Tuttle Creek Lake

Boat Ramps: 1
Access Points: 1
Species: 19

Tuttle Creek Lake is one of Kansas's largest reservoirs, spanning approximately 12,500 acres with over 100 miles of irregular wooded shoreline. Located in the beautiful Flint Hills region just north of Manhattan, the lake is a key flood control project within the Kansas River Basin. Built primarily to prevent downstream flooding, construction was completed in 1962. The reservoir offers excellent fishing opportunities for multiple species year-round, with various fishing environments from deep open water to wooded coves and submerged structure. Tuttle Creek is the second largest impoundment in Kansas and may swell to as much as 54,000 acres during flood control operations.

Kansas licenses and regulations4 to check before you go

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are at Tuttle Creek Lake and what's needed to catch them.

Find which waters have the species you want to catch

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Walleye

Sander vitreus

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

River Carpsucker

Carpiodes carpio

Sauger

Sander canadensis

Shorthead Redhorse Sucker

Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Smallmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

White Bass

Morone chrysops

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Fishing spots, boat ramps & amenities

Learn how to get on Tuttle Creek Lake. Uncover great fishing access points, boat ramps, and all the facilities you need for an unforgettable day on the water. Some locations shown may border or include private property. Always check property boundaries and applicable regulations before visiting. onWater's Public & Private Land layer can help you plan your access with confidence.

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Know where you can legally fish on Tuttle Creek Lake

See public and private land boundaries along the water, turn on private parcels with owner details to know where permission is required, and find land-trust parcels that offer permitted fishing access.

Kansas licenses and regulations

Kansas Boating Regulations

When using any type of watercraft to access a body of water, it is important to follow all federal, state, and local rules and regulations. These rules and regulations include boat permitting and licensing, invasive species inspections and stamps, life jacket and PFD rules, motor size and horsepower restrictions, noise limitations, restrictions on personal watercraft, and many more. Visit the web link below for the most current rules and regulations for this body of water.

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Kansas Fishing License

Anglers age 16 through 74, who have been bona fide residents of the state for 60 days immediately prior to buying a license, must have a resident license in possession while fishing in Kansas. All nonresidents 16 and older must have a valid nonresident license to fish in Kansas (unless fishing on a private pond not leased for public fishing). All licenses expire 365 days from the date of purchase, except for multi-year, five-day, lifetime, and one-day fishing licenses.

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Kansas Fishing Regulations

This river has a variety of species and regulations, including potential floating and/or watercraft restrictions. Because this river is specially managed for species, seasons, angling methods, and watercraft, it is strongly encouraged you check all federal, state, and local regulations before fishing. Visit any of the links below, inquire locally, or contact a local fly shop to learn current regulations and restrictions.

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Kansas Stream Access Laws

Most streams and rivers in Kansas are privately owned. The public rivers are the Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. They are open to the public between the ordinary high water marks on each bank. This is the line that can be seen where high water has left debris, sand, and gravel during its ordinary annual cycle. When these rivers flow through private land, permission is needed from adjacent landowners to access the rivers as well as when picnicking, camping, portaging or engaging in any other activity on the adjacent private lands. Except where they pass through the legal limits of a government entity, the rest of our streams and rivers are privately owned, and permission is needed from the landowners to access and use the streams and adjacent lands for any purpose.

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Take Tuttle Creek Lake with you

The onWater Fish app keeps this water's access points, species and conditions in your pocket, with the tools you use once you're there.

Use the map without signal
Download the map around Tuttle Creek Lake to use it offline when coverage drops.
Log your catches here
Keep a private fishing journal for Tuttle Creek Lake to find where and when fish are biting for you.
HD depth charts from Garmin
Find drop offs, ledges, channels, points and shallow flats with Garmin depth charts in the app.