Toronto Reservoir Fishing Information

Counties:

Greenwood

GPS:

N37 46.744 W095 56.603

Surface Acres:

2,800 acres

Maximum Depth:

24.2 ft.

Normal Lake Level:

901.5 fsl

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Toronto Reservoir

Fall River, KS

15 miles SW of Yates Center

Corps of Engineers (620) 658-4445

Toronto/Fall River Office 620-583-6783

Toronto Cove

Toronto Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 04/14/2021

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, Location
channel catfish	fair	3% 11"-16" 48% 16"-24" 41% 24"-28" 8% 28"-36"	Use a worm, stink bait, or shad sides below riffles.
largemouth bass	poor	17% 8"-12" 39% 12"-15" 44% 15"-20" 0% 20"-25"	The main body of the reservoir doesn't have the necessary largemouth bass habitat to support a high density bass population. However, the flooded timber and clearer water in the backwater section of Walnut Creek produces a fair density bass population. There were 12 bass per hour of electrofishing sampled in the reservoir. The ideal catch rate would be 100 bass per hour. Use a jig, spinner, worm, or crank bait around stumps and brush in river and Walnut Creek.
white bass	fair	0% 6"-9" 6% 9"-12" 84% 12"-15" 10% 15"-18" 0% 18"+	Post spawn fish are in deep holes in river and around woody debris. Use a jig or minnow.
white crappie	fair	54% 5"-8" 28% 8"-10" 12% 10"-12" 6% 12"-15" 0% 15"+	Use a jig or minnow in backs of coves. The water temperature is still too cold for active spawning.
General Comments
Link to USACE reservoir water level: http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/TORO.lakepage.html To view a map of Toronto Reservoir brush piles, copy this file into Google Earth and zoom into the reservoir. TORR brush piles 17 (OCTET-STREAM 1.74 kB) Sign up to receive a copy of the Fall River/Toronto District Fisheries Newsletter. For more information about the Fall River/Toronto Fisheries District, click here to access newsletters.

Creel Length/Limits

Fishing Population	Creel Limit	Min Length Limit
Bluegill
Channel Catfish	10
Crappie	50
Flathead Catfish	5
Largemouth Bass	5	15
Spotted Bass	5	15
Green Sunfish
White Bass

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

Fishing Forecast Information

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+Largemouth Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>12”)	(>15”)	(>20”)	(LBS.)		(>12”)
	RES
SEBELIUS	91.18	32.35	0.00	4.32	G	67.56
WEBSTER	73.53	21.18	0.00	3.99	G	40.74
WILSON	72.76	42.88	1.24	5.78	G	43.35
LACYGNE	55.42	33.13	6.02	6.49	E	51.34
BIG HILL	50.42	23.53	2.52	5.44	G	30.40
KIRWIN	42.35	34.71	0.00	2.92	G	32.39
TORONTO	9.80	5.23	0.00	3.53	P	9.80
GLEN ELDER	9.00	5.19	0.17	5.38	G	15.50
EL DORADO	6.47	2.94	0.00	3.04	F	6.76
KANOPOLIS	6.34	1.46	0.00	3.78	P	9.80
MELVERN	5.10	1.37	0.00	2.69	F	7.29
CEDAR BLUFF	4.57	3.56	0.00	3.98	G	6.46
HILLSDALE	3.96	2.64	0.22	5.16	F	5.58
MILFORD	3.90	2.75	0.00	4.68	F	9.64
CLINTON	3.87	1.94	0.00	4.03	F	5.43
WOLF CREEK	3.85	3.85	0.00	3.04	F	13.08
PERRY	2.84	2.27	0.00	5.48	F	8.30
LOVEWELL	1.24	1.24	0.00	4.15	P	1.24

+Flathead Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>20”)	(>28”)	(>34”)	(LBS.)		(>20”)
	RES
WEBSTER	0.17	0.00	0.00	4.07	G	0.28
WILSON	0.10	0.07	0.03	14.11	F	0.10
BIG HILL	0.10	0.00	0.00	1.92	F	0.17
KANOPOLIS	0.10	0.00	0.00	3.62	G	0.10
KIRWIN	0.08	0.00	0.00	3.11	G	0.08
TORONTO	0.08	0.00	0.00	3.91	G	0.09
CLINTON	0.06	0.00	0.00	2.95	G	0.06
TUTTLE CREEK	0.05	0.00	0.00	6.17	G	0.05
JOHN REDMOND	0.05	0.00	0.00	4.65	G	0.05
CHENEY	0.04	0.00	0.00	2.31	F	0.04
EL DORADO	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.07	F	0.10
MELVERN	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.21	F	0.03

