Kansas River

[Catchinbiguns]

:confused: Anyone been doin any fishin on the Kaw.

[warcraft1975]

me and a buddy of mine got a few flatheads last night posted the pics in the gallery

[Catchinbiguns]

Ok, I'll check those out, Hope everyone is doing good :0a23:

[KC Jayhawk 78]

I heard that there is some deep holes on the Kaw close to Eudora , that produce some monster fish. Does anyone know if there is any wing dikes in that area? If so how long of a walk is it? and is it thick bush or pretty clear?

Thank You in advance :)

[warcraft1975]

there are some wing dams down there its a good walk to get to the good holes(400 yrads or so)a good path to follow though the four wheelers have made a real good path to follow, i fish down there all the time its a heck of a spot better bring the big boy line...lol

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Anyone fish the confluence of the Wakarusa/Kaw, Stranger/Kaw , Mill Creek/Kaw? Is there any paths that lead you to these, or do I need a boat?

[warcraft1975]

i fish the first two a few times a year both are a pain to get to buy foot but came be done. both are decent fishing holes

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Went down to Kaw point yesterday and under the Turner bridge. Used nightcrawlers , no bites either place. :sad:

[KC Jayhawk 78]

First one is under Turner Bridge, second one is Kaw point , both from Valentines day. The rest of them are from today at 435. Shad sides and nightcrawlers, no bites.:sad:



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Back to work this weekend , Ill try again next Mon, Tues, Weds:006:

[tackleman]

Keith
Looks like she wasn't frooze up. I whad to work late and couldn't make it out.

[tackleman]

Keith
Looks like she wasn't frooze up. I had to work late and couldn't make it out.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

No problem Steve , we've got 6 months of Catfishing right around the corner. :)

[Catchinbiguns]

Great pics, lookin good. Ya know I can't wait until temp warms a little.

[Kevin]

when does the bite really pick up at 435

[flat fighter]

i never really stopped catchin them down there. all channels no flats no blues

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Hey Trevor what spot down at 435 were you catching them at? I was on the side where the water was flowing out real heavy, fishing in that hole just to the left of the chute. I was using nightcrawlers and shad sides, no bites. :)

[flat fighter]

i fish the far north side. rig up with real small weights and let your bait drift in the slow current. it takes alot of worms and patience but they're there.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Trevor , what size channels were you catching over there? We caught some at the chute the other night , eaters. No fighters. Oh well , try again tomorrow. :)

[Catchinbiguns]

I think I'll hit it up when I get off of work today.

[flat fighter]

All i caught was one and two pounders no big boys. Caught enough to keep entertained.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Here is some pics from the Kaw. The riffle pic and the hole pic are from 78th st. The pretty sunset pic and the one of me with the sturgeon are from 435. Catchinbiguns caught 2 channels down there tonight. Brad K. and I didnt fare so well with the cats. Oh well. Ill try again next Monday. :)



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[Catchinbiguns]

I had a great time, Brad K is a very humble guy.

[brad kilpatrick]

I had a great time, Brad K is a very humble guy.

Of course I was humble..........You were givin Us lessons!!!! LOL Heck I had a good time even if I didn't catch any, Its just nice to be fishing again

[kscatman]

Hi Guys This Is My First Post! I Tried Fishing The Kaw At Bowerstock Dam In Lawrence Today, No Luck! Caught A Few Trout At Lake Shawnee In Topeka Yesterday Though!

[center12]

Welcome to the site!!

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Welcome Eric, nice flathead in your profile. :)

[johnyjo]

i know you guys talk about 435 and turner bridge and kawpoint. i dont wanna just go out and walk around forever trying to find where to fish i know a lot of places are pretty inaccesible on these rivers.

i will be bank fishing, wanted to know how to get to these spots where to park etc. being new to river fishing im a little confused as wehre to go.
i live in mission near 635 and i-35 so im kind of in the middle of all these kaw river spotts.
maybe you guys could help me out and let me know a little bit more info on these spots and how to get there and such.

thanx

[warcraft1975]

hey another lawrence guy,welcome kscatman

[Catchinbiguns]

Hey how's it going. Good to have you aboard. The guys on here can get you going in the right direction.

[johnyjo]

im trying but so far not so many responses ill give it a few more days for you all to respond to my last post please please please

[KC Jayhawk 78]

PM me next time we are on at the same time Johnny. Ill give you all the info. you need. :)

[kscatman]

I tried fishing downstream form bowerstock again. No luck I only had liver for bait, I didnt have time to try and go catch shad. I managed to catch 1 goldeye on the liver and had one hell of a hit on a piece of it. I took out my 14ft surf rod (overkill!!) the fish just arent aggresive enough to use that beast yet, I think i,ll try again tommorow with lighter gear. Heck its probably a little early in the season for many channels in the river but I have that itch and I have to scratch it!! lol:rolleyes:

[center12]

Have you tried making it out to the island?? Nice hole on the south side. Don't be afraid to try off the 8th street ramp, a guy took a 65# flathead off there on a gold fish about this time last year(maybe 2 years ago)..........made the paper though.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Here is some pics from earlier today. The first one is about a 5 lb. channel I caught down at 435. He bit on shad sides. The second one is Catchinbiguns and Brad K. in the boat, as we are cruisin down the Mighty Mo on Brad's boat , on our way to the Kaw.

