Fall River Lake, Kansas: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Greenwood County, Kansas, this is Fall River Lake. The bank gives way to open valley. Roughly 3.7 sq miles of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 16 miles of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. Nothing else we list in Greenwood County covers more water. Head to Eureka, 16 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Wichita, 68 miles distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Fall River Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Greenwood County records list flathead catfish, green sunfish, orangethroat darter and logperch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Fall River Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 80°F; the cold one sits at 30°F. Temperature moves within a narrow band, and so does the fishing. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Fall River Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. A launch point is recorded some half a mile off. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Severy Municipal Reservoir, 5.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Fall River Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.