John Redmond Reservoir Fishing Information

John Redmond Reservoir Map
This Location does have Boat Access
Fishing Forecast
Counties:
GPS:
N38 13 55.82 W95 46 28.18
Surface Acres:
9,400 acres
Maximum Depth:
20 feet
Normal Lake Level:
1041 fsl

New Strawn, KS

1/2 mile South and 1 mile West of New Strawn, KS

or 2 1/2 miles North of Burlington on US-75

Corps of Engineers (620) 364-8613

Fisheries Biologist: Justin Morrison (620) 637-2748

Fishing Forecast Information

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+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

+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

+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

+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

+Blue Catfish Forecast

NAME Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
BLUE CATFISH          
  (>20") (>30") (>35") (lbs.) BR
EL DORADO 92.83 1.20 0.00 13.05 G
JOHN REDMOND 92.08 1.25 0.31 22.03 G
ELK CITY 77.14 7.55 0.45 22.90 G
TUTTLE CREEK 58.43 11.49 1.66 33.04 G
MILFORD 47.83 6.76 4.69 43.98 G
PERRY 38.05 8.47 4.99 45.15 G
LOVEWELL 37.63 25.46 6.55 30.55 G
GLEN ELDER 26.29 7.21 3.20 38.94 G
CHENEY 15.46 12.93 8.28 57.71 F
MELVERN 13.74 4.53 0.28 19.43 G
WOLF CREEK 8.78 2.07 0.42 38.00 G
CLINTON 7.84 3.00 1.34 37.44 F
KANOPOLIS 7.15 0.00 0.00 5.53 F
WILSON 4.88 2.99 0.24 26.45 F

+White Crappie Forecast

NAME Density Preferred Lunker Big fish Bio rating
WHITE CRAPPIE          
  (>8") (>10") (>12") (lbs.) BR
MELVERN 34.20 14.89 1.41 1.61 E
PERRY 25.08 13.95 0.38 1.42 G
HILLSDALE 23.77 11.14 1.48 1.29 E
LOVEWELL 22.41 9.78 0.98 2.50 G
TORONTO 18.17 5.68 1.87 2.40 G
ELK CITY 15.49 5.57 1.35 2.40 G
LACYGNE 14.86 5.84 0.45 2.30 G
CLINTON 9.50 2.76 0.22 1.37 G
WOLF CREEK 8.70 3.20 0.50 1.64 F
TUTTLE CREEK 7.48 4.61 1.00 1.69 G
POMONA 7.07 2.98 0.16 1.73 G
BIG HILL 7.07 3.40 0.27 1.19 G
FALL RIVER 5.96 1.77 0.42 2.58 G
COUNCIL GROVE 5.89 3.22 1.33 1.87 F
EL DORADO 5.79 2.25 0.82 1.59 G
MILFORD 3.67 2.81 0.56 1.90 F
MARION 3.33 2.00 0.00 0.67 G
GLEN ELDER 2.60 0.98 0.33 1.91 F
SEBELIUS 2.07 1.00 0.50 1.43 G
KANOPOLIS 1.72 0.56 0.06 1.23 G
WEBSTER 1.60 1.15 0.15 1.79 G
CEDAR BLUFF 1.10 0.76 0.35 1.80 G
JOHN REDMOND 0.96 0.67 0.21 3.04 F
KIRWIN 0.75 0.42 0.27 1.69 G
WILSON 0.09 0.07 0.02 1.30 P
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