+Black Crappie Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>8”)	(>10”)	(>12”)	(LBS.)		(>8”)
	RES
CEDAR BLUFF	19.78	1.72	0.00	0.74	G	8.65
KIRWIN	13.19	11.69	3.63	1.49	G	15.08
SEBELIUS	10.90	5.90	0.40	1.64	G	14.13
WEBSTER	6.25	2.06	0.00	0.92	G	5.65
GLEN ELDER	4.29	3.50	0.21	1.26	F	7.06
KANOPOLIS	2.50	1.42	0.08	0.97	F	4.82
LOVEWELL	2.14	0.21	0.07	1.06	F	3.38
MARION	1.25	0.50	0.25	1.31	F	2.53
CLINTON	1.06	1.00	0.13	1.10	F	0.56
BIG HILL	0.90	0.30	0.20	0.92	F	0.83
HILLSDALE	0.50	0.13	0.06	1.36	P	0.50
WILSON	0.40	0.40	0.13	1.16	F	1.02
PERRY	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.75	P	0.10
MILFORD	0.13	0.06	0.06	1.63	P	0.13
EL DORADO	0.13	0.13	0.06	1.19	P	0.15
FALL RIVER	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.69	P	0.03
JOHN REDMOND	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.48	P	0.72
TUTTLE CREEK	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.35	P	0.06
TORONTO	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.30	P	0.06
WOLF CREEK	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.96	P	0.37
CHENEY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.21	P	0.00
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	P	0.03

+Bluegill Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>6”)	(>8”)	(>10”)	(LBS.)		(>6”)
	RES
SEBELIUS	57.10	1.30	0.00	1.51	G	28.77
CEDAR BLUFF	31.17	0.11	0.00	0.41	G	11.48
KANOPOLIS	19.25	0.00	0.00	0.34	F	7.62
WILSON	11.47	0.13	0.00	0.34	F	5.40
WEBSTER	9.38	0.06	0.00	0.47	G	9.48
CLINTON	4.69	0.06	0.06	0.33	F	2.81
HILLSDALE	4.56	0.06	0.00	0.36	F	3.58
BIG HILL	4.10	0.00	0.00	0.34	G	3.57
LACYGNE	3.06	0.00	0.00	0.35	F	1.71
PERRY	2.67	0.00	0.00	0.34	G	1.53
LOVEWELL	2.50	0.00	0.00	0.32	F	1.85
GLEN ELDER	2.21	0.38	0.17	0.45	F	3.36
MARION	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	P	3.45
MILFORD	1.31	0.13	0.00	0.43	F	1.31
MELVERN	1.06	0.00	0.00	0.29	P	0.54
KIRWIN	0.94	0.00	0.00	0.33	F	3.29
FALL RIVER	0.88	0.00	0.00	0.27	P	0.72
POMONA	0.83	0.00	0.00	0.25	P	0.82
CHENEY	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.22	P	0.40
EL DORADO	0.38	0.00	0.00	0.20	P	0.88
WOLF CREEK	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.17	P	0.74
COUNCIL GROVE	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.21	P	0.10
TUTTLE CREEK	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.35	P	0.19
JOHN REDMOND	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.18	P	0.16
TORONTO	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.22	P	0.06
ELK CITY	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.16	P	0.54

+Channel Catfish Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>16”)	(>24”)	(>28”)	(LBS.)		(>16”)
	RES
MARION	6.73	0.13	0.00	4.72	E	4.13
HILLSDALE	6.67	0.08	0.08	10.63	E	4.75
TORONTO	6.08	3.08	0.50	12.79	E	3.55
KANOPOLIS	4.76	0.67	0.00	6.39	G	4.38
BIG HILL	4.60	0.50	0.10	8.52	G	5.87
LOVEWELL	4.25	0.90	0.15	13.84	G	5.67
ELK CITY	3.83	0.83	0.08	8.43	G	2.86
CLINTON	3.56	0.00	0.00	4.89	G	3.21
WILSON	2.83	0.57	0.00	7.25	G	2.92
PERRY	2.70	0.57	0.04	8.42	G	1.73
MELVERN	2.30	0.20	0.10	11.46	G	3.16
POMONA	2.00	0.14	0.00	8.00	G	2.24
CHENEY	2.00	0.70	0.19	10.85	G	1.26
FALL RIVER	2.00	1.33	0.33	10.54	G	2.17
LACYGNE	1.93	0.00	0.00	3.94	G	1.37
KIRWIN	1.58	0.33	0.00	7.66	G	1.24
COUNCIL GROVE	1.29	0.14	0.00	5.86	F	0.94
GLEN ELDER	1.04	0.42	0.13	14.97	F	1.78
JOHN REDMOND	0.95	0.19	0.14	14.03	F	0.98
EL DORADO	0.80	0.07	0.00	5.40	F	0.49
WOLF CREEK	0.75	0.00	0.00	4.17	F	0.86
WEBSTER	0.75	0.00	0.00	3.84	G	1.14
CEDAR BLUFF	0.58	0.04	0.04	10.64	F	0.35
MILFORD	0.40	0.00	0.00	2.79	F	0.45
TUTTLE CREEK	0.30	0.05	0.00	7.33	F	0.30
SEBELIUS	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.06	F	0.13

