Lake Profiles
Stockings focus on walleyes, wipers and largemouths in Illinois’ Lake Bloomington
Fish stocking at Lake Bloomington the past few years has been focused on walleyes, largemouth bass, and hybrid striped bass – three species that seem to attract the most interest at the 635-acre McLean County
Little Conewango Creek: Stocked trout, tight quarters in western New York
On one hand, there is superb access to Little Conewango Creek in the form of eight miles of public fishing rights secured by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation.
But that’s pretty much where
Game fish species likely stronger than ’22 survey shows in southeast Wisconsin’s Tichigan Lake
The Racine County DNR fisheries team has surveyed Tichigan Lake several times over the past 20 years, with the most recent surveys occurring in 2017 and 2022.
If anglers based their decision to hit
Walleyes improving, panfish steady on Rush Lake in Minnesota’s Otter Tail County
There’s certain criteria that has to be met in order to crack any list of Top 10 fishing lakes in Otter Tail County. When a given lake makes a top five list in these parts,
Splake remain the top target for Golden Lake anglers in Michigan’s Iron County
More than 7,000 splake were stocked into Golden Lake in 2025, continuing DNR’s efforts to solidify the species in the Iron County water also known for smallmouth bass and lake trout.
The 285-acre lake
Mogadore Reservoir is one of northeast Ohio’s best fisheries
Mogadore Reservoir in northeast Ohio sticks out like a sore thumb – in a good way.
There’s not a lot of development around the 1,000-acre lake and the development that is there sits back
Trout-stocked Beechwood a sleeper bass lake in Pennsylvania’s Tioga County
There’s no shortage of places to fish in Tioga County. No matter what you prefer to fish for or how you prefer to do it, there are always options.
One of those – and
Walleye fever? Try Lake Edward’s medicine in Minnesota’s Crow Wing County
Crow Wing County anglers are well aware of Lake Edward, but they might not be as mindful, or simply don’t care as much about, the fish-catching opportunities that exist here. Its walleye and largemouth bass
Panfish hit by kill, but Ramsey’s catfish and bass thrive in Fayette County, Ill.
A fish kill in 2024 dampened expectations that Ramsey Lake would soon become a “top tier” fishing lake in Illinois.
Dampened them, maybe – but it didn’t defeat them. Bass and catfish remain strong
