Fall River Lake fishing: Striped Bass, Walleye, Flathead Catfish

Target species: Striped Bass, Walleye, Flathead Catfish, White Bass

The reservoir

Fall River Lake covers 2,413 acres in Kansas, across Greenwood County. It is a reservoir: 93.5% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.5% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 59 depth contour lines for this water.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • 0–2 ft: 17% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 13.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 0.1% of the water

4 target fish, led by Striped Bass

  • Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Gizzard Shad.

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.