Perry Reservoir Fishing Information

Counties:

Jefferson

GPS:

39.1459226 -95.4862717

Surface Acres:

11,630 acres

Maximum Depth:

43 feet

Normal Lake Level:

891.5 feet

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Perry Reservoir Fishing Report - Updated: 08/19/2024

Species	Rating	Size	Baits, Method & Location
Zebra Mussels	Invasive!	up to 3/4"	Since the infestation was discovered in Oct. of 2007 these mussels have spread throughout the lake. It's up to all of us to make sure these are not spread to other area lakes, Clean-Drain-Dry everything that is taken out of Perry. Please do not move water from Perry Reservoir.
Channel Catfish	Good	up to 10.0 lbs	Try targeting larger rocky shorelines or adjacent mudflats with nightcrawlers and cutbait.
Sauger	Slow	up to 2.6 lbs.	There are good numbers in the reservoir but few are above the protective 18" minimum length limit. Try trolling crankbaits or lindy rigs along the dam. Casting a jig or crankbait in areas under a light may produce some fish during the night.
Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	Fair Fair	up to 5.0 lbs. up to 5.0 lbs.	Try casting crankbaits and spinner jigs near fallen trees along the shoreline.
White Bass	Fair	up to 1.5 lbs.	White Bass can be caught using any bait resembling a shad or even from crappie jigs. These fish can be caught breaking up schools of shad near the surface
White Crappie	Slow to Fair	up to 1.5 lbs.	With cool nights and warm days, fish are moving around again. Some luck has been had catching fish jigging brush piles in less than 10 feet of water.
Blue Catfish	Fair	up to 25.0 lbs.	A few nice fish in the 35 inch length limit range can be caught, but many fish are below the length limit. Remember blue cats look similar to channel catfish, so be careful with identification. There are several hundred Blue Catfish tagged with a small metal tag on the top of their gill plate as part of a population study. The majority of these fish are less than 35" and should be released. If you do harvest a tagged fish greater than 35" please report your tag number to nick.kramer@ks.gov.
Comments
For current lake elevation, inflow, and outflow click here and for the lake forecast click here. If you would like to place habitat in Perry Reservoir or contribute to the fishing report, please contact the Fish Biologist, Nick, at nick.kramer@ks.gov to obtain a permit. The locations of all known fish habitat can be found here. This is a generic report and will be updated as information becomes available.

Creel Length/Limits

Fishing Population	Creel Limit	Min Length Limit
Bluegill
Channel Catfish	10
Crappie	20	10
Flathead Catfish	5
Green Sunfish
Largemouth Bass	5	18
Sauger	5	18
Saugeye	5	18
White Bass
Walleye	5	18
Blue Catfish	5	35
Smallmouth Bass	5	18

* Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass in Combination
** Striped Bass or Wiper in Combination
*** Walleye, Sauger or Saugeye in Combination

Fishing Forecast Information

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+Largemouth Bass Forecast

NAME	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
LARGEMOUTH BASS
	(>12")	(>15")	(>20")	(lbs.)	BR
SEBELIUS	264.55	81.66	1.03	5.24	G
WILSON	49.43	38.12	0.39	5.63	G
WEBSTER	45.72	29.11	0.00	3.80	F
KIRWIN	37.30	28.81	0.00	3.72	F
LACYGNE	35.01	26.89	1.96	7.70	G
BIG HILL	33.15	14.38	0.64	6.81	G
CEDAR BLUFF	18.65	7.00	0.09	5.83	G
KANOPOLIS	17.03	2.14	0.53	4.85	F
MILFORD	10.70	2.81	0.00	4.21	F
GLEN ELDER	10.26	7.17	0.07	4.92	G
MELVERN	8.57	1.89	0.00	2.03	F
EL DORADO	7.93	4.29	0.21	3.94	F
CLINTON	6.09	2.53	0.00	4.75	F
WOLF CREEK	5.61	4.23	0.59	5.49	P
PERRY	3.51	1.74	0.27	6.00	P
LOVEWELL	2.94	2.35	0.00	4.56	P
TORONTO	1.50	1.50	0.00	3.71	P
HILLSDALE	1.47	1.05	0.00	2.99	P

