Coffey County Lake - SM Bass

Banner Creek Resoirvoir - LM Bass

Cedar Bluff Reservoir - this lake holds large LM Bass and Wipers but not in great numbers

Woodson State Lake - huge channel catfish

Lake Wabaunsee (Eskridge Lake) - The biggest LM Bass in our area from what I can tell, this is my favorite lake to fish. They also have good SM Bass.

These are my personal picks. Most of these lakes are not that large. Leavenworth isn't my any means a bad lake, I just don't think it's a great one. It takes me about 10 minutes to get there so I'm out there a lot just to fish dawn and dusk for an hour or two at a time. The smallmouth numbers I was catching 6-7 weeks ago has dropped off. Last three weeks I've only caught a couple smallmouths, but they're still out there somewhere. You circled an area of lake that has a lot of brush, smallies seem to like rocks and gravel more.

you know i dont want to debate the best waters. none of those lake listed are in this area. i can tell you that wolfe creek blows goats right now. that takes nothing away from the great bass lake that it can be much the same as leavenworth.

good luck to ppl fishing in this area. anyone whod like to hook up and fish drop me a line. i will be at cedar lake tonight so hook on to the boat and come on out, something should be biting.

Hey folks, haven't posted in a while, mainly because I haven't fished in a while! ;D My 2 1/2 year old son and 6 week old daughter consume most of my time these days. With any luck I'll put on my fishing hat a little more next year.

Anyway, the reason I'm posting is to ask Skunked_Again about Cedar lake. How's the bass fishing there these days? I probably haven't fished Cedar in 4 years, and have never put my boat on it. I was never really impressed with the results I got in the past, but then again it was all from the bank. Sounds like it might be worth checking out. I live in Gardner, so it's pretty close.

Also, regarding this thread itself, I've only fished Leavenworth once and thought it was a really nice bass lake. We caught a bunch, nothing big, but the numbers were good which in my opinion make it a pretty good bass lake for Kansas. The only thing that's kept me from going back is there are a few lakes closer that I like just as well.

I also like Lone Star, and have not only caught numbers there, but the quality (size) of the fish seemed to be bigger than what I caught out of Leavenworth. It's hard for me to make a fair comparison since I've only fished Leavenworth once, but I don't think you can go wrong on either lake from a LM bass perspective.

Hey folks, haven't posted in a while, mainly because I haven't fished in a while! ;D My 2 1/2 year old son and 6 week old daughter consume most of my time these days. With any luck I'll put on my fishing hat a little more next year.

Anyway, the reason I'm posting is to ask Skunked_Again about Cedar lake. How's the bass fishing there these days? I probably haven't fished Cedar in 4 years, and have never put my boat on it. I was never really impressed with the results I got in the past, but then again it was all from the bank. Sounds like it might be worth checking out. I live in Gardner, so it's pretty close.

Also, regarding this thread itself, I've only fished Leavenworth once and thought it was a really nice bass lake. We caught a bunch, nothing big, but the numbers were good which in my opinion make it a pretty good bass lake for Kansas. The only thing that's kept me from going back is there are a few lakes closer that I like just as well.

I also like Lone Star, and have not only caught numbers there, but the quality (size) of the fish seemed to be bigger than what I caught out of Leavenworth. It's hard for me to make a fair comparison since I've only fished Leavenworth once, but I don't think you can go wrong on either lake from a LM bass perspective.

its a typical kansas lake. good one week, crappy the next. only caught around 10 fish tonight. i think its a good lake if you have a boat. the place is full of these:

That's a nice little chunk.  If it's full of those, then it certainly looks like I need to put my boat on there.  10 in one evening is pretty good in my books.    Thanks.

not the best pic but a nice piglet from a Cedar.