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We didnt get any bites this evening on the Kaw. The action right now seems to be down at 435. There isnt a whole lot of action right now anyway. Still a bit early. Ill still keep trying though. If its not raining real hard, its a good bet that Sun, Mon, Tues, or Weds , you can catch me down at 435.:)

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Here is some other pics from the Kaw lately. The guy holding the channels is my buddy Les. The close up pic of the cats is the same fish. Someone had this houseboat tied up on a sand bar down by the Grinter House at about 78th & K-32. It looks as if it runs and someone uses it regularly. The other pic is a couple guys "trying" to kayak up the rapids at 435. Just thought everyone would like to see these. :)

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[brad kilpatrick]

Yo Sturgeonhunter......Errrr cathunter1978. I agree the action has been a bit slow as of yet but the water temp is still only about 55*. I tend to do better when it hits the 60's. Lots of fihing season yet to come and we'll put some hawgs in the Green Monster yet!!

Hopefully we'll get some rain and get that river level up a few feet I don't think that would hurt at all. We shoul;d have done better lastnight I thought everything was right for a good noght of fishing!!!

Oh well we'll try again soon i'm sure!!

[Catchinbiguns]

Those 80 degree nights are on the way. This year is going to be a great year. Just pretty hyped up. The boat ride was great, first time being in a great fishing boat.

[kscatman]

I'm thinking of making the trek to fish 435 saturday night if I can catch some good bait and get my tackle in order, any of you guys going to be there? I'm getting tired of no action here on the river in lawrence.

[Catchinbiguns]

I've been throwing my net and have'nt been able to catch squat. I wish I could get some fresh bait from somewhere.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Kenny , I think those live goldfish from Minnesota bait is about as good as your gonna get right now. :)

[Catchinbiguns]

I certainly hope not. I need some gold eye or something.

[kscatman]

I took charlies advice today and fished the hole on the southside of the dam here in lawrence, I caught two, 1 about a pound 1 about 3 pounds. I did however hook up with two nice fish that got me into something and broke me off. ("50 plus yards of spider wire that I later drug in") the small fish I caught were on liver, the good fish I had were on goldeye that I caught the other day and kept in the fridge. I'm going to try a couple of places for shad in the morning and go back with real bait and fresh line. The liver is a joke it only sraws small fish that just peck at it, I had to wait longer to get hits on the goldeye but they were biggger fish and they weren't messing around with it. I think i'll try throwing my net at clinton spillway, I was there about a month ago casting jigs for little walleye and snagged alot of shad, hope they are still there they could'nt have went anywhere unless someone else has already netted them. There sure seems to be alot of good fish in that hole, THANKS CHARLIE!!:)

[warcraft1975]

did you pick up the goldeye around here? lawrence)i fish there often maybe i will see ya

[Catchinbiguns]

Man I tell you there's nothing like having fresh bait, for now we've been using the shad in the Jar, and that's better than nothing for now. But I've gotta to try to get into some shad or goldeye, or carp here if I want to intice those big blues.

[center12]

Think I saw you out there yesterday, white shirt and rubber boots????

Glad you at least got into some fish. It's not often you can walk out to the island.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Todays pics from 435. . Les with about a 5-6 lber. Kenny with about a 8 lber. Les just a swingin. :grin-big:

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The channels were biting pretty good. Kenny had a hog on with my rod and reel , due to me being the good samaritan and helping my buddy Chris set his baitrunner up, but it somehow got off about 10 ft. from the bank. It might have been a flathead, I saw the mouth and head for a split second. It was a good fish . I would have loved to seen him out of the water. Thanks alot Kenny. JK. We had a good time. Today was a good sign of the good fishin to come. Oh well. We'll do it again tomorrow.

[kcgeoff]

Keith,
Those are some nice fish. Sounds like they are starting to wake up everywhere. I wish I would have been able to make it today. Hopefully next week I'll be able to.

[brad kilpatrick]

Kieth,
Where's the sturgeon pic?

[Catchinbiguns]

HE did'nt get to take that one. I was a real nice one though.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

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[barbel]

For those of you all that dont know , now you know.......

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STILL PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY MENS BAKETBALL TEAM !!!!!!!

