Fishing near Lawrence, KS

Set in Douglas County in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence puts anglers within reach of big-water reservoirs and a working river. Clinton Lake, a 7,000-acre impoundment with 85 miles of shoreline, sits on the city's southwest edge and ranks among the best all-around fisheries in the region, while the Kansas River runs straight through town for catfish, carp, and spring paddlefish.

Top waters to fish near Lawrence

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Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Orangespotted Sunfish

Lepomis humilis

Sauger

Sander canadensis

Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

Striped Bass

Walleye

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