Fishing Report For Milford Lake, KS

By Rick Seaman

May 12, 2025

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Fishing Report Milford Lake, KS

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Popular Fish Species Milford Lake, KS

Blue Catfish

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks reports good fishing for blue catfish using cut bait, worms, and stink bait. Fishing for blue catfish has been productive around any kind of structure on wind-blown shorelines, flats and along the edges of river channels. Road beds, creek channels and rocky points are also good options. Use cut bait, stink bait or worms, fished using a slip sinker or Carolina rig setup. Check for limit restrictions before fishing.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

With water temperatures in the mid 60's, hybrid striped bass are making their Spring spawning run, up river. Jigs with a variety of plastics, or hair jigs have been catching wipers for anglers fishing from the bank, or from a boat. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live shad and cut bait are all currently effective for hybrid stripers. Their primary diet is the schools of baitfish throughout the lake, and they follow these schools to stay close to food supply. Use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and wipers.

Smallmouth Bass

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Fair To Good

Milford Lake is a decent smallmouth bass fishery. They are in the spawning stages, and are holding shallower than normal. Mid-range crankbaits, jerkbaits, Ned rigs and tube baits are popular smallie lures here. Smallmouth fishing is often good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days. After the spawn, look for these smallmouth to get aggressive and fee heavily. Early and late in the day topwater can be effective.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, blue catfish, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, redear sunfish, white bass and hybrid striped bass at Milford Lake in Kansas.

Milford Lake, a 15,700-acre lake with over 160 miles of shoreline and a nice variety of fishing options. The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks reports that bass, catfish, walleye, crappie, sunfish, sauger, white bass and hybrid stripers all thrive here. Several areas offer access for fishing from the bank.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".