+Black Crappie Forecast

NAME	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
BLACK CRAPPIE
	(>8")	(>10")	(>12")	(lbs.)	BR
SEBELIUS	26.47	14.00	1.33	1.54	G
CEDAR BLUFF	23.61	4.75	0.08	1.29	G
KIRWIN	9.56	9.15	5.79	2.06	G
LOVEWELL	4.46	0.76	0.05	1.43	F
KANOPOLIS	3.94	3.03	0.44	1.43	G
WEBSTER	3.77	1.75	0.02	1.40	F
MARION	3.33	0.67	0.33	1.09	F
MILFORD	2.88	0.94	0.02	1.06	F
HILLSDALE	1.75	0.32	0.05	1.02	G
CLINTON	1.11	0.70	0.02	0.93	G
JOHN REDMOND	0.75	0.13	0.04	1.29	P
GLEN ELDER	0.73	0.40	0.13	1.11	F
WILSON	0.64	0.24	0.11	1.68	P
PERRY	0.38	0.08	0.00	0.81	P
POMONA	0.34	0.14	0.02	1.44	P
TORONTO	0.34	0.15	0.04	1.19	P
BIG HILL	0.33	0.03	0.00	0.52	F
WOLF CREEK	0.23	0.07	0.07	1.39	P
LACYGNE	0.20	0.11	0.00	0.93	P
EL DORADO	0.14	0.04	0.00	0.60	P
FALL RIVER	0.10	0.08	0.02	1.14	P
TUTTLE CREEK	0.09	0.07	0.05	1.17	P
MELVERN	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.63	P
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	P

+Bluegill Forecast

NAME	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
BLUEGILL
	(>6")	(>8")	(>10")	(lbs.)	BR
SEBELIUS	44.33	9.47	0.00	1.21	G
CEDAR BLUFF	15.12	0.20	0.00	0.40	F
HILLSDALE	6.07	0.05	0.00	0.46	F
LACYGNE	4.39	0.02	0.02	0.31	F
KANOPOLIS	3.78	0.03	0.00	0.39	G
WILSON	3.51	0.00	0.00	0.33	G
WEBSTER	2.94	0.50	0.00	0.50	F
LOVEWELL	2.56	0.05	0.00	0.43	P
BIG HILL	2.37	0.00	0.00	0.36	G
MARION	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.39	F
MILFORD	1.44	0.35	0.00	0.52	P
CLINTON	1.11	0.07	0.00	0.52	F
KIRWIN	0.81	0.06	0.00	0.59	F
PERRY	0.60	0.00	0.00	0.32	P
MELVERN	0.52	0.05	0.02	0.37	P
EL DORADO	0.32	0.00	0.00	0.23	F
TUTTLE CREEK	0.32	0.00	0.00	0.25	P
GLEN ELDER	0.30	0.10	0.00	0.70	P
WOLF CREEK	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.18	P
FALL RIVER	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.26	F
POMONA	0.23	0.02	0.02	0.43	F
COUNCIL GROVE	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.21	P
TORONTO	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.23	P
ELK CITY	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	P

+Channel Catfish Forecast

NAME	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
CHANNEL CATFISH
	(>16")	(>24")	(>28")	(lbs.)	BR
LOVEWELL	6.94	0.94	0.11	11.81	G
BIG HILL	6.30	0.73	0.03	9.05	G
HILLSDALE	5.36	0.33	0.05	10.45	G
MARION	4.43	0.23	0.03	5.79	G
KANOPOLIS	3.37	0.43	0.02	9.93	G
WILSON	2.97	0.46	0.03	10.11	G
TORONTO	2.56	1.83	0.47	11.33	G
PERRY	2.45	0.67	0.14	12.70	G
CHENEY	2.45	0.41	0.04	14.81	G
ELK CITY	2.23	0.23	0.00	5.65	G
LACYGNE	2.19	0.02	0.00	7.26	G
GLEN ELDER	2.18	0.46	0.16	16.60	G
MELVERN	2.14	0.27	0.04	8.33	G
CLINTON	1.82	0.12	0.00	6.06	G
FALL RIVER	1.73	1.39	0.64	14.53	G
POMONA	1.55	0.05	0.05	11.96	G
CEDAR BLUFF	1.46	0.32	0.04	14.15	G
COUNCIL GROVE	1.42	0.20	0.09	9.41	F
WEBSTER	1.39	0.11	0.03	10.64	G
KIRWIN	1.06	0.25	0.08	11.23	G
JOHN REDMOND	1.05	0.31	0.07	12.33	F
TUTTLE CREEK	0.95	0.20	0.09	14.31	G
WOLF CREEK	0.70	0.00	0.00	4.12	F
EL DORADO	0.58	0.00	0.00	3.84	F
SEBELIUS	0.37	0.23	0.17	22.56	F
MILFORD	0.35	0.07	0.02	9.23	F

