Melvern - River Pond Fishing Information

Melvern - River Pond Map
This Location does not have Boat Access
Fishing Forecast
Counties:
Surface Acres:
90

35 miles South of Topeka on US-75

Fishing Forecast Information

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+Sauger Forecast

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

+Saugeye Forecast

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

+Smallmouth Bass Forecast

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

+Black Bass Combined Forecast

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

+Blue Catfish Forecast

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

+Largemouth Bass Forecast

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

+Walleye Forecast

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

+Percids Combined Forecast

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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