Tuttle Creek Reservoir

Tuttle Creek 3D
This Location does have Boat Access

GPS Location: N39 15.445 W96 34.77

Location/Address:
Manhattan, KS

Impoundment Type: Reservoir

Surface Acres: 12,500 acres

Maximum Depth: 50 feet

Normal Lake Level: 1075 mls

Lake Temperature: 60

Fishing PopulationCreel LimitMin Length Limit
Blue Catfish 10
Bluegill
Channel Catfish 10
Crappie 50
Flathead Catfish 5
Green Sunfish
Largemouth Bass 5 18
Saugeye 5 15
White Bass
Walleye 5 15
Trout 5
* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination

Fishing Report - Last Update: 1/23/2012

Species

Rating

Size

Baits, Method, & Location

Channel Catfish

Good

1 to 9 pounds

Tuttle has a good channel cat population and there is normally good harvest in the Reservoir and the Big Blue River. There is also a low level blue catfish population, which is being supplemented with a new stocking effort.

Crappie

Good!!

1/2 to 1.5 pounds

Best crappie sample in 16 years. Tuttle is full of 8 to 10 inch fish with good numbers of crappie over 11 inches.

White Bass

Fair

1/2 to 3 pounds

White bass numbers are on their way up. Fair numbers of 12 to 15 inch fish with a few brutes still around.

Largemouth Bass

Fair

1 to 5 pounds

Coves in southern third of the Reservoir have some locally good largemouth bass populations. The McIntyre Cove area tends to produce the best fishing.

Saugeye

Good

1 to 5 pounds

The saugeye population is doing well with over half of the fish from the fall sample over the 15 inch length limit.

Winter Fishing Opportunities

   

Listed below

Rainbow Trout

Fair

1/2 to 3 pounds

Another stocking of rainbow trout went into Willow Lake on January 23rd. This brings the total to 9,400 trout stocked this season. Anglers have been catching trout on worms, minnows, jigs, and commercial trout baits. The lake was mostly iced over on 01/23/12, but there is some open water around the docks and rock piers.

Crappie

Good

Up to 1.5 pounds

Anglers are catching some nice crappie off brush piles in 20 to 30 feet of water. Stockdale and Carnahan have been the most productive coves. Chartreuse jigs and minnows have been best.

General Comments

This is a generic winter fishing report covering the fishing forecast for the upcoming 2012 fishing season. Regular weekly fishing reports will resume during the month of March. The Winter Fishing Opportunity section of the report will be periodically updated should good information become available. Good Luck!

Winter trout fishing is here at Willow Lake! A trout permit is needed to fish at Willow Lake, which is located in the Southeast corner of the Tuttle Creek River Pond area. Anyone under 16 years of age with a properly licensed adult can harvest up to 2 trout without a trout permit.

You can check current water condtions at http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/tc/daily.cfm

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