Brown State Fishing Lake
8 miles east and 1/4 mile north of Hiawatha
GPS Location: N39.84509 W95.37681
Location/Address:
Hiawatha, KS
Impoundment Type: State Fishing Lake
Surface Acres: 62 acres
Maximum Depth: 13 feet
Normal Lake Level: Full
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
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| Bluegill | ||
| Channel Catfish | 2 | 15 |
| Crappie | 20 | |
| Flathead Catfish | 5 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 13-18 slot |
| Redear Sunfish | ||
| Walleye | 2 | 18 |
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
Fishing Report - Last Update: 2/4/2012
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Fall/Winter Fishing Opportunities |
Good |
For fishing tips or more current information provided by fishermen like yourself click Got to Fish and look for your lake. |
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Perry News |
Good - Excellent |
4 Pages (lots of pics) |
Twice a year I will be publishing a news letter for Perry and other waters in my District. The next edition is available NOW, Perry Reservoir and Brown State Fishing Lake are in this edition. If you would like the letter e-mailed to you click Brown/Perry Newsletter and fill in the blanks. This will give you something to read on those rainy days! |
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Black Crappie |
Good |
Netting numbers from October: 15 5-8", 185 8-10", 46 10-12" and 1 12-15" with the largest fish weighing 0.9 lbs. |
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Bluegill |
Good |
Netting numbers from October: 1 0-3", 38 3-6", 211 6-8" and 17 8-10" with the largest fish weighing 0.5 lbs. |
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Channel Catfish |
Fair |
Netting numbers from October: 10 11-16" and 3 16-24" with the largest fish weighing 1.8 lbs. |
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Redear Sunfish |
Fair |
Netting numbers from October: 2 4-7", 12 7-9" and 2 9-11" with the largest fish weighing 0.72 lbs. |
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Walleye |
Poor |
Netting numbers for October: 2 20-25" with the largest weighing 4.2 lbs. |
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Current Fishing |
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Fair |
Up to 1.0 lbs. |
Work the fishing piers with a bright colored jig, or corner of the Dam. Saw a bunch of nice fish when we netted in October, the pictures are up. |
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Slow |
Up to .4 lbs. |
Small jigs or small hunk of worm in and around the brush piles. |
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Slow |
up to 5 lbs. |
Saw some nice fish when we netted, pictures are up. I've pulled the fish feeders for the year, look for them next spring. Get the stinky stuff out and a couple of lawn chairs and a big dip net, fish from the piers. |
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Slow |
up to 4 lbs. |
Work the north end around the lillies with your favorite plastic. Saw some nice bass in a trap! |
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General Comments |
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No Fishing Information Night this year. Richard Sanders will be talking about Clinton and Melvern at the Topeka Boat Show on February 10th at 6 pm. I'll be talking about Perry and my other small lakes at the Topeka Boat Show on February 11th at 2 pm. October Netting pictures, nice crappie, bluegill, channel and walleye, click on BrownState above the fishing report to see some of these fish. Click on the fish species and it will take you to the updated Fishing Forecast. There is a new boat dock installed, man is it nice, check out the photo! Put a bunch of new brush piles in yesterday with help from Kirk and Thad, several trees/location. Here are the GPS coordinates: N 39°50.758’ W 095°22.639’ N 39°50.824’ W 095°22.619’ N 39°50.822’ W 095°22.613’ N 39°50.827’ W 095°22.577’ N 39°50.734’ W 095°22.615’ N 39°50.915’ W 095°22.581’ N 39°50.885’ W 095°22.475’ N 39°50.859’ W 095°22.438’ N 39°50.826’ W 095°22.455’ N 39°50.885’ W 095°22.885’ N 39°50.934’ W 095°22.550’ N 39°50.886’ W 095°22.583’ N 39°50.785’ W 095°22.561’ N 39°50.764’ W 095°22.630’ N 39°50.785’ W 095°22.574’ N 39°50.755’ W 095°22.553’ N 39°50.717’ W 095°22.593’ N 39°50.797’ W 095°22.598’ N 39°50.725’ W 095°22.603’ N 39°50.801’ W 095°22.569’ N 39°50.733’ W 095°22.615’ N 39°50.763’ W 095°22.643’ N 39°50.767’ W 095°22.502’ N 39°50.802’ W 095°22.567’ |
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