Fishing near Manhattan, KS

Set in Riley County where the Big Blue River meets the Kansas River, Manhattan sits at the center of northeast Kansas reservoir country. The marquee water is Tuttle Creek Lake, a 12,500-acre Corps reservoir just 5 miles north and the second-largest in the state. Within reach are Milford Lake to the west, the National Water Trail-designated Kansas River, and walk-in catfish runs below Tuttle Creek Dam.

Top waters to fish near Manhattan

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

Quillback Carpsucker

Carpiodes cyprinus

Sauger

Sander canadensis

Shortnose Gar

Lepisosteus platostomus

Smallmouth Bass

Spotted Bass

Micropterus punctulatus

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