Chase State Lake
Cottonwood Falls, KS
3 miles W of Cottonwood Falls
Regional Office: 316-683-8069
Public Land Manager: Brent Konen - 620-767-5900
GPS Location: N38.3698 W96.5818
Location/Address:
Cottonwood Falls, KS
Impoundment Type: State Fishing Lake
Surface Acres: 109 acres
Maximum Depth: 45 feet
Normal Lake Level: N/A
Current Lake Level: Normal Pool
| Fishing Population | Creel Limit | Min Length Limit |
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| Channel Catfish | 5 | 15 |
| Flathead Catfish | 5 | |
| Largemouth Bass | 5 | 13-18 |
| Saugeye | 5 | 18 |
| Smallmouth Bass | 5 | 15 |
| Spotted Bass | 5 | 15 |
| Walleye | 5 | 18 |
| Bluegill | ||
| Crappie | 50 | |
| Green Sunfish | ||
| White Bass |
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination
Fishing Report - Last Update: 11/17/2011
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This is a generic winter fishing report. Weekly fishing reports will return March 2012. |
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Chase offers quality channel catfish fishing opportunities. Numbers of fish are good and sizes run up to the mid-teens with fish over 20 lbs occasionally taken. Fish in the 3 to 5 lb range are much more common. Three fish feeders are operated at the lake from mid-May through September. Anglers do well fishing from the fishing piers on the north side of the lake throughout spring, summer, and fall. Catfish action slows during the coldest months but some die hard anglers find the cats in the deeper water in the eastern portion of the lake. Harvest regulations include a 15-inch minimum length limit and 5/day creel limit. |
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Anglers do well on largemouth bass at the lake fishing the rocky shorelines, water willow beds, fishing piers, or backs of the coves depending on the time of the year. The first hint of warming waters in the spring will find the fish in the shallows in the coves and even on the mudflats in the upper end of the lake. Although the lake does not produce many 'lunker' sized bass, anglers may find fish approaching 20-inches with most in the 14 1/2 to 17-inch range. There is a 13 to 18 inch slot limit on Largemouth Bass in effect at the lake. |
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The 2011 fall test netting again showed low density of catchable sized saugeye at the lake. However, good numbers of young saugeye were observed during night time electrofishing samples in October indicating much needed recruitment from stockings needed to increase adult densities. Anglers should expect fair saugeye fishing in 2012. |
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The spotted bass adds additional black bass opportunities at Chase. The spots are more often found a bit deeper than the largemouth and usually hang in the eastern portions of the lake favoring rocky habitat over the weedy. |
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White bass are very cyclic at Chase being very numerous one year and nearly gone the next. Due to this sporadic nature they have not gained much attention from anglers except for the occasional incidental catch from those pursuing other species. During 2012, anglers should expect fishing for white bass to be fair. |
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Chase produces good fishing for bluegill throughout most of the growing season. Anglers do well fishing close to the large rocks off of the fishing piers, next to weedy habitat, and close to the fish feeders shortly after feed has dropped. A simple rig including bobber, small hook, and live bait is all that is needed. These bluegill are great for getting a kid interested in fishing. |
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Crappie fishing can be good all year at the lake. Winter time anglers find the most success vertical fishing jigs over brushpiles and along the dam. |
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