Kanopolis Lake fishing: Walleye, White Bass, Black Crappie
Target species: Walleye, White Bass, Black Crappie
The reservoir
Kanopolis Lake covers 3,758 acres in Kansas, across Ellsworth County. It is a reservoir: the deepest point measured is at least 32 feet (9.8 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Stocking: 7,050,507 fish, 2019–2025
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks records list 7,050,507 fish released into this water from 2019 to 2025.
- Walleye: 1,800,000 in 2021
4 more species on the stocking list.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 32 ft (9.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 83 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 17.4% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 5% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 14% of the water
3 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Water and conditions
pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2018. The latest reading is from 2018, 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.