Haha!!! Thats perfect! I like that. Congratulations on your new title and product line ;) We may need to start making commercials.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

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These darn things keep buggin me. They love shad sides and worms. :mad:

[GaryF]

I caught my first Kansas River blue cat, 5 or 6 years ago, on cut Sturgeon. Fine looking bait you have there.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

I thought the sturgeons were illegal to keep?

[GaryF]

The Pallid Sturgeon is endangered, and you might go to jail for killing one, but the Shovelnose Sturgeon is a nonsport fish, open to harvest. Just be careful telling them apart :) The vast majority that you catch are going to be legal Shovelnoses, and there are enough differences that you can tell them apart, but it's probably not worth the risk of making a mistake. Unless you really need bait ;)

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Thanks Gary , Ill look into it , and try to be able to tell the difference , so that next time Ill have some fresh cut bait.

[Catchinbiguns]

Good info Gary, I did not know that.

[kscatman]

I caught a couple of fish here in lawrence on the island below bowerstock dam. I caught one real nice channel abot 8lbs the other was only about a pound, it was alot of fun and very incouraging though they hit hard and were already hooked when I picked the rod up. I think the fish are starting to become more active they fought alot harder than the fish I caught a few weeks ago did hopefully I will get to fish the island a few more times before the spring rains block my access out there.:p

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Thats cool Eric. You should post pics of them. Do you have a camera phone? I can tell you how to do it. :)

[center12]

Eric, I noticed the water was down when i went over the bridge this morning. When I came home I noticed it was up..............was it raising while you were out there? I bet that could be a little spooky..........being on an island and the water is raising. Congrats on the fish. After the water get's to high to walk out there give me a call we'll hit it in my boat.

[GaryF]

I wonder where that water came from? You can kind of see it on the Desoto gage, but not anywhere else.. I was hoping maybe one of the spillways opened up, but it doesn’t look like it. Maybe it was a little cloudburst somewhere.

Eric, good going! I think I would focus on those deeper pools below Bowersock very hard for the next few weeks – this is when the blues really start to move around. One of those goldeye would make a lot of good cut bait ;)

[center12]

Gary, I not real sure what caused it. When I went over in the morning it was showing mud on the upstream side of the dam and the rock on the SW of the island was showing high and dry. That afternoon the upstream side was back to normal and so was the downstream. A cloudburst woundn't drop the river, I'll check and se if Perry shut down for a bit...........weird stuff for sure.

[center12]

Didn't happen upstream so it must have been something they did with the boards or turbines. Sure shows up at Desoto though.

[kscatman]

I fished the river again tonight, not as good as yesterday evening though. I had a few hits and lost one. The funny thing is I cant get a hit in the hole itself the fish seem to be back behind the hole in the current, i've been making a really long cast with my surf rod out in the current, probably closer to the outlet mall than the island. The water that I caught the fish in yesterday and had hits in this evening is pretty swift and shallow. This seems strange to me I thought fir sure there would be alot of fish in the hole, I guess there just feeding in the run behind it. I noticed a boat track in the sand I hope whoever was fishing there while I was at work today did better than me. As far as the water being high it must have went down by the time I got there yesterday.:rolleyes:

[Catchinbiguns]

I gonna keep hittin it until I strike gold, that should not be to far off.

[redneckdrum]

I only live 500 or so ft. from the Kansas River(I live in Turner)But I never heard of anyone catching anything around the Turner bridge,have you?

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Ive caught some nice channels around those bridge pillars there before, on cut shad. :)

[sparky806]

I spent about 4 hours below 435 yesterday afternoon. A few small channels on frozen shad. Will try again today if I can catch some live shad.
Richard

[highplainsdrifter]

i was wondering if anyone had done any good on 435. when do you think they will start?

[center12]

Any one getting in on this run-off? Sure wish I wasn't on my straight days, Bowersock was looking real inviting.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

I fished 435 today from 3pm to about 8pm. I finally got to meet Gary F. He's a nice fella. I only caught 1 channel , 6lbs 8oz. on the digi's. CPR of course. Got a bunch of shad , small channels , and 1 buffalo in the throw net. Try again tomorrow. :)

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[GaryF]

Hey Keith, it was good to meet you tonight. We need to hook up and actually fish together one of these days. Did you know that one of those shad you gave me was a goldeye? They make great bait.

I ended up with a couple of small channels on the bait pole, under a pound each.

[Icemanxxxv]

Got my Kansas Tag need to break it in, when are we fishing the 435 Bridge again?

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Gary , I was not aware that one of those was a goldeye. I wish I would have inspected them a little better to be able to tell the difference , for future reference. Steve , I dont know if Ill hit 435 today or not. I was thinking of trying Olathe Lake today. :)

[Fishking]

Fished the 435 Dam yesterday. Ended up with 35 channel cats and 1 blue. A total weight of 165 lbs, with the biggest being a 14 lb channel. Had multiple fish on at the same time through out the day. Used up nine 12+ inch shad and called it a day. Looks like it might take a week or two and some more rain for the blues to move up that way.

