Milford Lake

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Current Temperature:
59°

Est Water Temperature:
44° (What's This)

Barometric Pressure:
29.80 (Rising)

Wind Speed:
West at 03 Knots (3 MPH)

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Milford Lake
Milford Lake General Information
Welcome to FishingNotes.com Milford Lake fishing report page. Here you will find all the information you need to make the best decisions for today's fishing. Current weather including air temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction are continuously updated throughout the day. Vital fishing information for Milford Lake, including mean water temperature and moon phase. Help in choosing what time to hit the water with daily sunrise and sunset times plus moon rise and moon set times. We would love to hear how your fishing trip went, feel free to share your days success on the community report page. Good luck and we hope you catch a full bag today!

Milford Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Kansas with 15,700 surface acres of water. Over 33,000 acres of land resources are managed for quality recreational experiences as well as for protection of the project’s natural and cultural resources. Approximately 70% of the land resources are available for public hunting. [Milford Reservoir. www.nwk.usace.army.mil, 02/05/2008]
State:
Kansas

County:
Clay

Inpoundment Type:
Reservoir

Surface Area (acres):
16200

Lake Management:


Latitude:
39.20379244704115

Longitude:
-96.99382781982422

Water Clarity:
1-3 ft

Water Temp Factors:


Maximum Depth (ft):
65

Normal Elevation (ft):
1144

Boat Access:
Paved Ramps

Boat Limits:


Milford Lake Largemouth Bass Fishing

[ Largemouth Bass Info ]
Milford Lake Largemouth Bass Rating:
   2.7/5
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Milford Lake Largemouth Bass Tips: [ Add Tip ]
- texas rig with green pumkin worm caught bass all day long on rocky banks and long points
Largemouth Bass Tips for Current Conditions:
Largemouth bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature at 44 degrees. If you have a chance to get out on the water, you are going to have to fish deep and slow. Jig fishing and Plastic baits may be your best bet this time of year for largemouth bass. You may also try fishing some sinking jerk baits.
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Milford Lake Smallmouth Bass Fishing

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Milford Lake Smallmouth Bass Rating:
   3.7/5
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Smallmouth Bass Tips for Current Conditions:
Smallmouth bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature at 44 degrees. It's time to fish deep and slow. Try some deep primary points, drop offs, and old river channels with rocks. Jigs, plastics and deep jerk baits will be your best bet to boat a smallmouth.
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Milford Lake Crappie Fishing

[ Crappie Info ]
Milford Lake Crappie Rating:
   2.8/5
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Crappie Tips for Current Conditions:
Crappie fishing is sometimes at its best with the water temperature down this low. Crappie will be in large schools and follow the large shad schools around in extremely deep water. Find the deepest parts of your lake in old river channels and scan your graph for schooling shad. When you find the school, drop your plastics or live bait down to the bottom of the shad and get ready. Many crappie fishermen will be catching awesome numbers and size of fish this time of year. If you are brave enough to get out on the water this time when the water temperature is this cold, it can really pay off. Be careful out there, remember to boat safely. Never take any chances at these temperatures.
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Milford Lake Walleye Fishing

[ Walleye Info ]
Milford Lake Walleye Rating:
   3.2/5
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Walleye Tips for Current Conditions:
Walleye will be staging and getting ready to spawn now. With Walleye spawning grounds generally on gravel and rocky bottoms and preferring clean water. Start looking for pre-spawn fish in deeper waters with easy access to shallow clean water rocky bottoms. Walleye should be feeding aggressively right up until they start laying eggs. This is a perfect time to be fishing for Walleye.
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Milford Lake Catfish Fishing

[ Catfish Info ]
Milford Lake Catfish Rating:
   4.2/5
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Milford Lake Catfish Tips: [ Add Tip ]
- Caught 14 Catfish, 23 Hybrids, and 5 Walleye all over 4lbs each in less than 2 hours in September 2010.
Bait: Live Minnows
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Catfish Tips for Current Conditions:
The catfish family comprises of blue catfish, flathead catfish and channel catfish. Since catfish are warm water fish, they aren’t going to be very active in this water temperature. They will still be feeding, but catfish will only be found very deep and feeding very slowly. Your best bet is give some of the more active fish species in your lake a shot until the cats are active again.
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Milford Lake Spotted Bass Fishing

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Milford Lake Spotted Bass Rating:
   2.9/5
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Spotted Bass Tips for Current Conditions:
Spotted bass fishing is going to be slow with the water temperature down this low. It's time to fish deep and slow. Try some deep primary points, drop offs, and old river channels with rocks. Jigs, plastics and deep jerk baits will be your best bet to boat a Spotted.
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Milford Lake White Bass Fishing

[ White Bass Info ]
Milford Lake White Bass Rating:
   4.1/5
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Milford Lake White Bass Tips: [ Add Tip ]
- White bass and wiper are being caught along the dam on jigs,kastmasters, and minnows all throught the day with morning and evening being a better bite.
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Milford Lake Trout Fishing

[ Trout Info ]
Milford Lake Trout Rating:
   2.3/5
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Milford Lake General Fishing Info
Community General Fishing Reports
2013-02-17
Report By:Guest
Fishing Rating: 1
Water Temperature: 45
1 White bass 2 Gizzard Shad. We had 2 poles out for cats and got 4 runs on them. I cant believe how low the lake is !! WOW !!


Milford Lake Solar and Lunar Conditions
Current Lunar Fishing Tip:
The affects of the moon on freshwater fish and game are at a minimum right now. There will be another full moon coming up here in a few days. The fisherman should never use this as an excuse to not get on the water. The affects of the moon can only enhance the outcome of a day's fishing not decrease potential catch for today. On days without the new or full moon, all other factors including weather, barometric pressure, wind and cloud cover will make up today's equation for success.
Sunrise:
06:11 CST

Moon Phase:

% Illuminated
Days to Full

Sunset:
20:37 CST







Milford Lake Links
Jan Kissinger - Milford Lake Fishing Guide
http://www.fishmilford.com/  

State Department of Wildlife and Parks
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us  

State Fishing Licensee
https://www1.wildlifelicense.com/ks  

State Fishing Records
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing...  

State Parks
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/state_parks  

State Fishing Information
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing...