Great Bend Stone Lake
SW of Great Bend, KS at Washington St. & Railroad Ave
Great Bend 620-793-4160
GPS Location: N38.35266 W98.7714
Location/Address:
Great Bend, KS
Impoundment Type: Community Lake
Surface Acres: 50 acres
Maximum Depth: 20 feet
Normal Lake Level: Lake is full
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Channel Catfish | 5 | |
| Crappie | 50 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 15 |
| Wiper | 2 | 18 |
| Black Bullhead | ||
| Bluegill | ||
| Green Sunfish |
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
Fishing Report - Last Update: 5/2/2012
|
Species |
Rating |
Size |
Bait, Method, & Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Channel catfish |
No Report |
1-3 lbs |
Try prepared stinkbait, cut bait or liver under a bobber or on the bottom. |
|
Bluegill |
No Report |
Try small pieces of worm or crickets under a bobber or small twister tail jigs. You can find these fish around brush piles. |
|
|
Largemouth bass |
No Report |
Up to 3 lbs |
Try jigs, crankbaits and slow rolled spinnerbaits during the day. Using any shad imitating lures would also work. |
|
Crappie |
No Report |
Fish around any brush or vegetation you can find as well as drop-offs. Minnows, or jigs, about 20 inches under a small bobber are pretty good |
|
|
Wiper |
No Report |
Up to 9 lbs |
Try trolling jigs and crankbaits, or shrimp fished on the bottom. You can also try casting slab spoons and bucktail jigs over shallow water. The larger wipers are chasing shad right now. Another thing you can try is drifting live shad, sunfish or minnows. |
|
General Comments |
|||
|
With the warmer temperatures, fishing should begin to improve. Crappie should be moving out of the deeper water and begin to move towards the shallows. Try for them using small jigs and minnows along the vegetation, rocks and brushpiles. Try for channel catfish using prepared stinkbait, worms or liver. Try for largemouth bass with jigs, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Try for wipers using a jigs or frozen shrimp on the bottom or drifted with the wind. Try for bluegill using small jigs, or a cricket or piece of worm under a bobber. ATTENTION: KDWPT released the recently completed “Kansas Crappie Bonanza” video on February 17, 2012. This 25-minute video covers Kansas crappie fishing during spring, summer, fall, and winter with tips and tactics to make you a better crappie angler. Visit the KDWPT homepage and click on the Kansas Crappie Bonanza link to view the video! REMEMBER: Zebra mussel veligers (larval zebra mussels) are too small to be seen with the unaided eye and they can be found in boat livewells, minnow buckets, boat bilges, water toys and anything else that is capable of holding even a small amount of water. Be sure to drain all equipment before leaving the lake to avoid moving veligers to other waters. THIS INCLUDES MINNOW BUCKETS AND BOAT LIVEWELLS AND BILGES!!! CLEAN DRAIN & DRY Every Lake, Every Time! Click HERE to learn how to prevent the spread of zebra mussels. Local fishing reports depend on information from local anglers themselves. If you would like to post a fishing report go to http://ksfishing.blogspot.com/ and post a report for Region 3 and the lake you have been fishing. You may also call the Dodge City Regional office as 620-227-8609 to make a report. Current information on blue-green algae can be found here: http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWPT-Info/News/Weekly-News/BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE-INFORMATION/BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE-INFORMATION Please discard of leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water! A Dodge City District newsletter is available. Information about fishing and fisheries management throughout southwest Kansas will be updated at least twice each year. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter you can go to the following link to get on the mailing list. http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWP-Info/News/Newsletter-Request-Forms/Request-a-Newsletter-for-the-Dodge-City-Fishing-District |
|||
Printable Version