[center12]

Nice haul Andrew, looks like that muddy water woke the kitties up!!

If I get the "honey do's" done and get some garden planted I'm hoping to get up to Bowersock this afternoon..........but only if it's not doing the thunder and lightening thing.

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Andrew, was that you in the boat with two other guys anchored up there by the rapids?

[center12]

One hit, one 5lb channel...............trashed my castnet in some rocks. At least I got out on the river:)

[Fishking]

Andrew, was that you in the boat with two other guys anchored up there by the rapids?



Yep, that was me.

[Catchinbiguns]

Welcome, I might of seen you down there before when the water level is up.

[warcraft1975]

charlie what kinda bait are you netting in the river?what areas would be a good bet to find bait on the river

[center12]

Tom, I threw 3 times and caught 3 gar, then trashed my net...........not what I had in mind:mad:

I've caught shad behind the point at the concrete plants little ramp when the water is up. Seems the gar owned it when I was there.

[kscatman]

I tried throwing my net all over in the river yesterday, no luck I fished 4 hours yesterday an 2 hours this morning. NOT A BITE. Although I dont have any real bait just dk's punch bait and liver. I tried to get shad at clinton spillway, nada... I'm sure I would be getting some fish in the river now if I only could find some fresh bait. The dk's has been working good in mary's lake catching little channels for my daughter, but I dont think the river cats are going to fall for that they just have to much good food to eat right now.

[warcraft1975]

i think its high time i hit the kaw myself.will be heading down tommorrow after work,will post if anything exciting happens

[center12]

Eric, bad timing man. River did a pretty good drop, the fish seem to move back to the dredge hole and the deep flats till the level stabilizes. I have little doubt that you'll catch fish on DK in the river, I know they like dipbait in the summer.

[warcraft1975]

is the river still down?

[kcgeoff]

Tom the Kaw has been around 2k cfs since the 6th. Maybe 5 days of stable levels will help the cats bite?

[Calvin]

Geoff, have you caught any blues on the Missouri this spring?

[kcgeoff]

Geoff, have you caught any blues on the Missouri this spring?
Calvin,
It has been pretty slim pickens. I got a 10lb blue and Bryan got a 20lber a couple weeks back. We haven't hit the river alot yet but do plan to really start soon. The Missouri has come back up to normal pool. The debris has made it very difficult to fish lately. We fished the river for a couple hours this afternoon and didn't get any bites off shad, bluegils or even green worms!

[Calvin]

I think the lack of snow and wet weather up north has had an impact on the river. If I remember right you had your best luck last year in early March didn't you?

[warcraft1975]

hit the river tongiht after work,channels are thick nothing big most 1-5 pounds range with two over 10 all in four hours i dont know how many me and a friend from work got but we where busy with just one pole a peice all where on cut quillbacks and shad

[kcgeoff]

I think the lack of snow and wet weather up north has had an impact on the river. If I remember right you had your best luck last year in early March didn't you?
Calvin we've always had our best luck at the end of April/ first week of May. So hopefully the best fishing is ahead of us! :)

[GaryF]

It's been slow, so far all I have to show is a 7lb channel. Last year by this time I had caught a mess of blues, up to 42lbs, so it’s a little discouraging. But most of our biggest fish from the MO have come around the last week of April or the first week of May, so we still have some time.

[center12]

Got to meet and fish with Kscatman(eric) today, fishing was poor but he's a good guy. I've kept worse company in my boat than him.........Geoff:p ..........kidding of course. He even had a goldeye, but wouldn't let me have any.........kidding again...............did I mention I haven't slept in 22 hours;)

[kcgeoff]

Got to meet and fish with Kscatman(eric) today, fishing was poor but he's a good guy. I've kept worse company in my boat than him.........Geoff:p ..........kidding of course. He even had a goldeye, but wouldn't let me have any.........kidding again...............did I mention I haven't slept in 22 hours;)
Hahaha Charlie, very funny! LOL You've hurt my feelings. :sad: LOL j/k

[center12]

That's why I picked you Geoff, knew you could take a punch,hehe.

[kscatman]

I had a good time out in the boat with charlie today, it was neat seeing some of the holes and structure on the river.

[warcraft1975]

hey whatever happened to the state by state thing where you posted pics of the biggest fish????

[Catchinbiguns]

It's been slow, so far all I have to show is a 7lb channel. Last year by this time I had caught a mess of blues, up to 42lbs, so it’s a little discouraging. But most of our biggest fish from the MO have come around the last week of April or the first week of May, so we still have some time.

I just thought we were not doing something right, A little slow this starting season for blues.

[warcraft1975]

man the river just keeps getting lower and lower,hey charlie how abouts a rain dance?lol