+White Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>9”)	(>12”)	(>15”)	(LBS.)		(>9”)
	RES
GLEN ELDER	21.75	14.33	3.04	2.78	E	18.75
KANOPOLIS	14.95	3.10	0.76	2.86	G	15.92
CLINTON	13.44	11.69	1.31	2.31	G	8.77
JOHN REDMOND	9.95	8.52	0.95	2.87	G	7.90
HILLSDALE	9.42	2.08	0.17	1.66	G	3.89
MARION	8.87	2.67	0.20	1.79	G	9.78
CEDAR BLUFF	7.50	7.50	2.58	2.49	E	8.08
PERRY	5.17	1.57	0.35	2.51	G	2.97
WEBSTER	5.08	4.42	0.08	1.53	G	5.28
POMONA	4.57	2.29	0.00	1.58	G	2.41
MILFORD	4.55	0.60	0.05	1.80	G	4.15
BIG HILL	4.30	3.90	0.60	2.35	G	3.33
WILSON	4.13	2.73	1.20	2.95	F	2.73
CHENEY	3.15	2.63	1.07	2.58	G	2.21
TORONTO	2.58	2.42	0.25	2.86	F	2.33
EL DORADO	2.47	1.80	0.47	1.85	F	2.47
WOLF CREEK	2.20	2.00	0.50	1.72	F	2.09
FALL RIVER	1.92	1.42	0.75	3.30	F	5.29
KIRWIN	1.83	1.83	0.75	2.64	G	2.50
LOVEWELL	1.05	1.05	0.35	2.15	F	4.29
LACYGNE	0.50	0.43	0.21	1.66	G	2.57
MELVERN	0.50	0.50	0.10	2.34	F	4.06
COUNCIL GROVE	0.29	0.14	0.00	1.10	P	1.45
TUTTLE CREEK	0.05	0.05	0.05	1.79	P	0.05
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	P	4.54

+Crappie Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Lovewell Reservoir	69.88	29.63	12.13	35.56	Reservoir	Good
Pomona Reservoir	28.56	18.56	3.38	15.81	Reservoir	Excellent
Sebelius Reservoir	26.50	15.10	1.60	13.13	Reservoir	Good
Glen Elder Reservoir	19.85	5.45	0.45	8.07	Reservoir	Good
Perry Reservoir	17.59	9.00	1.00	20.32	Reservoir	Excellent
Kirwin Reservoir	15.50	13.56	1.00	21.33	Reservoir	Good
Webster Reservoir	15.19	3.44	0.56	8.90	Reservoir	Good
Hillsdale Reservoir	14.81	8.81	0.63	26.13	Reservoir	Good
Kanopolis Reservoir	12.67	2.75	0.17	9.43	Reservoir	Good
Melvern Reservoir	10.06	6.31	0.13	8.97	Reservoir	Good
Marion Reservoir	8.55	6.73	2.00	13.87	Reservoir	Fair
El Dorado Reservoir	8.19	5.19	1.06	8.33	Reservoir	Good
John Redmond Reservoir	6.81	5.44	0.38	7.81	Reservoir	Fair
Council Grove Reservoir	6.75	4.92	1.50	4.57	Reservoir	Good
Big Hill Reservoir	5.70	3.70	0.30	4.27	Reservoir	Good
Lacygne Reservoir	5.56	1.94	0.13	4.58	Reservoir	Good
Wolf Creek Reservoir	5.13	1.31	1.13	7.20	Reservoir	Fair
Elk City Reservoir	3.75	3.63	0.94	10.47	Reservoir	Good
Wilson Reservoir	2.53	1.93	0.47	0.96	Reservoir	Fair
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	1.83	1.11	0.61	3.07	Reservoir	Fair
Toronto Reservoir	1.50	0.67	0.17	9.08	Reservoir	Good
Horsethief Reservoir	1.00	0.38	0.00	7.21	Reservoir	Fair
Clinton Reservoir				24.67	Reservoir	Good

