Wyandotte County Lake fishing: Walleye, Warmouth, Green Sunfish

Target species: Walleye, Warmouth, Green Sunfish

The lake

Wyandotte County Lake covers 334 acres in Kansas, across Wyandotte County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 55 feet (16.8 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Wyandotte County Lake Park Docks.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 55 ft (16.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 66 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 48–51 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 51–54 ft: 2% of the water
  • 54–55 ft: 1.9% of the water

3 target fish, led by Walleye

  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Redear.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 77°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. 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.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: 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.