+White Bass Forecast

NAME	Density	Preferred	Lunker	Big fish	Bio rating
WHITE BASS
	(>9")	(>12")	(>15")	(lbs.)	BR
GLEN ELDER	18.32	16.17	3.84	3.49	G
MARION	17.06	12.20	0.43	1.87	G
CEDAR BLUFF	10.24	9.28	2.79	2.25	G
PERRY	9.76	5.82	0.22	2.15	G
KANOPOLIS	8.17	6.15	0.28	2.70	G
POMONA	7.40	4.58	0.45	2.20	G
CLINTON	6.88	5.20	1.02	2.32	G
WEBSTER	6.22	3.92	0.08	2.73	G
MILFORD	5.78	4.93	0.55	2.13	G
KIRWIN	5.19	4.22	0.67	2.18	G
TORONTO	5.00	3.00	1.36	2.69	G
FALL RIVER	4.24	2.94	0.94	3.02	G
WOLF CREEK	3.96	2.44	0.32	1.98	G
MELVERN	3.33	2.63	0.43	2.26	G
LOVEWELL	3.25	1.75	0.25	1.85	P
EL DORADO	3.24	1.58	0.36	2.03	F
JOHN REDMOND	3.14	2.21	0.95	3.24	F
BIG HILL	3.00	1.83	0.07	1.73	G
LACYGNE	2.71	1.60	0.33	2.88	G
COUNCIL GROVE	2.47	1.58	0.18	2.23	F
HILLSDALE	2.43	1.83	0.10	1.43	G
WILSON	2.21	2.11	0.86	2.96	G
CHENEY	0.86	0.80	0.33	2.09	P
ELK CITY	0.80	0.40	0.03	1.94	F
TUTTLE CREEK	0.47	0.18	0.02	2.96	F

+Black Bass Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Sebelius Reservoir	267.22	82.69	1.03	5.24	Reservoir	G
Wilson Reservoir	62.91	44.38	0.39	5.63	Reservoir	G
Webster Reservoir	45.72	29.11	0.00	3.80	Reservoir	F
Big Hill Reservoir	38.62	16.46	0.64	6.81	Reservoir	G
Kirwin Reservoir	37.30	28.81	0.00	3.72	Reservoir	F
LaCygne Reservoir	35.01	26.89	1.96	7.70	Reservoir	G
Melvern Reservoir	25.37	6.34	0.00	2.86	Reservoir	G
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	22.06	7.49	0.09	5.83	Reservoir	G
Glen Elder Reservoir	20.90	11.69	0.07	4.92	Reservoir	G
Kanopolis Reservoir	17.03	2.14	0.53	4.85	Reservoir	F
Milford Reservoir	15.89	3.94	0.00	4.21	Reservoir	F
El Dorado Reservoir	12.86	5.36	0.21	3.94	Reservoir	F
Wolf Creek Reservoir	12.44	9.42	0.79	5.49	Reservoir	F
Clinton Reservoir	9.56	3.75	0.00	4.75	Reservoir	F
Perry Reservoir	4.74	2.70	0.27	6.00	Reservoir	P
Lovewell Reservoir	2.94	2.35	0.00	4.56	Reservoir	P
Hillsdale Reservoir	1.77	1.35	0.00	3.01	Reservoir	P
Toronto Reservoir	1.50	1.50	0.00	3.71	Reservoir	P