+Temperate Basses Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Kanopolis Reservoir	25.82	19.65	3.41	14.22	Reservoir	Excellent
Glen Elder Reservoir	19.67	18.22	5.00	20.04	Reservoir	Excellent
Marion Reservoir	13.73	11.13	0.27	12.13	Reservoir	Good
Webster Reservoir	12.33	8.50	0.08	7.86	Reservoir	Good
Elk City Reservoir	10.50	8.25	1.42	7.29	Reservoir	Excellent
Lovewell Reservoir	10.17	4.58	0.08	6.59	Reservoir	Good
Melvern Reservoir	9.88	8.75	2.31	5.19	Reservoir	Good
John Redmond Reservoir	8.65	2.75	0.35	6.47	Reservoir	Good
Cheney Reservoir	6.55	3.75	0.45	7.20	Reservoir	Good
Clinton Reservoir	6.19	4.81	0.88	7.29	Reservoir	Good
Kirwin Reservoir	6.00	2.47	0.20	5.73	Reservoir	Good
Lacygne Reservoir	5.50	2.31	0.25	4.06	Reservoir	Good
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	5.17	3.92	0.25	12.60	Reservoir	Fair
El Dorado Reservoir	3.73	2.93	0.73	6.47	Reservoir	Good
Big Hill Reservoir	3.00	2.70	0.70	2.20	Reservoir	Fair
Pomona Reservoir	2.44	0.44	0.00	3.09	Reservoir	Fair
Sebelius Reservoir	2.30	0.70	0.00	7.63	Reservoir	Good
Wilson Reservoir	2.07	1.97	1.27	2.34	Reservoir	Good
Council Grove Reservoir	1.53	1.20	0.20	1.96	Reservoir	Fair
Perry Reservoir	1.48	1.00	0.10	2.33	Reservoir	Fair
Wolf Creek Reservoir	1.39	1.22	0.39	2.34	Reservoir	Fair
Hillsdale Reservoir	1.33	1.08	0.17	1.69	Reservoir	Fair
Toronto Reservoir	0.60	0.30	0.20	4.51	Reservoir	Poor
Milford Reservoir				8.17	Reservoir	Good

+Spotted Bass Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>11”)	(>14”)	(>17”)	(LBS.)		(>11”)
	RES
EL DORADO	4.71	1.76	0.00	1.98	P	2.65
CEDAR BLUFF	2.67	0.76	0.00	1.97	G	3.10
SEBELIUS	1.18	0.59	0.00	1.82	G	4.85
TORONTO	0.65	0.65	0.00	2.43	P	0.65
GLEN ELDER	0.35	0.17	0.00	1.84	P	0.43
WILSON	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.71	P	0.29
MILFORD	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.32	P	0.00
MELVERN	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	P	0.00

* Not sampled in 2019. Rating is based on biologist's current opinion of the fishery and the three-year average provides density data from past year's sampling results.

+White Crappie Forecast

WATERBODY	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big Fish	Rating	3 yr avg
	(>8”)	(>10”)	(>12”)	(LBS.)		(>8”)
	RES
POMONA	23.83	6.83	1.89	1.27	E	19.80
MARION	15.88	3.63	1.25	1.59	G	10.30
HILLSDALE	12.06	7.75	1.25	1.49	G	20.48
LOVEWELL	11.86	2.29	0.29	1.24	G	29.79
TUTTLE CREEK	11.75	10.25	1.25	1.66	E	11.75
MELVERN	9.94	6.75	0.63	1.55	G	11.60
EL DORADO	9.75	8.50	3.56	2.10	G	7.36
TORONTO	6.31	2.50	0.81	1.72	G	8.10
MILFORD	5.44	4.06	1.31	1.95	G	5.44
PERRY	5.33	4.39	0.67	1.34	G	13.50
WOLF CREEK	4.94	2.24	0.35	1.48	F	4.56
BIG HILL	4.80	2.30	0.50	1.02	G	4.17
FALL RIVER	4.13	0.75	0.63	1.53	G	5.44
COUNCIL GROVE	3.62	2.62	0.92	1.53	G	5.07
GLEN ELDER	3.50	0.58	0.33	2.02	G	2.86
CHENEY	2.40	1.40	0.00	0.73	F	2.40
CLINTON	1.69	0.94	0.13	1.07	F	17.75
LACYGNE	1.62	0.94	0.31	1.17	G	3.10
JOHN REDMOND	1.38	1.06	0.13	1.91	F	3.41
WEBSTER	1.13	0.25	0.00	0.84	G	3.38
ELK CITY	1.00	0.44	0.44	1.95	G	7.14
SEBELIUS	0.70	0.30	0.00	0.88	F	0.73
KIRWIN	0.69	0.31	0.25	1.98	G	3.73
CEDAR BLUFF	0.44	0.44	0.00	0.71	P	0.46
KANOPOLIS	0.42	0.17	0.08	2.25	G	2.74
WILSON	0.13	0.13	0.07	1.12	F	0.07

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