IN ADDITION TO STATE FISHING & HUNTING LICENSES - CITY
PERMITS ARE REQUIRED!!!!!

A CITY PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR FISHING, BOATING, HUNTING,
CAMPING OR ANY AQUATIC ACTIVITY AT ANY CITY OWNED LAKE.

A PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANYONE 16 YEARS AND OLDER.

YATES CENTER CITY PERMITS CAN BE PURCHASED AT CITY HALL,
JOHNSON'S GENERAL STORE AND CONTRY JUNCTION.

PERMITS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR SITESEEING OR PICNICS.

FEE SCHEDULE
CITY WATER USER: 
YEARLY - $ 11.00    DAILY - $ 2.00

NON-CITY WATER USER:
YEARLY - $ 22.00   DAILY - $ 4.00

DAILY PERMITS RUN MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT OF DATE ON PERMIT.
ANNUAL PERMITS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, OF THE YEAR ISSUED.
POSSESSION, CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ARE PRINTED ON BACK OF
PERMIT AND POSTED AT THE LAKE.

NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO CARRY  OR HAVE IN POSSESSION ANY FIREARM AT ANY CITY
LAKE EXCEPT WHEN LEGALLY HUNTING AS PROVIDED BY STATE OR CITY ORDINANCE.

CITY PROPERTIES ARE PATROLLED AND LAKE REGULATIONS ARE
ENFORCED.

THE MINIMUM FINE FOR ANY PERMIT OR CITY VIOLATION IS $ 104.00

LARGEMOUTH BASS

Y.C. RESERVOIR
15 - 18 INCH SLOT LENGTH
CREEL LIMIT OF 5 PER DAY

S. OWL LAKE
18 INCH MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT
CREEL LIMIT OF 2 PER DAY

Yates Center Reservoir has an excellent largemouth bass population.
The large amount of flooded timber provide excellent habitat and the
restrictive length and creel limits protect the fish from overharvest
maintaining the necessary balance of predators.  The bass fishery at
lake will remain good for many years.

SMALLMOUTH BASS
18 INCH LENGTH LIMIT - 1 PER DAY
Yates Center Reservoir has a small population of smallmouth bass.
They can be found most commonly on the dam area and around rocky
points.

CHANNEL CATFISH
15 INCH MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - 2 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT
The channel catfish is the bread and butter of Kansas fishing as well
as Yates Center Reservoir.  Supplemental feeding allows them to grow
to very large sizes.  Fish in excess of 20 pouns have been caught.
Supplemental stocking of catfish is done each year to maintain a
quality population of catfish with good harvest.

WALLEYE
Y.C. RESERVOIR
15 INCH MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - 2 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT

S. OWL LAKE
18 INCH MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - 2 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT
The walleye population is very good at the Yates Center Reservoir.  The
city and state maintains a rearing facility for walleye that provides a
stocking of 300 intermediate walleye every other year.  The restrictive
length and creel limits protect them from overharvest and allow them to
grow to larger sizes before harvest.

WIPER
18 INCH MINIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - 2 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT
Perhaps one of the best fighting fish in Kansas waters, the wiper is the
cross between a white bass and a striped bass.  The wipers are also trained
to feed n dry pellets which allow them to reach a very large size.  A new
rearing program for wipers wa initiated in 1998 that should increase survival
after stocking.  Wipers are commonly caught on artificial bait and provide
excellent catch and release fishing before they reach the length limit.
Wipers can reach up to 10 pounds at Yates Center Reservoir.

BLACK CRAPPIE
Y.C. RESERVOIR
10 INCH MIMIMUM LENGTH LIMIT - 10 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT

S. OWL LAKE
NO LENGTH LIMIT - 10 PER DAY CREEL LIMIT
Black crappie are not as side spread in Kansas as the white crappie.  The
black is more suited for clear water and small impoundments.  The
regulations and the large amout of habitat will allow fo good production.
The black crappie is perfectly suited for the Yates Center reservoir and will
offer good panfishing opportunities each year.

BLUEGILL SUNFISH
NO LENGTH LIMIT - NO CREEL LIMIT
The bluegill is perhaps the most common panfish in Kansas, and it provides
many youngsters with their first fishing thrill.  The bluegill has commonly been
found throughout Kansas waters, but large sizes were not.  Because bluegill
can be fed a supplement of dry pellets, they will reach large sizes up to 10".
The high densities of predators which control the numbers and the supplemental
feeding program will create a unique panfishing opportunity that produces
bluegill in excess of 8", which are commonly caught at this lake.

REDEAR SUNFISH
NO LENGTH LIMIT - NO CREEL LIMIT
The redear sunfish prefers deeper water than the bluegill, which it resembles in
appearance, and is more difficult to catch.  The redear has a narrow band of red
on the gill cover lobe and usually show vertical barring.  These fish interrupt the
life cycle of some common fish parasites, enhance the panfish community, and
offer a challange to anglers.  They are much less abundant that the bluegill, but
have been caught up to one pound.

GREEN SUNFISH
NO LENGTH LIMIT - NO CREEL LIMIT
The green sunfish is the most common sunfish in Kansas and is found in almost
every body of water.  Green sunfish is distinguished from the bluegill by having
a much larger mouth, more bass like.