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PRATT – The Active Network is teaming up with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks (KDWPT) and Tourism to offer Kansas anglers a chance to win a lifetime fishing license. Anyone purchasing their fishing license online at www.ksoutdoors.com is automatically entered into the sweepstakes. If you already have your license, you can still enter t ... Read More


PRATT – Several thousand nonresident hunters who successfully drew Kansas deer permits from the April drawing received a surprise mailing in early June. Due to a printing error at a fulfillment service contracted to print and mail permits to the 21,225 successful applicants, nearly 3,260 hunters received duplicate mailings.A successful applican ... Read More


7/8/16 - 7/10/16: Abate of Kansas Dist. 10
July Bash
(Meade State Lake - Artisin pavilon)

PRATT – Having fun in the sun is a sure thing when you spend your summer at one of Kansas’ 26 state parks where you can enjoy hiking, fishing, boating, biking, horseback riding, and just relaxing in the outdoors. And while all of our state parks provide a wide variety of outdoor activities, there is also a long list of special events you can pa ... Read More


PRATT – It takes a strong grip, steady nerve and a high level of moxie to partake in the Kansas handfishing season. For anglers possessing all three, the handfishing season for flathead catfish, June 15 through August 31, is a sure-fire way to have a good time.Handfishing is allowed only on the Arkansas River; the Kansas River, from it’s origin ... Read More


BOISE, IDAHO – The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) has finalized the purchase of approximately 30,000 acres of high-quality lesser prairie chicken habitat in southwest Kansas. The permanent protection and long-term conservation of lesser prairie-chicken habitat is an important goal of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-w ... Read More


Fort Scott Gunn Park West

Species Rating Size Bait, Method, Location
Channel Catfish Good Varies

Shad, Cut Bait, Live Bait, Liver, worms.

Off rock points, off of dam.

Largemouth Bass Fair Varies

Jigs, Spinners, Crank Baits, Worms

edges of weedbeds, edges of points around rocks

Bullheads Good Varies (smaller) Worms or liver lake wide
Bluegill Fair to good Varies

Small jigs and baits, worms under float.

along weedbeds around fish attractors