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Photo by Kansas Fish & Game Photo by Kansas Fish & Game Photo by Ken Stiebbon, Kansas Fish & Game TOPEKA'S Original BIG MAN—Tall Man o s H CLOTHING STORE o *fcAM E ° . ° K KANSAS MAGAZINE \ We Specialize In Quality Men's Wear In Hard-To-Find Sizes | • Slacks • Sport Shirts * Suits • A/ v_ fOtariit( t i ! J'-’L ' o o k/ Knit Shirts •Dress Shirts • Jeans l f.v iuv ^ tm'.'U'/ or:i**» • Belts ©Socks •Underwear®Ties t/ lltt ( Xtltloi o o r S .if'■ 1 j ■ KANSAS I ISH K GAME S-m ‘>4 A Routt- 2 Pratt, Kansas 67124 I Featuring Name Brands YES! I’D LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE Including Please send me KANSAS FISH & GAME for. it dayman it Byron Britton □ 1 Year-$5.00 Career Club □ 2 Years--$9.00 ^ Campus it Key □ 3 Years-$12.50 ^ Enro it Hanes Name . & Munsingwear Box Route Address City State ............. Zip V/SA' Please allow 10 12 weeks for first delivery. OPEN 10-6 MON.-FRI. 10-5 SAT.-THURS. TILL 8 P.M. can't find your size .'.'TRY US'' M r . B IG &Tall In the Westboro Mart 3129 Huntoon 272-2828i PERRY RESERVOIR • Creek Bridge > ; State Certified i > ' > «HELI-ARC • IF IT CAN BE WELDED WE CAN DO IT ’ .7 FULLY EQUIPED , ' PORTABLE TRUCKS •FROZEN PIPES THAWED ^FACTORY & CUSTOM • QUALITY WORK DONE ’ TRAILER HITCHES FOR REASONABLE 1 INSTALLED FAST PRICES « ► GIVE US A CALL" ► P erry By Jim Goudzwaard Fisheries Biologist Each year, Perry Reser­ Walleye fishing during voir is the site of organized the spring spawning will be largemouth bass fishing rewarded for large sized tournaments. Prospects for waleye. Casting, trolling or largemouth bass fishing drifting with jigs, jig and are only fair. However, the worm and diving lures bass caught will be large. along the, rocky ledges and Best lures include spinner riprap along the dam will baits, plastic worms and produce walleye. crank baits, all fished Channel cat fishing will around underwater timber, be excellent as usual. Set brushpiles and rock ledges. lines or pole and line using Fishing for all sizes of worms, frogs, crawdads, * crappie in 1979 appears to shad and prepared baits be excellent. Fishing min­ will result in catches of nows and yellow or white different sized channels. jigs in the spring around Try fishing from Paradise brush and rocky ledges will Point, north in Delaware produce fish. Rock Creek, River and in Rock and Slough Bridge at Rock Slough Creeks. These areas Creek, Slough Creek and are especially good when Ozawkie are good sites to the ater is rising. check first. Page 2 RECREATION FACILITIES ■ '.-y u rr i!ti £ i \ \/ V f f i !2 i Boat Storage Gas and Oil PUBLIC-USE AREA Water Supply | | Boat Ramp | Boat Rental | Picnic Grounds [ Toilets | Camp Grounds | Swimming Beach O u tle t X X X X Thompsonville X X X Rock Creek X X X X X X Perry St Park! Jefferson Point) X X X X X X X Sunset Ridge X X X X X X Paradise Point X X X X X X Old Town X X X X X X Longview X X X X X X Slough Creek X X X X X X Perry X X X X X X X X X X Rock Creek Concession X X X X X X GROUP CAMPING AREAS OLD MILITARY TRAIL GROUP CAMPING AREAS GRASSHOPPER POINT Sport Fish of Kansas ( *ood fislmip .(1>omikIs m k.m s.is. w ith a throat variety ol sprc-irs loaml m (hr Stall s lakes and reservoirs Catfish 111 r most popuhu pot t lisli an (lie lar^emouth bass, 11 aj>j>i< ratfisli w allrv r while hass, northern pike and Mam species of catfish thrive in Kansas w.itcis, Imt those most M uri'ill. commonly caught on rod and ice! in out nserwnrs are the channel c at and the* bullhead ( )i casiooalh, a c hannel is caught on an artificial hue. hut the hest hait to use when fishing for either the battling channel m the bullhead is a natural or pre­ pared bait Night fishing produces the best results, since the catfish is, by nature, a noc turnal fish Most fishermen who are after the other species of catfish have the greatest success using Largemouth Bass set lines. A 40 or 50' pound catfish is not uncommon as a <)m of flii f.ivoiite ij.iiim Irli o i iwvlinr I he largemouth or result of spending the night “running lines.” hlai k kiss, (.in hr kaiilrd linm nin.t Kansas lakes and reser­ voir* I lie tnsi tillin' \ou do altri Old i.mrside smaeks your halt is u-ai h.u k and set tin st< i I I In n set it again. Hold on! lies •uni' to • l< ,• e\ n \ 11 is lie, lie u ii to t.ike \ 0111 rod away from Western Kansas you . ;id lueak it into