Anyone have any reports on the wichita area?

 

Anyone fish Watson park in particular? I work right there and will start going on my lunch break even there. Didn't know if there was good spots for bass.

There's bass in Watson, but haven't fished it this year.  Most of the little local ponds around town have bass. 

Yeah I have a buddy goes every weekend.  Ive gone couple times and pulled out a few dinks nothing great but still a fish is a fish 

Wichita probably has more good neighborhood ponds than any city I know of. For a shore fisherman who had friends in the suburban neighborhoods, Wichita is excellent. The public waters are average at best... Watson, kdot,  and zoo (s co) parks have some decent bass but they can be hard to get to. The neighborhood ponds are where it's at. They're almost all loaded, and this time of year into post spawn you can find them on the beds with ease.

Another place that I've caught some really nice bass, up to five pounds, is wading in the "big ditch". I always parked on the central street bridge and moved north for about a half mile. There's a nice channel on the west side that gets about five to six feet deep when the flow is normal. It's right next to the weeds and trees. Some nice fish there. I had to move away about ten years ago, and didn't realize at the time how great Wichita actually was for bass fishing. Look at Google maps sometime. There are more ponds in Wichita than ANYWHERE within 300 miles. Based on my experience though, you should really find a way in to the neighborhood ponds. That's where the best fish are.

I'll be there this week for business. Any decent public ponds worth bringing some gear for?

Anybody been to Butler recently? Are the pads out yet?