8 hours ago, SuperFluke said:

A few good ones from our Thursday night tourney at Olathe tonight.  Bite was good for all boats.  Took over 13lbs to win and a 4.6lb big bass.  We had third with 10.70 lbs.

 

Olathe showing up!

Wow! Wonder if the zero bank pressure on the east side of the lake has helped?

7 minutes ago, gardnerjigman said:

Wow! Wonder if the zero bank pressure on the east side of the lake has helped?

 

Bite was probably good in most lakes around here last night after the cool rain we got. I'm sure the frog bite didn't suck.

2 hours ago, gardnerjigman said:

Wow! Wonder if the zero bank pressure on the east side of the lake has helped?

Idk, I just can't get past those dense stands of American Water Willow gracing the shorelines!

7 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Idk, I just can't get past those dense stands of American Water Willow gracing the shorelines!

hoping this weather gets the water willow bite going. 

So far this year it hasn't produced for me.

2 minutes ago, Weedwhacker said:

hoping this weather gets the water willow bite going. 

So far this year it hasn't produced for me.

I haven't hardly seen any. All the lakes that it's normally in it seems to have disappeared. The couple little clumps I've found have been productive though. 

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Idk, I just can't get past those dense stands of American Water Willow gracing the shorelines!

He said dripping with sarcasm...

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Idk, I just can't get past those dense stands of American Water Willow gracing the shorelines!

 

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I haven't hardly seen any. All the lakes that it's normally in it seems to have disappeared. The couple little clumps I've found have been productive though. 

 

1 hour ago, gardnerjigman said:

He said dripping with sarcasm.

I must be slow today. 

I have fished Olathe a few times this year.

I was sitting here trying to figure out where these dense stands of water willow are actually located.

8 hours ago, Weedwhacker said:

 

 

I must be slow today. 

I have fished Olathe a few times this year.

I was sitting here trying to figure out where these dense stands of water willow are actually located.

I haven't fished Olathe since early April, before they were even poking above the water and we were still heavy in the grips of winter, I have no idea what I'm talking about ? Sometimes I like to throw "Nedism" around because he has a certain way of talking and describing the lakes he's fishing, so I'll use the same phrases sometimes since we fish a lot of the same waters.

The willow was good to us at Olathe.  Best looking stuff in town from what I’ve seen this year by a long shot.  We only fished the west side of the lake but the big fish came from the east.  Kermit may or may not have been involved there as well ?

 

Miola usually has the best willows around, and it’s terrible out there this year for some reason ?‍♂️

10 hours ago, SuperFluke said:

The willow was good to us at Olathe.  Best looking stuff in town from what I’ve seen this year by a long shot.  We only fished the west side of the lake but the big fish came from the east.  Kermit may or may not have been involved there as well ?

 

Miola usually has the best willows around, and it’s terrible out there this year for some reason ?‍♂️

Good to here the willows are looking good.  Last time I was there they were not very thick and only produced small fish.

Hopefully with that and the limited bank access, the fish will get a chance to grow this year.

New brush piles at wyco? Seen a few at one way and two across from the grassy slope, while out the other day.

I've been living and dying by the weightless Trick Stick Texas rigged along weed edges. Nothing else seems to be enticing much for me.

31 minutes ago, kcdinkerz said:

New brush piles at wyco? Seen a few at one way and two across from the grassy slope, while out the other day.

not sure how many are new, but I found 1/2 dozen I did not know existed with the side imaging this spring. 

there are quite a few brushpiles in that lake. 

54 minutes ago, Weedwhacker said:

not sure how many are new, but I found 1/2 dozen I did not know existed with the side imaging this spring. 

there are quite a few brushpiles in that lake. 

I was just talking about stuff sticking out of the water haha. A few green trees in the shallows.

Busy weekend this week.

 

 

 

Frog fishing is my favorite!  They were crushing this one last night.

South Carolina bound tomorrow morning! Bring on the BEACH!

Took a short trip to Olathe this morning. Water was dirty from last nights rain.

All that would bite in the water willows, were sunfish. took 2 hours to catch first bass.

found a few hanging out in 10-15ft. along rock bluffs. . Caught six total. all around 2.5 lbs.

Could only get them to bite the Ned Rig. Fished painfully slow.

below are the first three.

 

 

 

Okay Kansas peeps, need some advice.  Just got my first bass boat (99' Nitro 884 Savage) and I am looking to try a different lake this weekend.  Going for either smallmouth or largemouth bass. Should we go to: Perry Lake, Melvern, Coffey County, or La Cygne.  Any advice would be much appreciated.  

Congrats on the boat purchase!!  La Cygne’s been pretty good this year.  I know my first few times out there were not good but never a better time to throw some stuff around and start figuring it out than now.  Good luck!

14 hours ago, doughboy1979 said:

Okay Kansas peeps, need some advice.  Just got my first bass boat (99' Nitro 884 Savage) and I am looking to try a different lake this weekend.  Going for either smallmouth or largemouth bass. Should we go to: Perry Lake, Melvern, Coffey County, or La Cygne.  Any advice would be much appreciated.  

Coffey is probably the most sure thing to go catch some fish. La Cygne gives you the best shot at a big fish, and at being skunked. Perry used to fish great in the summer but I haven't been in a couple years. Melvern has been in a down cycle. I'd probably go to La Cygne because I like it, but it doesn't treat many people well during the summer months. 

Ended up doing La Cygne last Sunday.  It was really weird at the beginning, we hooked about 5-6 bass in the first 90 minutes, but we couldn't get a single fish in the boat.  All of them came off the line right before we pulled them in the boat.  Never have had that happen on a consistent basis before.  We then moved to the rip-rap and it still was weird.  I was using a crank and caught a small drum, a catfish, and about 4 bluegill on that d**n crank, lol.  My buddies didn't do any better, expect he caught a catfish that was pretty good size.  Finally at the end of the day I hooked about a 2.5lb bass, not great but a good feeling none the less as that was my first time out in my new boat.  Man do I have the fishing fever now more than ever!!

 

I tried Hillsdale on July 4th and got skunked in the morning.  

 

Think we will try Coffey County next!!! 

fished La Cygne today. water temp in north half of lake was over 100 degrees. found some 93 degrees water on the southern end. caught nine bass total.

6 short fish in the shallows.

One anorexic 18 incher that weighed 2 lbs. off of the dam, on a swim  jig.

 These 2 on a trick worm in 10ft. of water, off of a rip rap point.

one was 21 inches 5lb. 12oz. (my largest of 2018).

the other was 19 inches 4lb. 8oz.

 

20 hours ago, Agent23 said:

July 11, Shadow Lake in Olathe, KS.  Water temperature = 89 to 90 degrees.  Air temperature = still not too hot to fish.

Caught 8 LMB and one unwanted bluegill between 5pm and nightfall.

The bluegill and two of the LMB were caught on a Ned Rig using a Z-Man Finesse Wormz in Coppertreuse, including the 16" bass shown first in this video.

The rest were caught trolling two white Z-Man Diezel Minnowz on a double-fluke-style rig, each Texas-rigged with a bullet weight.  I've been using the same two white Minnowz all summer, catching a couple dozen LMB and wipers, and the baits are still going strong.

The final two fish shown in this short video were caught simultaneously on that double-fluke-style rig, and one was 17".  I thought they were going to break my line!

 

 

never heard of shadow lake. Is it a private lake, similar to lake Quivira.