littl; pieces I ail\ siunmer daylight sur­ face plugging tan he sin n |o\ lake good hass fishing every- wheie, the hest u tion f«u K ms.is hass is iisii dh found along the Walleye hank and in tin <o\« s Hmsh and i.uassv shoreline seem to be theii I oonte “hang outs and deep ninnmg lure, plastic worm, spinnn or minnows do an eo . !!ent j >h of tempting the l)ig ones Each spring, as the days to basketball-sized, gently out of hiding begin to lengthen, warm sloping and covered by one southerly breezes stir and to four feet of water. As the the ice cover begins to water warms, spawning melt, many western Kan­ activity increases until a sas fishermen dig out their peak is reached when the fishing gear, check their water tenperature reaches lines, oil their reels, and 46 degrees F. to 48 degrees NOW count the jigs in their F., usually in early April. tackle boxes. They all have During the spawning per­ one thing in common - iod, walleye are caught by Walleye will be running fishermen casting jigs and OPEN soon. Fishing your walleye diving lures into the Restaurant in western Kansas provid­ spawning areas, with es for some of the finest small males being caught and walleye angling ANY­ early during spawning, WHERE. These fishermen and larger males and full hook-up also know of the added females being caught later campground bonus of not only catching ing the spawning season, walleye, but that their walleye during this period catch will provide one of are caught at anytime of on water's adga the finest freshwater fish the day or night, with early at delicacies. morning and evening Catching walleye in hours being best. Rock Creek Marina western Kansas lakes and After the spawning peak on r ervoirs is not difficult if in early April, walleye the fisherman uses proper fishing slows until mid­ Perry Lake fishing methods. In late May. The walleye then go March, as the ice melts, on a feeding binge through walleye begin their early mid- June. Drifiting or Hwy.f4 i e 237 across spawning activities. Small trolling the flat areas of the trnmm PH. 484-2656 males up to three pounds lake and along the dam movbe into rock rubble with jigs and nightcroawl- Perry ihrte lake tesfwvcnt Q n *4 BUMMteys areas. The best areas of ers or diving lures will rock are those taht contain produce good walleye a mixture from pea-sized catches. Page 4 Kansas Fishing Regulations LAWFUL FISHING To determine length of a fish, it is measured from the tip of its snout, with mouth closed, to the end of the tail. Each fisherman is limited to two rods and lines with not more than two single baited hooks on any rod and line. Or, BULLFROGS instead of two single baited hooks on a rod and line, a fisher­ man may use one multiple hook of not more than three A valid fishing license is required for any person to take, baited hooks attached to one shank (treble hook). Treble catch or kill bullfrogs, except persons exempt by law from hooks shall be limited in size from No 1 to 12. Casting plugs, having such a license. Bullfrogs may be legally taken by dip lures, and flies may be used. net, hook and line, and by hand. Any other method of catch­ In addition to two rods, a fisherman may set one trotline ing, taking, or killing bullfrogs is prohibited. Bullfrog season or throw line containing not more than 25 hooks. Or, instead extends from July 1 through Sept. 30. Daily creel lim it is eight. of a trotline, a fisherman may set eight bank lines containing not more than two hooks each. Trotlines and bank lines cannot be set within 150 yards of any dam or within 200 yards of the mouth of any creek or river. Bank lines, limb PADDLEFISH SNAGGING SEASON lines, or trotlines must be run at least once every 24 hours by the person fishing with them. A special paddlefish snagging season may be opened by In some counties, county commissioners have required posted public notice sometime between March 15 and May 15 that bank lines, limb lines, and trotlines be tagged securely on a short stretch of the Neosho River belowChetopa Dam and and plainly with the fisherman's name, address, and fishing on the Marais des Cygnes R iver below Osawatomie Dam. Paddle­ license number. This provision does not apply to landowners, fish (as well as carp, buffalo, carpsuckers, gar, drum, and tenants, or their guests on privately owned ponds or strip pits.
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