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Tuttle Creek Lake, KS

Reservoir in Riley County, Kansas. The second-largest reservoir in Kansas at about 12,500 acres, a USACE flood-control impoundment of the Big Blue River five miles north of Manhattan. Tuttle Creek is a productive, often turbid prairie reservoir best known for white bass, walleye, crappie, channel and flathead catfish, with wiper, smallmouth and largemouth bass also present.

48

Overall bite score

Scored 30 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled24
Pressure trendNOAArising60
SolunarComputedmoon 61% lit73
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA50
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

8 tracked species in Tuttle Creek Lake, with the months each fishes best.

Channel Catfishabundant
White Bassabundant
Flathead Catfishcommon
Hybrid Striped Basscommon
Largemouth Basscommon
Walleyecommon
White Crappiecommon
Smallmouth Basspresent

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountyRiley
StateKansas
WaterFreshwater
USGS gauge06887000

Live USGS gauge 06887000 (Big Blue R near Manhattan) provides both water temperature and discharge. Ramps at Tuttle Creek State Park, River Pond and several USACE areas. The tailwater River Pond below the dam is a popular white bass and walleye spot in spring.

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