Melvern - River Pond Fishing Information

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Surface Acres:

35 miles South of Topeka on US-75

Creel Length/Limits

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

Fishing Forecast Information

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
SAUGER
	(>11")	(>14")	(>17")	(lbs.)
	RES
PERRY	3.63	1.89	0.37	2.75	E
CLINTON	0.87	0.70	0.09	1.83	G
MELVERN	0.60	0.48	0.10	1.93	G
	LAKES
BANNER CREEK LAKE	0.94	0.56	0.06	1.38	F
JEFFREY EC-MAKE UP LAKE	0.72	0.61	0.00	1.27	F
JEFFREY EC-AUX. LAKE	0.40	0.40	0.00	0.90	F

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
SAUGEYE
	(>14")	(>18")	(>22")	(lbs.)
	RES
SEBELIUS	10.77	3.63	0.17	5.67	G
COUNCIL GROVE	3.51	1.78	0.56	6.89	G
KANOPOLIS	2.07	1.10	0.20	5.74	G
CLINTON	0.40	0.04	0.00	2.72	G
TUTTLE CREEK	0.30	0.03	0.00	3.90	F
POMONA	0.23	0.00	0.00	2.10	F
WEBSTER	0.19	0.17	0.08	5.14	F
MELVERN	0.16	0.00	0.00	1.08	G

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
SMALLMOUTH BASS
	(>11")	(>14")	(>17")	(lbs.)
	RES
GLEN ELDER	19.03	12.69	2.83	4.14	G
WILSON	11.01	7.11	1.50	4.26	G
MELVERN	9.78	4.70	1.11	3.68	G
WOLF CREEK	8.47	7.63	3.85	4.81	F
EL DORADO	7.76	3.80	0.61	2.93	F
MILFORD	4.55	2.27	0.54	2.70	F
BIG HILL	4.18	2.32	0.62	3.79	F
CLINTON	2.41	0.85	0.30	3.42	F
PERRY	1.18	0.75	0.14	3.41	G
CEDAR BLUFF	0.21	0.09	0.04	3.50	G

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

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
BLUE CATFISH
	(>20")	(>30")	(>35")	(lbs.)
	RES
EL DORADO	91.22	0.60	0.00	12.60	G
ELK CITY	66.42	5.60	0.37	22.90	G
JOHN REDMOND	60.12	0.45	0.45	22.03	F
TUTTLE CREEK	55.26	8.99	1.41	24.45	G
LOVEWELL	45.57	29.49	6.31	30.55	G
MILFORD	41.13	8.71	6.00	43.98	G
GLEN ELDER	24.84	6.32	3.04	32.07	G
CHENEY	17.58	15.91	9.03	47.14	F
MELVERN	11.48	2.38	0.20	19.43	F
WOLF CREEK	8.93	2.15	0.45	38.00	F
CLINTON	7.65	2.94	0.68	30.84	F
KANOPOLIS	5.95	0.00	0.00	5.53	F
WILSON	4.35	2.28	0.22	26.45	G

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
LARGEMOUTH BASS
	(>12")	(>15")	(>20")	(lbs.)
	RES
SEBELIUS	219.13	75.16	1.03	5.24	E
WEBSTER	63.81	31.15	0.00	3.99	G
WILSON	61.55	41.11	0.81	5.77	G
LACYGNE	56.15	45.45	3.74	7.70	E
KIRWIN	44.99	35.36	0.00	3.72	G
BIG HILL	38.85	19.20	1.24	5.43	G
CEDAR BLUFF	11.93	4.98	0.04	5.83	G
KANOPOLIS	11.43	1.78	0.26	4.85	F
GLEN ELDER	9.93	6.23	0.12	5.38	G
TORONTO	9.80	5.23	0.00	3.52	F
MILFORD	8.70	2.92	0.00	4.68	F
EL DORADO	5.20	2.45	0.15	3.47	F
CLINTON	3.67	1.67	0.00	4.02	F
WOLF CREEK	3.63	2.73	0.00	3.93	F
MELVERN	3.44	0.86	0.00	2.68	F
LOVEWELL	2.65	2.35	0.00	4.56	P
HILLSDALE	2.38	1.60	0.11	5.16	P
PERRY	1.68	0.83	0.15	6.00	P

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
WALLEYE
	(>15")	(>20")	(>25")	(lbs.)
	RES
WILSON	4.92	2.18	0.28	8.52	G
KIRWIN	4.67	0.56	0.11	8.46	G
MARION	3.33	0.22	0.00	4.65	G
CEDAR BLUFF	2.88	0.50	0.01	7.93	G
WEBSTER	2.75	0.83	0.14	6.60	G
EL DORADO	2.69	1.11	0.13	7.94	G
MILFORD	2.67	0.23	0.02	6.17	G
GLEN ELDER	2.50	0.32	0.01	6.61	G
CHENEY	1.38	0.89	0.13	7.54	F
LOVEWELL	1.35	0.54	0.02	8.16	G
HILLSDALE	0.81	0.08	0.03	5.74	G
WOLF CREEK	0.59	0.20	0.02	5.99	F
MELVERN	0.50	0.06	0.00	4.59	F
CLINTON	0.45	0.00	0.00	2.91	F
POMONA	0.37	0.06	0.00	4.58	F
KANOPOLIS	0.07	0.00	0.00	1.94	P
BIG HILL	0.03	0.00	0.00	1.17	P
COUNCIL GROVE	0.02	0.02	0.00	2.80	P
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	P
SEBELIUS	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.51	F

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

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