Lake Profiles
Elbow Lake, Cook County
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.
Crooked Creek Lake, Armstrong County
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.
Charles Mill Lake, Richland/Ashland counties
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
Lake Medora, Keweenaw County
The walleye fishery is self-sustaining and bass and perch populations are strong.
Big Cormorant Lake, Becker County
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
Little White River Project Dam, Bennett County
Map courtesy of South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks.
