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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Kansas

18 Kansas waters hold white bass & hybrids, 15 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Milford Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
2. Cheney Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
3. Marion Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
4. El Dorado Lake — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
5. Clinton Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Saugeye
6. Kirwin Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
7. John Redmond Lake — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
8. Pomona Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Saugeye, Crappie
9. Kanopolis Lake — 32 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Saugeye, Crappie
10. Smoky Hill River — 10 ft max · Walleye, White Bass, Saugeye, Channel Catfish
11. Webster Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Lovewell Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
13. Arkansas River — 8 ft max · White Bass, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids, Flathead Catfish
14. Kansas River — 20 ft max · White Bass, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids, Flathead Catfish
15. Winfield City Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
16. Centralia Lake — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Saugeye, Crappie, Bluegill
17. Lake Shawnee — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
18. Herington Reservoir — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Kansas

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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