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Fall River Reservoir

US Army Corps of Engineers 620-637-2213

GPS Location: N37 39.368 W096 03.208

Location/Address:
Fall River, KS

Impoundment Type: Reservoir

Surface Acres: 2,500 acres

Normal Lake Level: 948.5

There are 14 miles of public access to Fall River beginning at the Hwy. 99 bridge.

Fall River Access

FLRR Spillway

Fall River Reservoir Outlet

FLRR Dam

Fall River Reservoir

* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination

Fishing Report - Last Update: 6/18/2013

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method, & Location
channel catfish	good	13% 11"-16" 33% 16"-24" 53% 24"-28" 0% >28"	Worm, stink bait, or shad sides in mouth of river and outlet.
crappie	good	70% 5"- 8" 8% 8"-10" 14% 10"-12" 8% 12"-15" 1% 15"+	Jig or minnow along rocks and brush piles in Rock Ridge Cove, Browns Cove, Engineer Cove, Speer's Cove point, and Badger Creek point.
largemouth bass	poor	43% 8"-12" 22% 12"-15" 29% 15"-20" 7% >20"	The main body of the reservoir doesn't have the necessary largemouth bass habitat to support a high density bass population. However, the flooded timber and clearer water in the backwater section of the river produces a fair density bass population. There were 14 bass per hour of electrofishing around the Ladd Bridge section of the river. The ideal catch rate would be 100 bass per hour. Jig, worm, spinner or crank bait around stumps in river.
white bass	fair	11% 6"- 9" 14% 9"-12" 46% 12"-15" 29% >15"	Plastic shad, jig, spinner, or immitation shad crank bait on rocky shorelines.
General Comments
The size structure listed for largemouth bass is from May 2012 electrofishing. The size structure listed for crappie, white bass and channel catfish is from October 2011 test netting. Sign up to receive a copy of the Fall River District Fisheries Newsletter. For more information about the Fall River Fisheries District, click here to access newsletters.