Members Skell9653 Posted November 23, 2015 Members Share Posted November 23, 2015 I'm so stoked that Phil got this Strip Pit section going! I'm a fairly new dedicated trout fly fisherman but my roots are in the strip pits of Southeast Kansas. So many lunker bass that I couldn't even count them on all my fingers and toes. I've got great access to somewhere around 50 family owned private strip pits that I can pull some huge bass and crappie out of all around what locals call "Strip Pit Alley" (K47, 69, 620th ave.) but honestly have done more fishing in the public pits in the past few months than I have the private ones. They are great! You may ask why... that's a great question. TROUT PIT. Fly fishing is my newfound love and it is a blast to fly fish at the trout pit over by Hallowell, KS. It's one of about 200 pits in that area working up northeast to Pittsburg, KS. If you haven't made it out there I encourage you to. You will not regret it! There's been some huge rainbow, brown, and even catfish and bass pulled out of that pit. Last year the state record brown woulda been out of there but it never got "officially" weighed even though it clobbered the current record. The current record channel cat is out of that same pit. As well, the state record rainbow was out of that pit up until last year when someone beat it. With that being said.... why wouldn't you fish it? It's not the same as wading into the river and you'll definitely want to fish from some sort of boat, kayak, or tube but it sure is a fun time. Anyways, I haven't made it to R.R. yet for CR but have seen the videos and pics people are posting. I think after one more trip to the trout pit before Thanksgiving I'll be heading up to R.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Yeah, they're fun to fish. I've fished a few private ones down by Amsterdam, MO. Now have access to a bunch of other ones in Crawford and Bourbon counties in KS through a hunting club. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I cut my bassin' teeth on the clay pits of Audrain co. Clear water, milfoil, lay downs, boulders. Lots of quality bass, crappie, gills, and some outstanding duck and dove hunting. When I was a pup we had free reign of them all. They are all on "private property" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger520vx Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I live around Amsterdam and it's the same way around here fishinwrench. Used to have access to them when I was younger but now they are all owned by private hunting clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skell9653 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2015 We're pretty lucky here in SEK to have so much access to public pits that have quality fishing. My family started buying up strip mining land in the 60s because it was going for dirt cheap (before anyone thought it would produce such good fishing) so I've lucked out to be able to have that in the family to have access to a very large quantity of strip pits. As well as some very close friends I now have access to around 50 private strip pits. Some small and some extremely large. My dad tells me about back in 70s and 80s when he could pretty much fish wherever he wanted and people didn't care. Heck ten years ago I had a gun pulled on me for turning around in a fellas driveway learning to drive a standard at 13 years old. I enjoy taking people fishing on the land we own because I get about as much enjoyment seeing other people catch great fish and have the time of their lives as I do catching fish myself. Like I said though, recently I've been fishing the public pits more than our private ones which says a lot about the fishing in those pits (and let me tell you I have access to some dang good private pits full of 5-9 lb bass). tho1mas and BilletHead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 1 hour ago, Ranger520vx said: I live around Amsterdam and it's the same way around here fishinwrench. Used to have access to them when I was younger but now they are all owned by private hunting clubs. Yeah, my access to those was through a club too. I've switched clubs and don't go there anymore. Skell9653 1 John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skell9653 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2015 I've never been a part of a hunting club. How has those worked out for you guys? Good experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skell9653 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2015 Here's a solid mess of bass I caught out of a strip pit from earlier this fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skell9653 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2015 That sure made for a fun evening! Especially since I only got to fish for a couple hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 prepare for a crucifixion CoolHandFluke and Amery 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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