
Long Lake, Lake County
Map courtesy of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.
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Those who visit Elbow come for the scenery, solitude, and its walleyes. In fact, it’s nearly a walleye-exclusive lake with a few northern pike mixed in.

It is realistic to envision catching 12 or more bronzebacks during a morning or an evening excursion. Smallmouths exceeding 12 inches provide lots of action and latching onto a 17-to 18-incher is possible.

The lake is known for several species of fish among local anglers, but channel cats are probably tops. There are big ones and lots of them, along with a scattering of flatheads that might reach

The walleye fishery is self-sustaining and bass and perch populations are strong.

The main attraction for most of those anglers is Big Cormorant’s walleye- and smallmouth bass-fishing opportunities. Both are naturally reproducing populations of fish that have maintained themselves over the years, despite somewhat heavy fishing pressure



Map courtesy of North Dakota Game And Fish Department.
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