+Crappie Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Melvern Reservoir	34.23	14.91	1.41	1.61	Reservoir	E
Sebelius Reservoir	28.53	15.00	1.83	1.54	Reservoir	G
Lovewell Reservoir	26.88	10.54	1.02	2.50	Reservoir	G
Hillsdale Reservoir	25.52	11.45	1.52	1.29	Reservoir	E
Perry Reservoir	25.45	14.03	0.38	1.42	Reservoir	G
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	24.71	5.51	0.43	1.80	Reservoir	G
Toronto Reservoir	18.51	5.83	1.91	2.40	Reservoir	G
Elk City Reservoir	15.49	5.57	1.35	2.40	Reservoir	G
LaCygne Reservoir	15.07	5.95	0.45	2.30	Reservoir	G
Clinton Reservoir	10.61	3.46	0.24	1.37	Reservoir	G
Kirwin Reservoir	10.31	9.56	6.06	2.06	Reservoir	G
Wolf Creek Reservoir	8.93	3.27	0.57	1.64	Reservoir	F
Tuttle Creek Reservoir	7.57	4.68	1.05	1.69	Reservoir	G
Pomona Reservoir	7.41	3.11	0.18	1.73	Reservoir	G
Big Hill Reservoir	7.40	3.43	0.27	1.19	Reservoir	G
Marion Reservoir	6.67	2.67	0.33	1.09	Reservoir	G
Milford Reservoir	6.54	3.75	0.58	1.90	Reservoir	G
Fall River Reservoir	6.06	1.85	0.44	2.58	Reservoir	G
El Dorado Reservoir	5.93	2.29	0.82	1.59	Reservoir	G
Council Grove Reservoir	5.89	3.22	1.33	1.87	Reservoir	F
Kanopolis Reservoir	5.67	3.58	0.50	1.43	Reservoir	G
Webster Reservoir	5.38	2.90	0.17	1.79	Reservoir	G
Glen Elder Reservoir	3.33	1.38	0.46	1.91	Reservoir	F
John Redmond Reservoir	1.71	0.79	0.25	3.04	Reservoir	F
Wilson Reservoir	0.73	0.31	0.13	1.68	Reservoir	P

+Sunfish Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Sebelius Reservoir	44.40	9.50	0.00	1.21	Reservoir	G
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	15.33	0.22	0.00	0.44	Reservoir	F
Hillsdale Reservoir	6.09	0.07	0.00	0.46	Reservoir	F
LaCygne Reservoir	4.50	0.02	0.02	0.31	Reservoir	F
Kanopolis Reservoir	3.81	0.03	0.00	0.39	Reservoir	G
Wilson Reservoir	3.53	0.00	0.00	0.33	Reservoir	G
Webster Reservoir	2.94	0.50	0.00	0.50	Reservoir	F
Big Hill Reservoir	2.63	0.17	0.00	0.62	Reservoir	G
Lovewell Reservoir	2.56	0.05	0.00	0.43	Reservoir	P
Marion Reservoir	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.39	Reservoir	F
Milford Reservoir	1.44	0.35	0.00	0.52	Reservoir	P
Clinton Reservoir	1.20	0.07	0.00	0.52	Reservoir	F
Kirwin Reservoir	0.83	0.06	0.00	0.59	Reservoir	F
Perry Reservoir	0.60	0.00	0.00	0.32	Reservoir	P
Melvern Reservoir	0.52	0.05	0.02	0.37	Reservoir	P
El Dorado Reservoir	0.36	0.00	0.00	0.23	Reservoir	F
Tuttle Creek Reservoir	0.32	0.00	0.00	0.25	Reservoir	P
Glen Elder Reservoir	0.30	0.10	0.00	0.70	Reservoir	P
Wolf Creek Reservoir	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.18	Reservoir	P
Fall River Reservoir	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.26	Reservoir	F
Pomona Reservoir	0.23	0.02	0.02	0.43	Reservoir	P
Council Grove Reservoir	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.21	Reservoir	P
Toronto Reservoir	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.23	Reservoir	P
Elk City Reservoir	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	Reservoir	P

