Sheridan State Fishing Lake is currently drained for renovations with no fishing opportunities. The lake is still open for camping and other visitation. The nearby Antelope Lake is open for fishing.

As part of lake renovations, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has issued Sheridan State Fishing Lake be opened to public fish salvage effective 11/6/2023. 

The order is posted on signs around the lake.  It allows the public to collect fish by any legal methods as well as by hand, dip net, throw net, minnow trap or seine, snagging, gig, speargun, bow and arrow or crossbow with a barbed head and line attached from bow/crossbow to arrow per regulation 115-7-1.  This fish salvage order also removes all daily creel limits and size limits per regulation 115-25-14.  This public fish salvage will remain in effect until posted notice signage on site is removed.           

ATTENTION: As of 1-23-2025, the lake water level is extremely low with only inches of water left at the deepest.  Given recent cold weather, remaining lake water and surrounding sediments have frozen.  Given the close proximity between any existing ice and bottom sediments, melting and refreezing of ice can be rapid.  Rapidly changing ice conditions over the top of extremely soft lake bottom sediments has resulted in a potentially dangerous scenario should one fall through weak ice.  Any attempt to get out on existing ice or muddy bottom sediments is strongly discouraged.

For more information contact Dave Spalsbury, District Fisheries Biologist at 785-726-3212.