Fort Scott Lake

I haven't been out on the water yet this year, but last year treated me well. Has anyone had any luck at on Fort Scott Lake yet?

Haven't heard anything.I'll ask at work tomorrow.Did hear the Mound city lake they opened up late last year was a little hot.With some nice size crappie.That's where I need to go,but still trying to figure out Toronto.Welcome aboard.

I see they changed the crappie limit from 10 to 20 at Bone Creek unless it's a typo. Maybe they're were getting too many small fish.

Welcome,I have heard of some nice bass caught there but don't know about crappie.

Fort Scott Lake, have a friend that fished the lake regularly, seemed happy with the results, but it been years since we talked.

Last year at Fort Scott I did pretty well when the water warmed up. The few times I did make it to Bone Creek I didn't have any luck with the crappie. It seemed I made it in time for all the moss to be overgrown and covering my good spots. A few years ago I pulled some nice crappie out of Bone. If the creel limit has raised to 20 I might have to make a few trips down there this year. I stuck around Fort Scott thanks to high gas prices and the creel being 50. Thanks for the info guys and I'll let y'all know when I get the boat out. I hear the trout at Gunn Park are doing better this year than last year.

Well a friend at work that bass fishes fort scott every week said they were catching some deep,but the shad are moving back to the shallows.That's where he would expect to find them.Good luck to ya.

Howdy y’all,

I haven’t been out to Lake Fort Scott, but I was able to go out to Rock Creek Lake on the 14^th of March. My buddy and I used minnows and he was able to catch a 13’’ crappie in about 13’ of water while he was trolling with a bobber from behind the boat. I used a jig and caught white, and black bass. The water temperature was at 59 degrees and the wind was gust up to 30 from the South. I think here in a few more weeks the water temp will be warm enough for spawning. I have talked to several other people that said the crappie were on the move at Rock Creek. Until next time, Happy fishing!

AJ Elmer