+Percids Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Sebelius Reservoir	9.17	4.63	0.43	6.38	Reservoir	P
Kirwin Reservoir	4.75	1.06	0.33	8.46	Reservoir	G
Marion Reservoir	4.69	1.89	0.17	4.65	Reservoir	G
Council Grove Reservoir	3.51	1.82	0.60	6.89	Reservoir	G
Webster Reservoir	3.19	1.94	0.81	6.36	Reservoir	G
El Dorado Reservoir	2.73	1.91	0.67	7.94	Reservoir	G
Wilson Reservoir	2.62	2.02	0.84	7.45	Reservoir	G
Milford Reservoir	2.60	1.13	0.05	3.87	Reservoir	F
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	2.12	1.34	0.47	7.93	Reservoir	G
Glen Elder Reservoir	1.96	1.10	0.13	6.61	Reservoir	F
Kanopolis Reservoir	1.88	1.13	0.32	6.70	Reservoir	G
Perry Reservoir	1.55	0.08	0.00	2.75	Reservoir	E
Melvern Reservoir	1.37	0.12	0.02	4.45	Reservoir	G
Cheney Reservoir	1.20	1.04	0.63	7.54	Reservoir	F
Clinton Reservoir	1.20	0.34	0.02	3.45	Reservoir	G
Pomona Reservoir	1.20	0.48	0.05	4.16	Reservoir	G
Hillsdale Reservoir	1.14	0.62	0.24	7.06	Reservoir	E
Lovewell Reservoir	1.00	0.89	0.38	4.62	Reservoir	F
Wolf Creek Reservoir	0.64	0.40	0.16	5.99	Reservoir	F
Tuttle Creek Reservoir	0.45	0.13	0.04	4.81	Reservoir	G
Big Hill Reservoir	0.10	0.00	0.00	1.39	Reservoir	F
Elk City Reservoir	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.11	Reservoir	F

+Temperate Basses Combined Forecast

Waterbody	Density	Preferred	Lunker	3 yr avg	Size	Rating
Glen Elder Reservoir	17.63	2.60	0.57	9.89	Reservoir	G
Marion Reservoir	15.97	4.40	1.57	4.92	Reservoir	G
Kirwin Reservoir	15.06	10.00	0.78	7.99	Reservoir	G
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	12.76	4.07	2.63	13.60	Reservoir	G
Webster Reservoir	11.72	6.92	1.50	10.88	Reservoir	G
Sebelius Reservoir	10.17	9.57	3.23	6.81	Reservoir	G
Milford Reservoir	9.80	4.35	1.55	6.80	Reservoir	G
Pomona Reservoir	8.43	2.58	0.63	2.20	Reservoir	G
Clinton Reservoir	6.46	1.06	0.36	5.98	Reservoir	G
Kanopolis Reservoir	5.32	0.22	0.08	7.28	Reservoir	G
Lovewell Reservoir	4.96	2.11	1.11	7.35	Reservoir	F
Perry Reservoir	4.73	0.02	0.00	2.15	Reservoir	G
Cheney Reservoir	4.43	2.71	1.55	7.98	Reservoir	F
El Dorado Reservoir	3.42	1.38	0.93	6.75	Reservoir	G
LaCygne Reservoir	3.00	0.48	0.00	2.88	Reservoir	F
Toronto Reservoir	2.94	0.50	0.00	2.69	Reservoir	G
Fall River Reservoir	2.85	0.39	0.00	3.02	Reservoir	G
Wilson Reservoir	2.64	0.94	0.51	13.27	Reservoir	G
Wolf Creek Reservoir	2.22	0.14	0.08	4.59	Reservoir	F
John Redmond Reservoir	2.16	0.38	0.00	3.24	Reservoir	F
Melvern Reservoir	2.10	0.12	0.00	2.26	Reservoir	G
Big Hill Reservoir	1.67	0.00	0.00	1.73	Reservoir	G
Hillsdale Reservoir	1.67	0.07	0.02	1.43	Reservoir	F
Council Grove Reservoir	1.42	0.04	0.04	6.15	Reservoir	P
Elk City Reservoir	0.37	0.00	0.00	1.94	Reservoir	F
Tuttle Creek Reservoir	0.15	0.02	0.00	2.96	Reservoir	F

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