UTERJanuary
Winter crappie and wipers
Brush piles.
Milford to the Neosho
Kansas freshwater fishing
What's biting in Kansas freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, walleye and flathead catfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 19 fish here month by month, from Milford Lake to Neosho River.
Fall feed
Wind-swept prairie reservoirs for walleye, white bass, wipers and crappie, the Neosho's paddlefish, and big channel and flathead cats in the rivers.
Milford LakeCheney ReservoirWilson LakeTuttle CreekEl Dorado LakeNeosho River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Crappie.
White bassBlack crappie (speck)Channel catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Largemouth bassSmallmouth bass
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Northern pike
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Bluegill
Walleye
Flathead catfish
Brown bullhead
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Walleye stage
Dam riprap.
March
Walleye spawn; paddlefish snagging
Neosho River.
April
White bass runs
Neosho and Marais des Cygnes.
May
Crappie and bass
Black crappie (speck)Channel catfishFlathead catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Largemouth bassSmallmouth bass
Shallow brush.
June
Catfish
Windblown banks.
July
Flatheads at night
Live green sunfish.
August
White bass schooling
Spoons.
September
Fall wipers
White bassBlack crappie (speck)Flathead catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Topwater.
October · now
Fall feed
White bassBlack crappie (speck)Channel catfishHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Largemouth bassSmallmouth bass
Crappie.
November
Walleye on the riprap
Night.
December
Winter blues
Cut shad.
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