Elk City Lake fishing: Striped Bass, Northern Pike, Spotted Gar
Target species: Striped Bass, Northern Pike, Spotted Gar
The reservoir
Elk City Lake covers 4,053 acres in Kansas, across Montgomery County. It is a reservoir: 91% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 36 feet (11 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 36 ft (11 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 80 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 21.4% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 10.3% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 10.8% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 11% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 3% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 1.1% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 0.3% of the water
3 target fish, led by Striped Bass
- Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Spotted Gar — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Water and conditions
pH averages 7.1. These readings span 2017. The latest reading is from 2017, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
Where this data comes from
- Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS), University of Kansas — Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS), University of Kansas: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
