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  The Community Fisheries Assistance Program was designed to:  Remove barriers to fishing access  Provide family friendly fishing areas close to where people      .... Continue to Program Overview >>

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associates with structure such as weeds or submerged timber. Some of the newer reservoirs and smaller lakes with standing timber also provide good largemouth fishing. Of the black basses, the largemouth      .... Continue to LARGEMOUTH BASS >>

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The smallmouth is a hard-fighting sport fish native only to a few waters in the southeastern corner of Kansas. Introduced in several larger reservoirs, the smallmouth has adapted well and attracts      .... Continue to SMALLMOUTH BASS >>

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, the bullhead readily bites worms and stink bait and delights youngsters learning to fish. The state record is 7 pounds, 5 ounces. The world record is 8 pounds, 15 ounces.      .... Continue to BLACK BULLHEAD >>

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The walleye has become a highly-sought game fish for Kansas anglers and has been stocked in most federal reservoirs and some larger state and community lakes. To help maintain these fisheries      .... Continue to WALLEYE >>

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sportfish in the state. The rich waters of northeastern Kansas reservoirs produce some of the finest fishing for slab-sided white crappie found anywhere in the U.S. The world record white weighed 5 pounds, 3      .... Continue to WHITE CRAPPIE >>

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The freshwater drum is common in most Kansas rivers and reservoirs. Commonly considered an undesirable rough fish, the drum is predatory and will readily strike lures and baits. It is a good      .... Continue to DRUM >>

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or surrounding habitat. While these beaver ponds help maintain water supplies during drought periods and create excellent habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife, they often conflict with the interests of man      .... Continue to Beaver Dam >>

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wide Bluegill Fair to good Varies Small jigs and baits, worms under float. along weedbeds around fish attractors      .... Continue to Fort Scott Gunn P... >>

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A summer burn was conducted at Geary State Fishing Lake on July 24th.  The purpose of this burn was to reduce encroachment of woody vegetation, reduce noxious weeds and aide in clearing brush      .... Continue to Summer Burn >>