| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
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| Crappie | Fair | 9-15 inches | No angler reports. During the hot summer months, I would expect crappie to be found in deeper, cooler water. Look for deep brush piles, river channels, or other structure for schools picking off shad. Trolling the river channel can be effective for finding an active fish here or there. Use minnows, jigs, spoons, or small crankbaits. |
| Trout | None | None | No trout will be stocked at the Glen Elder State Park Pond or the reservoir outlet for the 2024-2025 trout season. Kanopolis Seep Stream and Webster Stilling Basin will be stocked. |
| Walleye | Fair to Good | 11-25 inches | Few angler reports. Heard of some success on the flats. Walleye should be starting summer patterns. Some may roam lake flats and river channels looking for baitfish, while others suspend over deep drops or points. Trolling river channels and road beds with crankbaits or nightcrawlers can be a good strategy to find Walleye. Walleye are often caught using nightcrawlers, jigging spoons, minnows, crankbaits, and spinners. *3 million fry were stocked in April 2025. |
| Black Bass | Fair to Good | 12-20 inches | No angler reports. The Marina/Kanza cove and Osage cove held the best densities of black bass this spring. In the summer heat focus on deeper structure or areas with shade. Dawn, dusk, and night time might have more active fish avoiding the heat of the day. Smallmouth tend to prefer harder, rockier bottoms, while Largemouth might be found on softer bottoms and weed beds. Don't overlook standing timber and brush piles. Look for areas that hold baitfish. Use a quarter ounce or an eighth ounce jig tipped with a minnow or baitfish imitation. You could also have success with hair jigs, jigging spoons, crankbaits, soft plastics, and crayfish imitations. With a 21-inch length limit these Smallmouth are almost all sublegal so please handle them with extreme care and release them immediately after catching them. *30,000 fingerlings stocked in June 2025 |
| Catfish | Good | 15-35 inches | No angler reports. Channel Cats can be found almost anywhere in the lake. Targeting inflows can be successful after rains. Blue Cats tend to prefer deeper structure or windblown flats. Try river channel bends, old road beds, building foundations, humps and submerged bridges. The shore-based Blue Cat angler should look for an upwind shoreline where fish are looking to scavenge. Fall sampling indicated good numbers of blues and channel catfish in the reservoir now. Best baits to use include cut bait, stinkbait, shad sides, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Most Flathead fisherman use live bait near hard structure like wood and riprap. The causeway and granite creek bridge will hold good numbers of Flatheads. Remember, there is a NEW creel limit on Blue Catfish at Glen Elder. 10 fish per day, only 1 allowed over 30 in. |
| White Bass | Good | 11-18 inches | Few angler reports. Some Whites being caught on the causeway. White Bass and Wipers can be found chasing shad near brushpiles, river channels, drop offs, and other structure. Higher numbers of big whites tend to be caught west of the causeway. Look for drop-offs and points for suspended fish. Downwind shorelines can produce good numbers of actively feeding fish. Use a variety of jigs, spinners, or minnows to catch fish all year. *350,000 Wiper fry were stocked in May 2025. |
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Anglers can now find GPS locations for each of the brush piles located in the reservoir. Simply click on this link Good Fishing Spots and select the individual brush pile. As we enhance these brush piles throughout the year, we'll make a note under each individual location. Current Water Temperature: 80ºF Current Water Level: 5.4 feet low Some boat ramps are unusable due to low water conditions. This currently includes Granite Creek, North Fork River, Carr Creek, and Walnut Creek. Boller Point ramp is very shallow but usable by shallow drafted vessels. Repairs to the face of the dam were completed in February 2023. Water levels should start to rise with rain. | |||
