Anyone ever fished this lake? It is in the top ten rankings for Black Crappie(Lakes). I seem to remember a post on this but could not go back far enough in the postings to find anything.

I think they drained and dredged the lake recently, well maybe 3 years ago. Put in some brush piles and restocked it. I don't know how the fishing is, but i would doubt there could be too many very large fish just yet.

Lucky is correct. They did drain that lake about 8 years ago. I don't know about now, but it used to have some very big Crappie and Catfish in it.

8 years should have given them plenty of time to get plenty big. Where is the lake located?

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Yeah Antioch I remember seeing something awhile back too. Made me think at that time that I should hit it up. It seems I remember reading it had standing timber, but I could be wrong. 8 years should be good enough. They have done the same thing to Douglas State lake just north of Baldwin. Been closed for 3 years and will open in January.....They said hopefully in 2 years this will be a dynamite fishery. From what I have read when they have done this to other state lakes they have come back and thrived in multiple species. Of course now I am tempted to go to Miami....We are very fortunate that we have some many good places to catch fish around here. The only bad thing about that is that I always want to try them and just do not get to know many of the lakes very well. But its good to always have options!

Thanks guys, i pulled the rankings from kdwp's 2008 fishing forecast. It is ranked 8th for lakes/black crappie and the top 25 for whites. Might make for a nice mixed creel. I think i am going to hit this lake on Sunday....Or maybe Banner.

I am looking forward to fishing Douglas. Baldwin is really close....I also want to try lonestar and it's brush piles...Like you said, so much water and so little time

Southeast of Paola, KS GPS: 38.42182 -094.77035

yeah i got my boat 3 yrs ago 1 month after they closed douglas....damn thing is 2 miles from my house....really ticks me off as i would know that thing inside and out and would allow me to be on the water more often. Lonestar is a lake i fish more than any lake. I do a lot of bass fishing there and the crappies are getting better. Just got to find those 2 or 3 magical piles. Once you figure out where one is it is easy to figure out where the rest of the them are....I know there has to be more in areas I have not looked...

This lake lost alot of fish and had some issues with the flooding last year. It sits right on the Meri River. There were alot of carp/gar that washed into the lake and alot that washed out. I am not sure about all of the structer that was there a few years ago and how it effected it. I have seen some nice fish come out of there within the last 2 years. Have had alot of lines broken. It is a nice small trolling lake though. Always worth a try.