Bourbon County Cedar Creek / Region 5 / Fishing Locations - Public Waters / Where to Fish in Kansas / Fishing / KDWPT

GPS Location: 37.8564 -94.8393

Location/Address:
Ft Scott, KS

Impoundment Type: Community Lake

Surface Acres: 220 acres

Maximum Depth: 50 feet

Normal Lake Level: N/A

Current Lake Level: Full Pool

Lake Temperature: varies

This lake is cooperatively managed by Bourbon county and KDWP. This lake is enrolled into the Community Fisheries Assistance Program. A county fishing permit is no longer required.

During construction most of the timber was left standing in the basin. Since the lake opening, many trees have fell over leaving stumps at or below the water level. However there is still large quantities of standing timber. This lake supports a great largemouth bass population and is primarily a boat lake as the shoreline access is limited. There are two boatramps and two floating docks to enhance angler success.

Fishing Population	Creel Limit	Min Length Limit
Bluegill	unlimited	unlimited
Channel Catfish	2	15
Crappie	50	unlimited
Largemouth Bass	2	21
Smallmouth Bass	2	21
Walleye	2	18
Redear Sunfish	unlimited	unlimited

* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination

Fishing Report - Last Update: 5/6/2013

species	ratings	size	baits,methods, locations
Crappie	Good	8 to 12 inches	water levels have enhanced fishing. good reports for crappie in cover, try jigs, minnows.
Channel catfish	Slow	varies,	along dam and shoreline, cut shad, worms, prepared baits,
Largemouth bass	Slow	most bass in the 14 to 18 inch range	good reports of bass in 5 - 10 ft deep water-shoreline, spinners, plugs, most about 13-16 inches, around structure,
General Comments
Water levels are perfect. Either ramp is open for use. The east parking will be refitted to a larger size to accommodate the tuesday bass tournament anglers. Sign up for the Mound City Fishing District Newsletter today! Remember to "CLEAN, DRAIN AND DRY" your boats and equipment. KDWPT will be releasing 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 homepageon February 17th and click on the Kansas Crappie Bonanza link to view the video! NO special permits required, this is a Community Fisheries Assistance Program Lake. Use caution, this lake has quantities of standing and submerged trees and limited shoreline access. This is a 220 acre lake with approximately 180 acres of standing trees. Fishing only lake. The lake has a boat ramp, parking lot, security light, floating dock, and vault toilet on the east side of the lake and a boat ramp and parking on the west side..