by Brent Frazee | May 12, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
I just found another reason to love the Kansas Flint Hills. Before I traveled to Council Grove for an Outdoor Writers of Kansas conference, I already had a long list: the endless prairies, the deer and turkeys, the breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, the friendly,...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 31, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
La Cygne Lake in eastern Kansas had a lofty reputation as a big-bass producer before this spring even arrived. But after what happened the weekend of March 18-19, the lore of the power-plant lake about 60 miles south of Kansas City grew even greater. In that two-day...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 24, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
Bill Hartman took home a wire basket full of fish – and a giant fish story – after a fly fishing trip Thursday to a beautiful pond in the Kansas Flint Hills. He used a black marabou jig under a strike indicator to catch crappies and largemouth bass. But it’s what he...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 13, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri, Uncategorized
Wipers are the test-tube babies of the fish world in Missouri and Kansas. A cross between a white bass and a striper, they are products of the laboratory. They are not native to our waters and populations are reliant on how many fish are stocked in each body of water....
by Brent Frazee | Mar 9, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri
If your goal is to catch a big stringer of white bass, this is your time of the year. In March and early April, the fish school up and head up tributaries of major reservoirs to spawn. And the fishing can be outstanding. That run already has started at some Ozarks...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 6, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri
If you’re the type of bass fisherman who would rather catch a big smallmouth than a largemouth, 2017 should be a very good year. Based on reports from fisheries biologists, guides and other fishermen, there should be many places in Missouri and Kansas where you stand...
