Cheney Reservoir Fishing Spot

• Elevation: 1421'
• Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/08/09 06:33 PM
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Cheney Reservoir is located approximately 14 miles south of Hutchinson on K-17 and approximately 30 miles west of Wichita. From U.S. 54 go 4 miles north on K-251 to the Cheney Reservoir dam. Pick up a lake map at the state park because the roads around the lake can be confusing. Cheney State Park is accessible from numerous roads and includes several boat ramps, marina, camping facilities, fishing, hunting, hiking trails, and is especially a favorite sailing lake being located in the open, flat plains of central Kansas. Open to fishing year-round, predominate fish species include crappie, catfish, and striped bass. Fishing is excellent for channel catfish and white bass, good for crappie, striped bass and wipers, and fair for walleye. Hot spots include walleye along the dam in late March and early April, crappie in brush and cattails in April and May, white bass spawning run upriver in May, and channel catfish at the feeders in June and July. Two fishing complexes have been developed to enhance fishing success and convenience. One is at the Red Bluffs and the other at the Toadstool Loop Jetty. These consist of a fishing pier, brushpile fish attractors for crappie, and a fish feeder attractor for channel catfish. Three deepwater fish attractors have been constructed to attract sport fish, especially crappie. These sunken trees are marked by buoys, and are especially productive at times of the year when crappie are not typically in shallow water, such as mid-summer and winter. Fisherman should remember that the waters around the refuge area marked by the buoy line are closed to fishing and boating between September 15 and March 1.