Johnson & Wyandotte Counties

FARM PONDS People eating fish from any urban stream should You don’t need to travel far to wet a line in limit consumption to one 5-ounce meal per month or Kansas City. Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Don’t overlook some of the finest fishing in the 12 5-ounce meals per year. Kansas provide ample fishing opportunities. If state. Farm ponds consistently provide good pan fish, For more information, contact the Kansas you’re looking for walleye or bass, channel catfish channel catfish, and bass fishing. Be sure to obtain Department of Health and Environment, (913) 296- or crappie, there’s a lake for you. A state fishing the landowner’s permission before you fish. 5565, or the Kansas Department of Wildlife and license is required for Kansas residents age 16 to 65 Parks, (316) 672-5911. and for nonresidents age 16 and over. Most of the RIVERS AND STREAMS waters are owned by city/county governments; be Kansas has more than 10,000 miles of rivers and sure to check regulations. streams which provide great fish. You must have per- mission of the landowners, on both sides, to fish OTHER LAKES CLOSE rivers and streams except those that run through pub- lic land and the three rivers classified as navigable - TO KANSAS CITY LEGEND the Missouri, Kansas, and the Arkansas. Clinton Reservoir: 7,000 acres, County Line Fish Consumption Advisory The Kansas Department of Health and Environment 5 miles W of Lawrence on K-10. Highways (KDHE) and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Kansas River (KDWP) recommend that consumption of bottom-feed- Perry Reservoir: 12,600 acres, ing and bottom-dwelling fish (carp, blue catfish, chan- 18 miles NE of Topeka on US-24. Missouri River nel catfish, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, bullhead, sturgeon, buffalo, carpsucker, and other sucker species) Hillsdale Reservoir: 4,500 acres, from the following locations be avoided due to levels of 6 miles SW of Spring Hill on US-169. the insecticide chlordane: 31 435 1) The lower Kansas River from the I-435 Louisburg Middle Creek KANSAS CITY Highway crossing (Holliday) to the merging with State Fishing Lake: 280 acres, 24 WYANDOTTE 40 the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas 7 miles S of Louisburg. 32 (Johnson and Wyandotte counties). Since 1987, a 70 29 28 30 “no-consumption” advisory has been in effect for JOHNSON Miami State Fishing Lake: 118 acres, the lower 10.5 miles of the Kansas River. The new 1 advisory applies to the lower 18 miles of the river. 8 miles E and 5 miles S of Osawatomie. 5-6 2 & 7 10 2) Antioch Park Lake (south) in Antioch Park, 9 Overland Park/Merriam (Johnson County). 10 22 7 13 Douglas State Fishing Lake: 180 acres, 24 16 WYANDOTTE 23 17 In addition, KDHE and KDWP recommend a limita- 1.5 miles N and 1 mile E of Baldwin. 8 4 18 21 20 15 tion of one 5-ounce meal per month, or 12 5-ounce COUNTIES meals per year, on the consumption of the above fish 19 14 69 Leavenworth State Fishing Lake: 175 acres, 12 from the following locations due to the insecticide 26 3 3 miles W and 1 mile N of Tonganoxie. JOHNSON 11 chlordane. 35 169 For more information call 1) The mainstem of the Blue River from US 69 to 25 27 the Kansas-Missouri state line (Johnson County). the Kansas City Office of Kansas Wildlife and Parks 2) The Kansas River from Lawrence (below at (913) 894-9113. Bowersock Dam) downstream to Eudora (Douglas For weekly updates of the fishing and Leavenworth counties). Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to report visit the KDWP website at: race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. www.kdwp.state.ks.us 3) The mainstem of Kill Creek from the merging Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas of Spoon Creek to the Kansas River (Johnson Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/04 County) LENEXA 19. Cedar Lake - 56 acres FISH SPECIES 2 miles S of Olathe on Lone Elm Rd. 9. Roses’ Pond - 2 acres WYANDOTTE COUNTY FC - Flathead Catfish BF - Buffalo BG, BH, CP, CC, CR, LB, WP 87th & Lackman. GS - Green Sunfish BG - Bluegill 20. Frisco Lake - 12 acres BG, CC, HY, LB, WP BONNER SPRINGS HY - Hybrid Sunfish BH - Bullhead Dennis at Sunset. RE - Redear Sunfish CP - Carp BG, CC, HY, LB, GS CC - Channel Catfish CR - Crappie OVERLAND PARK 28. North Park Lake - 3 acres DR - Drum WE - Walleye 21. Lake Olathe - 172 acres 1200 134th St. LB - Largemouth Bass WP - Wiper 10. South Lake Park - 5.5 acres 2 miles W of Olathe on Dennis. BG, CC, GS, HY, LMB SB - Smallmouth Bass SE - Saugeye 87th & Valley View. BG, CP, CC, CR, FCP, LB, WP BG, CC, CR, GS, HY, LB 22. Mahaffie Farmstead Pond - 1 acre WYANDOTTE COUNTY 11. Kingston Lake - 8 acres Ridgeview & Kansas City Road. UNIFIED GOVERNMENT JOHNSON COUNTY 151st & 69 Hwy. BG, CC, HY, LB BG, CC, CR, HY, LB 23. Waterworks Lake - 6 acres Additional permit required, Additional county permit required, call (913) 596-7077 for details. call (913) 888-4713 for details. 12. Regency Park Lake - 3 acres Sheridan & Curtis. N of 151st & Horton BG, BH, CC, GS, HY, LB, CP, WP 29. Big 11 Lake - 3.3 acres Johnson County Park and BG, CC, LB, GS 24. Waterworks Lake N. - 1 acres Recreation District 11th & State. 610 S Curtis BG, BF, CP, CC, LB BG, CC, HY, WP 1. Antioch Lake North - 1.1 acres LEAWOOD 30. Pierson Park Lake - 13 acres 6501 Antioch, Merriam. Additional city permit required, 55th & Douglas, Kansas City. BG, BH, CC, GS, LB call (913) 339-6700 ext. 154 for details. EDGERTON BG, BH, CC, GS, HY, LB 2. Antioch Lake South - 1.7 acres Additional city permit required, 31. Wyandotte County Lake - 407 acres 6501 Antioch, Merriam. 13. Tomahawk Parkway Ponds (3) - 1 acre each call (913) 893-6231 for details. North of 91st St. & Parallel, KC. BG, BH, CC, GS, LB 119th & Roe. BG, CP, CC, CR, DR, FCP, LB, WE, BG, CC, HY, LB, WP 3. Heritage Lake - 42 acres 25. Edgerton City Lake - 5.2 acres 32. WYCO New Pond - 7 acres 160th & Pflumm, Olathe. S of railroad tracks, W of Sunflower Rd. 126th & State Ave BG, BH, CC, GS, LB, DR, WP OLATHE BG, CC, CR, GS, LB BG, CC, LB, HY, WP 4. Kill Creek Park Lake - 30 acres 14. Blackbob Park Pond - 1 acres 11770 S Homestead Ln,, GARDNER 14500 W 151st St. BG, CC, HY, RE, WE, GS, LB, SB, WP BG, CC, HY, WP Additional city permit required, 5. Shawnee Mission Park Lake - 121 acres call (913) 856-7535 for details. 79th & Renner Road, Shawnee. 15. Bluestem/Mid-Am Nazarene Pd - 2 acres 139th & Mur-Len Rd. BG, CC, CR, GS, LB, WP, CP 26. Gardner City Lake - 100 acres BG, CC, HY, LB 6. Shawnee Mission Park Pond - 1 acre 2 miles N of Gardner off Gardner Rd. 79th & Renner Road Shawnee. 16. Heatherstone Pond - 8 acres BG, CP, CC, CR, GS, LB, SE BG, CC, GS, LB 12310 S Pflumm Rd. 7. Stoll Park - 1.7 acres BG, CC, GS, LB SPRING HILL 12500 W. 119th St., Overland Park. 17. Olathe East High School Pond- 2 acres BG, CC, HY, LB 127th Pflumm. Additional city permit required, call (913) 592-3664 for details 8. Sunflower Park Lake - 1.5 acres BG, CC, HY, LB, WP 4 miles W of DeSoto on US 285. 18. Prairie Center Pond - 5 acres 27. Spring Hill City Lake - 38 acres BG, CC, GS, LB 135th & Cedar Niles Rd. Off 169 Hwy, W on Lone Elm Rd. BG, CC, HY, LB, CR, WP CC, LB, BG, GS, CP