Biggest Bass Caught On Public Waters In Kansas 2024
Sturgeon reply :
Fairly new to bass fishing and live around the Wichita area. I can't seem to find any fish over 3 pounds anywhere on public waters. Seems like they are all fished hard or they have large numbers of 15" and under. Biggest fish so far was caught at Butler last summer and was 18.5" and biggest this year 17". So just curious what other Kansans have caught on public waters.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I believe Hi Salenity blows everyone out of the water there with the 9.25 he caught last winter.
Mine is 7lb 14oz.
jgordon reply :
Yeah where are some local honey holes and what are you guys pulling out of them
jgordon reply :
Just need to start taking what you catch and fill up your pond
gardnerjigman reply :
Mine is 7.2 from a south east kansas lake.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Horrible suggestion unless you want a big fine from KDWP. Also not a good way to get bigger fish in a pond and a good way to end up with unwanted plants or animals in your pond. There's much more to it than just adding big fish in a pond. More than likely you'll be better off taking fish out of a pond instead of putting more fish into it. Fish grow to their environment, the less room and food per fish, the smaller your average size will be generally.On 7/6/2015 at 12:50 AM, jgordon said:Just need to start taking what you catch and fill up your pond
Sturgeon reply :
On 7/5/2015 at 10:47 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I believe Hi Salenity blows everyone out of the water there with the 9.25 he caught last winter.
Mine is 7lb 14oz.
What lakes were these caught in Bluebasser? Wondering how far away from Wichita these lakes are. Thanks for the response glad to see there are big ones out in public waters here in Kansas.
Bluebasser86 reply :
La Cygne and Nebo. Neither is close to Wichita. Butler and McPherson both have big fish in them.
Sprocket reply :
Need to make the trip to SE Kansas. Bone Creek, Cedar Creek, Big Hill, Hillsdale, and most of the county State Lakes are really good. My Kansas pb on public waters is 7.50# from Bone Creek. The good thing is that most of these lakes you have to drive on gravel roads to get to them. Keeps the 'pretty boys' away. 
SE Kansas grass grower
gardnerjigman reply :
On 7/6/2015 at 9:07 PM, Sprocket said:Need to make the trip to SE Kansas. Bone Creek, Cedar Creek, Big Hill, Hillsdale, and most of the county State Lakes are really good. My Kansas pb on public waters is 7.50# from Bone Creek. The good thing is that most of these lakes you have to drive on gravel roads to get to them. Keeps the 'pretty boys' away.
SE Kansas grass grower
Bone is mine as well.
RangerDanger reply :
On 7/6/2015 at 9:07 PM, Sprocket said:Need to make the trip to SE Kansas. Bone Creek, Cedar Creek, Big Hill, Hillsdale, and most of the county State Lakes are really good. My Kansas pb on public waters is 7.50# from Bone Creek. The good thing is that most of these lakes you have to drive on gravel roads to get to them. Keeps the 'pretty boys' away.
SE Kansas grass grower
He said Hillsdale 
gardnerjigman reply :
hahahaha
Ondrejka reply :
On 7/7/2015 at 2:24 AM, RangerDanger said:He said Hillsdale
Had to wait for someone else to say it. Lol.
jgordon reply :
On 7/6/2015 at 10:16 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Horrible suggestion unless you want a big fine from KDWP. Also not a good way to get bigger fish in a pond and a good way to end up with unwanted plants or animals in your pond. There's much more to it than just adding big fish in a pond. More than likely you'll be better off taking fish out of a pond instead of putting more fish into it. Fish grow to their environment, the less room and food per fish, the smaller your average size will be generally.
I was just kidding with that comment I know its more than that haha
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/7/2015 at 11:09 AM, jgordon said:I was just kidding with that comment I know its more than that haha
Good deal. Sorry to take it so literal but there's a lot of folks out there that see no problem with moving fish from one body of water to the next. I'm sure we'll have zebra mussels in every lake in the state before too long anyways but no reason to speed the process up for them.
To the OP, if you haven't checked out the KDWPT's website and looked at the fishing forecast you may want to do that. It gives you a good idea where to start looking for big bass. The lunker rating and biggest fish sampled is about the only thing I pay attention to but it's helped me find some of my favorite lakes.
bassbassontherange reply :
I second (or third, or fourth...) the SE Kansas suggestion. La Cygne, Bone Creek, Tanglewood (private, but if you know someone, the lakes there offer very good bass fishing) they're really good.
