Live pool levels for the great reservoirs of Kansas — the USACE flood-control & Bureau of Reclamation lakes on the Republican, Smoky Hill, Saline & Neosho — from Milford and Tuttle Creek to Wilson and Cheney. Nearly every Kansas reservoir runs live. Every tube shows the conservation pool, the current level, the lake's two signature fish — this is walleye, wiper & white bass country (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments) — and a live bite gauge. Scroll down for the catfish rivers, the Kansas River Water Trail, and the Central Flyway duck water at Cheyenne Bottoms & Quivira.
Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments
Kansas rivers run thick with flathead, blue & channel cats — the Kansas (Kaw), the Neosho, the Marais des Cygnes & the Arkansas. Live river stage (ft) from NOAA, with the action and flood stages marked. Rising, off-color water after a storm turns the cats on. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.
The Kansas River is the longest National Water Trail in the country — a 173-mile prairie paddle — joined by the Cottonwood, Verdigris & Spring rivers. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT (minimum floatable), EXPERT (high water) and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.
The Kansas River runs floatable most of the year between dam releases; the smaller rivers drop in late summer. Always check the gage before launching.
Kansas sits dead-center on the Central Flyway, and Cheyenne Bottoms & Quivira NWR are among the most important waterfowl & shorebird wetlands in North America. Live river/marsh stage (ft) from NOAA where gauged (the Bottoms themselves are ungauged — a watershed proxy is shown). Hover a duck for the species; tap it for a guide.
Marsh water rides rainfall & managed pumping; the Bottoms & Quivira fill for the fall migration. Duck season runs roughly late October–January.