Scott State Lake
Scott City, KS
11 miles N of Scott City
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Area Office 620-872-2061
GPS Location: N38.6914 W100.9244
Location/Address:
Scott City, KS
Impoundment Type: State Fishing Lake
Surface Acres: 115 acres
Maximum Depth: 15 feet
Normal Lake Level: A natural spring keeps this lake full.
Current Lake Level: N/A
Additional License Required: A trout permit is required to fish for and possess trout during the trout season.
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Channel Catfish | 5 | |
| Crappie | 50 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 15 |
| Walleye | 5 | 15 |
| Trout | 5 | |
| Black Bullhead | ||
| Bluegill | ||
| Green Sunfish | ||
| Redear Sunfish |
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
Fishing Report - Last Update: 5/16/2013
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Species |
Rating |
Size |
Baits, Method & Location |
|
Channel Catfish |
Fair |
Up to 17 inches |
Cut and prepaired baits fished around brushpiles and other structure. |
|
Crappie |
Good |
Most up to 9 inches |
Fish have moved shallow to spawn. Fishing a jig under a bobber or doodlesocking a jig with a long rod around any type of structure can be good. Fishing along the steep north bank toward the mouth of Timber Canyon Cove can be a hot spot. |
|
Walleye/Saugeye |
Fair/Good |
Up to 8 lbs. |
Casting and slow-retrieving jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or minnows or fishing various fish imitating jigs and crankbaits along drop-offs and points should be best. |
|
Largemouth Bass |
Fair |
Up to 5.5 lbs. |
Slow rolling spinnerbaits around the fish attractors and along rip-rap. |
|
Sunfish |
Good |
Up to 8 inches |
Nightcrawlers or mealworms under a bobber fished around the fish attractors or along rip-rap. |
|
Rainbow Trout |
Good |
0.5 lb./fish average |
The fourth stocking of the trout season was made on January 28 with the release of 1,900 in the State Lake and 100 fish in the Park Pond. Most fish ranged in length from 11 to 13 inches, but there were a few nice fish in the 3 to 5 lb. range released. Anglers typically catch fish by all sorts of methods but power bait and salmon eggs fished off the bottom up in the creek is usually the most popular method and location. |
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General Comments |
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Release all walleye/saugeye and largemouth bass less than 15 inches. 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! Cedar Bluff District Newsletter: A biannual newsletter detailing fishing related projects and activities in the Cedar Bluff District, which includes such waters as Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Sheridan and Scott State Fishing Lakes, Antelope Lake, and other public fishing waters in northwest Kansas are available. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter you can go to the following link to get on the mailing list. The link is: http://kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWP-Info/News/Newsletter-Request-Forms/Request-a-Newsletter-for-the-Cedar-Bluff-Fishing-District 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. |
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