Caught a bunch of fish today, no big ones but lots of them. Jerkbait, line thru swimbait, bladed jig, rock crawler, and a jig. Had probably 10 bites on a frog and missed every one of them ?‍♂️

2 hours ago, joefish said:

was on Wyco today, Windy !! crowded with anglers.   Trout fishing was tough but did catch several bass 12" or little longer.

Water clear or murky?

3 hours ago, joefish said:

was on Wyco today, Windy !! crowded with anglers.   Trout fishing was tough but did catch several bass 12" or little longer.

Nice!  I heard it was really windy from another guy, hopefully it won’t be so bad tomorrow. 

Wyco water was kinda murky.  got the same red tint it had last year.

6 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Got a high school tourney there next weekend.  Gonna be fun to see how it plays out.

Headed to wyco tomorrow, should be fun. 

I have a derb as well. Going to be a lot of boats on that pond for a long time to come.

9 hours ago, joefish said:

Wyco water was kinda murky.  got the same red tint it had last year.

Darn it. My first year it was so gin clear and I had a lot of fun learning how to fish that kind of clarity. Heard it had always been like that. 

2 hours ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Darn it. My first year it was so gin clear and I had a lot of fun learning how to fish that kind of clarity. Heard it had always been like that. 

yea that gin clear water was awesome.  I believe there is some kind of algae blooming causing the red color.

 

Yeah, it was really red/brown.  Chocolate milk.  Not much visibility. 

Caught 14 fish today, most of them were 12-14 inches.

6 hours ago, joefish said:

yea that gin clear water was awesome.  I believe there is some kind of algae blooming causing the red color.

 

It was like this last year as well, @Dirtyeggroll.  Last year was worse, compared to right now.  Once it warms up a little bit, that water gets clear again.

13 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

It was like this last year as well, @Dirtyeggroll.  Last year was worse, compared to right now.  Once it warms up a little bit, that water gets clear again.

Didn’t really get much clearer throughout the season last year.

My neighbor is County Deputy Administrator with Parks and Rec under his duties.  The County did contact  State biologist last year in attempt to resolve the algae problem in Wyco.  Appears it is not under control yet.

3 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Yeah, it was really red/brown.  Chocolate milk.  Not much visibility. 

Caught 14 fish today, most of them were 12-14 inches.

Hayden, you chasing bass in Wyco or Trout?

 

2 hours ago, joefish said:

My neighbor is County Deputy Administrator with Parks and Rec under his duties.  The County did contact  State biologist last year in attempt to resolve the algae problem in Wyco.  Appears it is not under control yet.

Hayden, you chasing bass in Wyco or Trout?

 

Bass, but my fishing partner bought his trout stamp in case we caught any trout.

1 hour ago, HaydenS said:

Bass, but my fishing partner bought his trout stamp in case we caught any trout.

You do not need a Trout stamp at Wyco, only Wyco permit if you're 16 or older. 

 

9 hours ago, joefish said:

You do not need a Trout stamp at Wyco, only Wyco permit if you're 16 or older. 

 

He planned on keeping any we caught, would he need it then?  If not, I’ll let him know.  

Thanks.

8 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

He planned on keeping any we caught, would he need it then?  If not, I’ll let him know.  

Thanks.

If you're fishing for them or keeping them you need the Wyco trout permit.

15 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

If you're fishing for them or keeping them you need the Wyco trout permit.

Thank you.

28 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

If you're fishing for them or keeping them you need the Wyco trout permit.

Bluebasser you are wrong,  2 or 3 years ago Wyco dropped the trout permit.   I fish there 2-3 times a week and keep up on the rules and regulations.

23 minutes ago, joefish said:

Bluebasser you are wrong,  2 or 3 years ago Wyco dropped the trout permit.   I fish there 2-3 times a week and keep up on the rules and regulations.

That's right, I think I do remember that now that you mention it. They only have the fishing and boating permits and no option to skip out on the trout permit because I didn't want it last time I bought a permit out there. 

 

@HaydenS you don't need a state trout permit out there if that's what your buddy bought. If he wants to trout fish he should go to Lake Shawnee in Topeka. They stock way more big ones there. 

21 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's right, I think I do remember that now that you mention it. They only have the fishing and boating permits and no option to skip out on the trout permit because I didn't want it last time I bought a permit out there. 

 

@HaydenS you don't need a state trout permit out there if that's what your buddy bought. If he wants to trout fish he should go to Lake Shawnee in Topeka. They stock way more big ones there. 

Alrighty, thanks, both to both of you!

Welp, tourney on grand got rescheduled to milford at a later date.  

This thread has been kind of quiet lately. Anywhere hot in KC area? 
 

I went to Melvern a couple weeks ago and got caught in a huge thunderstorm, before that caught a few decent smallies but too many white bass found my lure. Fun but not what I was fishing for. I threw the canoe cranks all day. 
 

went to a lake south of LaCygne called Tanglewood last weekend and crushed a bunch of 2’s way up in the weeds all morning on rage craws. 
 

 

Melvern was good a week ago for my kayak tournament. First was over 90" and I had 3rd with 85.75", almost all fish submitted were smallmouth including big bass over 20".

14 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Melvern was good a week ago for my kayak tournament. First was over 90" and I had 3rd with 85.75", almost all fish submitted were smallmouth including big bass over 20".

Does that smallmouth bite typically persist throughout the summer? Still looking for my 3lb+ smallmouth.

1 hour ago, Dirtyeggroll said:

Does that smallmouth bite typically persist throughout the summer? Still looking for my 3lb+ smallmouth.

They should keep biting out there until the water gets cold again unless we get another big rain that makes it really dirty. 

Perry was on fire, caught 18-19 pounds last Saturday.  My biggest was a 3.5 even smallie, buddies was a 4.10 smallie, and a 5 even largemouth.  Rest of the bag was high 2's low 3's smallies. 

 

Pictures soon.