I have caught some good fish, over 5lbs, out of Bourbon SFL as well, and that's a little closer. Really cool lake with stuff to do around it when it's too hot to fish, like walk up to the waterfall at the north end of the lake or check out all the wildlife around there. Excellent channel catfishing at night is a nice bonus.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/7/2015 at 11:48 PM, bassbassontherange said:I second (or third, or fourth...) the SE Kansas suggestion. La Cygne, Bone Creek, Tanglewood (private, but if you know someone, the lakes there offer very good bass fishing) they're really good.
I have caught some good fish, over 5lbs, out of Bourbon SFL as well, and that's a little closer. Really cool lake with stuff to do around it when it's too hot to fish, like walk up to the waterfall at the north end of the lake or check out all the wildlife around there. Excellent channel catfishing at night is a nice bonus.
Does Tanglewood have some good fish in it? I have access to it but have always heard it only has small fish.
bassbassontherange reply :
On 7/9/2015 at 6:51 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Does Tanglewood have some good fish in it? I have access to it but have always heard it only has small fish.
I'd fish La Cynge, Bone Creek, or Bourbon if I were going strictly after bigger fish. I can't speak to some of the other lakes on here like Nebo, but they probably have similar offerings.
Tanglewood has several lakes. They all have good numbers, but like you said, they're mostly smaller. The biggest lake, however, has some good sized fish. I've caught many 3-4 pounders out of there using more aggressive tackle, actively trying to avoid catching the smaller fish. Large buzzbaits, big plastics, ect.
Chris S reply :
On 7/5/2015 at 10:47 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I believe Hi Salenity blows everyone out of the water there with the 9.25 he caught last winter.
Mine is 7lb 14oz.
Didnt we all just have this discussion on text messaging the other night LOL!!
Bluebasser86 reply :
This is my 7lb14oz Kansas PB.
I fish almost strictly public waters in Kansas and have caught a couple pretty nice fish through the years.
Bluebasser86 reply :
And since Hi Salenity hasn't posted it yet, here's what 9 1/4 pounds of Kansas bass looks like.
bassbassontherange reply :
Awesome fish! I wish I could find the time to get out more often. Really cool that your dog goes out with you. My lab would love that. What lake is the first picture, the one with your pb?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 7/11/2015 at 11:21 PM, bassbassontherange said:Awesome fish! I wish I could find the time to get out more often. Really cool that your dog goes out with you. My lab would love that. What lake is the first picture, the one with your pb?
Cassidee has been going with me since she was a puppy and now I can't go without her or she pouts for a week.
That's Nebo, one of the most difficult lakes in the state to even get a bite but it also has some of the biggest fish in the state and almost certainly the biggest fish swimming in a state lake.
bassbassontherange reply :
Never fished it, but I'd love to give it a shot. The lakes that are more sparsely populated to me are often more rewarding. I need to plan a day to get down there...
Bluebasser86 reply :
Another PB fell on a public lake in KS, this time for 2003stratos, 6lb 15oz. Jared has been working hard and had a lot of frustrating days trying for that fish, glad he finally got a big one.
Mr_Scrogg reply :
I've had 5lb6oz from McPherson SFL, 4lb5oz from Butler. I've seen over 7 come out of butler. I landed a 6lb7oz from a lake in town. Heard of 7s from Mac.
Sturgeon reply :
Well I took the advise to head to SE Kansas got back yesterday afternoon. Was able to fish 2 good mornings and one evening at Bone Creek. I am glad it was suggested we didn't catch a lot but the quality of the fish was awesome. I put 2 in the boat that tied my PB both at 18" and yesterday morning I got a new PB no monster by many, but being fairly new too bass fishing it was a monster to me. 19" @ 2.84lbs. It turned out being one of the best fishing trips Ive ever had. Lost one at the side of the boat that sure looked bigger than that one too almost cried 
decided she didn't want to get in the boat as I reached down to grab her.
Sturgeon reply :
I've had 5lb6oz from McPherson SFL, 4lb5oz from Butler. I've seen over 7 come out of butler. I landed a 6lb7oz from a lake in town. Heard of 7s from Mac.
I always have heard that Mcpherson has some big ones in there. I would like to head up there soon. Seen a guy pull a nice 5lber punching jig through the moss. KDWP says there are 7lbers in there. Has the highest lunker rating on their list as well.
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