | 0.58 |
| GRIDLEY CITY LAKE | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 1.05 | F | 1.58 |
| MIAMI | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 | P | 1.31 |
| FORT SCOTT CITY LAKE | 0.63 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.47 | P | 0.63 |
| LEBO CITY LAKE | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.69 | F | 0.28 |
| SHAWNEE | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.29 | P | 0.50 |
| BROWN | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | P | 0.50 |
| ATCHISON | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.58 | P | 0.63 |
| PLEASANTON - WEST LAKE | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 | P | 0.75 |
| CRAWFORD | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | F | 0.17 |
| WINFIELD CITY LAKE | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | P | 0.30 |
| BOURBON | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.43 | G | 0.25 |
| PLEASANTON - EAST LAKE | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | P | 0.25 |
| MOUND CITY LAKE | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | G | 0.25 |
| MIDDLE CREEK | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | P | 0.75 |
| PARSONS CITY LAKE | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | P | 0.13 |
| GARNETT-CEDAR CREEK LAKE | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.29 | P | 0.13 |
| KIOWA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | P | 0.00 |
| SHAWNEE CO. - LAKE SHAWNEE | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | P | 0.00 |
| JEFFREY EC - AUX. MAKEUP LAKE | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.23 | P | 0.00 |
| HOLTON - BANNER CREEK LAKE | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | P | 0.00 |
| MEADE STATE LAKE | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | P | 0.00 |
| KINGMAN | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | P | 0.00 |