Fishing Report For Wilson Lake, KS

By Rick Seaman

March 26, 2025

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Fishing Report Wilson Lake, KS

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Popular Fish Species Wilson Lake, KS

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

There has been an excess population of crappie in Wilson Lake for a couple years now. The fishing has been good as they aggressively compete for food. Spring is always the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move shallower to spawn. Docks, brush piles and steep rock banks are all good places to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. There is a limit of 50 crappie per day, and locals report filling their limits easily.

Walleye

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Walleye fishing here has been good, especially early in the morning, and from dusk to long after dark, as during these hours they move shallow to feed. Spring and Fall are the best season for catching walleye. In Summer and Winter, they like to school up in deeper water where they slow-cruise around flats and structure close to deep water. When walleye move to deeper water, most are caught quite close to the bottom. Blade baits, jigs, swimbaits and spoons are catching them. Locals report spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners are catching walleye while trolling.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

The Kansas state record striped bass was caught here in Wilson Lake, not that long ago. IT weighed well over 40 pounds. Many anglers report catching stripers over the 20-pound mark with some regularity. Currently, stripers are being taken on swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, bladebaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait. Once Summer warms the water, some topwater action is available as stripers drive schools of bait to the surface. Successful striper fishing enthusiasts are locating schools of bait, and wolf packs of stripers are usually close by. Fish finders are a big help in locating these roaming schools.

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

Wilson Lake is a 9,000-acre lake, with 100 miles of shoreline providing a fishing paradise in Kansas. Bass, catfish, perch, walleye, crappie, sunfish, striped bass and white bass all reside here in good numbers. Anglers wishing to fish from the bank will find numerous options.

Primary fish species residing in Wilson Lake

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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".