kansas crappie

live out of state, wheres the best place for smaller lakes, if your targeting crappie this spring

SE KS has a lot of good little lakes. Throw a dart and you may hit one.

Even the larger lakes are good in the early spring fishing from the banks. Most of them have shallow coves, creeks and rivers that are full of crappie starting in March and clear up into May if weather interferes with the spawn. Hillsdale, Perry and Clinton are farther north lakes and all seem to be doing good on big crappie this year. Toronto and Fall River are smaller lakes that always have great crappie and white bass fishing and can be fished from the bank. Since most of our lake a not commercially developed you can fish all the way around most of the lakes in Kansas. If you com down towards Wichita send me a PM and I will take you out on Eldorado even though its not one of the best crappie lakes in the state it's a good Walleye and smallmouth lake. Good Luck

Did some body say walleye?

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Originally Posted by skeeter96

Even the larger lakes are good in the early spring fishing from the banks. Most of them have shallow coves, creeks and rivers that are full of crappie starting in March and clear up into May if weather interferes with the spawn. Hillsdale, Perry and Clinton are farther north lakes and all seem to be doing good on big crappie this year. Toronto and Fall River are smaller lakes that always have great crappie and white bass fishing and can be fished from the bank. Since most of our lake a not commercially developed you can fish all the way around most of the lakes in Kansas. If you com down towards Wichita send me a PM and I will take you out on Eldorado even though its not one of the best crappie lakes in the state it's a good Walleye and smallmouth lake. Good Luck

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skeeter,

Are there any decent lakes in the Wichita area for crappie? I've pulled a handful out of Santa Fe and Harvey Co. East, but that's about it. Granted, those were summer months...I'm hoping to get out here a bit over the next few weeks.

Might give Pony Creek a try, it close to Neb.

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Originally Posted by Ronald Meeder

Might give Pony Creek a try, it close to Neb.

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Just curious Ron, have you ever fished Pony? It is a really pretty looking lake. Not sure about the crappie there, would like to give it a go here in the future for a short road trip.

dkv, I have fished it once, black crappie, what I caught was nice, but not to many, Chatt has had success there. Has a few trees on SW corner if I remember correctly. Another fisherman was fishing wipers on a point with many hook ups.

Love catching black crappie, Thanx Ron.