Hillsdale Lake

Hillsdale Lake

Hillsdale Lake is one of Kansas best Crappie fishing lakes. When the lake was constructed, the Corps of Engineers left 70% of the standing timber in the lake for fish and wildlife benefits. Today, the trees provide much needed habitat for the crappie to spawn in. Each Spring as the water temperature warms into the 60's, crappie will move to shallow water to spawn. Early morning and late evenning into the night are the best time to catch them. Hillsdale Lake has a creel limit of 20 Crappie and length limit of 10 inches. These two regulations are very important to maintaining quality size fish and providing an excellent crappie population. As the crappie spawn winds down, the fish will move out into the lake ans suspend in the flooded timber in depth of 10-15 feet of water.