Fishing Reports
Kansas
Lake
Largemouth Bass
Winter
3 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Dam
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
41°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
49°
With mild November weather and daily temps ranging from 50's to near 70 degrees the fall bite has been good. Fish usually move up on points as day warms up. Verticle jigging the deeper water and casting to points got the best bites from largemouth, wiper, white bass, crappie, and bluegill.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
51°
La Cygne Lake in Kansas is a Power Plant Lake which has 60-degree water coming out of the discharge. This makes the overall lake water temp 15 degrees higher than surroundings lakes in Kansas and Missouri. The coldest water I found in my 7-hour fishing day was 43 degrees. I started out on the face of the damn with a crankbait and A-rig, and just wasn’t seeing the fish on my forward-facing sonar. I moved to several areas throughout the lake that have produced for me over the last 25 years of fishing this lake (mostly underwater rock piles) and still no bass. I moved to a main lake channel swing and quickly started catching bass on the Luck E Strike STX jerk bait. Eight out of the Ten bass a boated were suspended directly over stumps located in 13’ – 8’ of water. Only five of my ten bass were keepers (must be 18”) but catching a January limit in Kansas…I will take it.
