Milford Lake fishing: Walleye, Striped Bass, Blue Catfish
Target species: Walleye, Striped Bass, Blue Catfish, Freshwater Drum, White Bass, Flathead Catfish
The reservoir
Milford Lake covers 15,610 acres in Kansas, across 2 counties: Geary and Clay. It is a reservoir: 91.9% of it is 51 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.9% of the water is 51 feet or shallower. We hold 256 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 17.7% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 5% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 4% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 57–60 ft: 3.7% of the water
6 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Gizzard Shad.
Stocking: 42,353,243 fish, 2019–2025
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks records list 42,353,243 fish released into this water from 2019 to 2025.
- Walleye: 33,713,699 in 2019–2025
2 more species on the stocking list.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2017–2026.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 15,610 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
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.
