Marion Reservoir is a reservoir in Kansas, near Marion County.
Marion Reservoir is a reservoir in Marion County, Kansas. Marion Reservoir covers about 6,160 acres.
Marion Reservoir is a large central Kansas lake with broad flats, riprap, creek arms and an old river path. Wind can quickly turn a quiet bank into a feeding area for walleye and white bass.
The reported fish at Marion Reservoir include wiper, walleye, black crappie, white crappie, and channel catfish.
Fish reported from Marion Reservoir include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, walleye, white bass, white crappie, and wiper.
For panfish at Marion, 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 Marion, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye, and follow shad with a spoon, jig or small crankbait for white bass, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For bottom fishing at Marion, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
At Marion Reservoir, use a jig, crawler rig or crankbait along points and the old channel for walleye. Follow shad at Marion Reservoir with a spoon, swimbait or crankbait for wiper. Fish a small jig or minnow at Marion Reservoir beside brush, standing wood or a creek-channel edge for crappie. At Marion Reservoir, fish cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Marion, 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
A small drop beside the channel can hold crappie, while wind over a flat may push shad toward walleye, white bass and wipers.
At Marion Reservoir, start with a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or crankbait at the depth where baitfish are moving.
At Marion Reservoir, watch wind, water color, current and the depth of the first bite. Those clues show whether fish are using the old channel and windblown flats or a nearby edge.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.