Lake Shawnee is a reservoir in Kansas, near Shawnee County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Lake Shawnee is a reservoir in Shawnee County, Kansas. Lake Shawnee covers about 416 acres and holds about 7,500 acre-feet.
Lake Shawnee is a medium-sized reservoir in Topeka with coves, points, rock and planted fish cover. Its city setting does not change the basic need to match the lure to the fish and the cover.
The reported fish at Lake Shawnee include wiper, walleye, saugeye, smallmouth bass, and largemouth bass.
Fish reported from Lake Shawnee include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, saugeye, walleye, white crappie, and wiper. Stocking records for Lake Shawnee also list smallmouth bass and channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Shawnee, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth, and work a tube, Ned rig or small crankbait across rock and firm points for smallmouth.
For panfish at Shawnee, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, redear or other sunfish.
For roaming fish at Shawnee, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye, and fish a jig, blade bait or crankbait near the old channel for saugeye, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For bottom fishing at Shawnee, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
At Lake Shawnee, use a jig, crawler rig or crankbait along points and the old channel for walleye. Follow shad at Lake Shawnee with a spoon, swimbait or crankbait for wiper. Fish a small jig or minnow at Lake Shawnee beside brush, standing wood or a creek-channel edge for crappie. Work a tube or Ned rig on rock at Lake Shawnee for smallmouth bass.
On a first trip to Shawnee, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
Spring around Shawnee is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall around Shawnee can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs, worms and small lures at Shawnee, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
Crappie and bluegill can gather around cover, while bass, walleye and channel catfish use the points and nearby deeper water.
At Lake Shawnee, start with a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or crankbait at the depth where baitfish are moving.
At Lake Shawnee, watch wind, water color, current and the depth of the first bite. Those clues show whether fish are using the coves and planted fish cover or a nearby edge.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.