Lake Profiles
Embrace the pike, bass, and slabs of Balsam Lake in Minnesota’s Itasca County
Although Balsam Lake is located in fishing-rich Itasca County, this 716-acre system probably isn’t on the radar of most anglers. Balsam is kind of in the middle of nowhere, north of Grand Rapids and southeast
Report confirms Muskegon Lake’s impressive list of species available for southwest Illinois anglers
Regular anglers on Muskegon Lake aren’t typically interested in rankings – unless they’re being asked to rank the fish species found in the 4,150-acre water body.
Even in that case, anglers struggle to put
Burr Oak one of finest bass lakes in southeast Ohio
If in the cool of the spring you find yourself looking for a small, quiet spot to wet a line, you could do worse than Burr Oak Lake in southeast Ohio.
The 628-acre reservoir
Plump perch are waiting at Gouldsboro Lake in northeast Pennsylvania
You can’t count on consistently catching quality-sized yellow perch just everywhere in Pennsylvania. Waters full of keeper-sized fish just aren’t that numerous.
But there are a few such places scattered about. One is Gouldsboro
Popular Caribou Lake still produces eating-size walleyes in Minnesota’s Cook County
That’s not necessarily the case with Caribou Lake, a 721-acre fishery within this region. While still located in one of the most picturesque places you’ll find, its immediate location in the Lutsen tourist hub, a
Rebirth of Lake Le-Aqua-Na includes bass, bluegills for northwest Illinois anglers
Three years into a full-on rehab, Lake Le-Aqua-Na is showing signs of returning to the small but solid fishing hole it was before the Stephenson county site endured a massive construction project earlier this decade.
Goodyear Lake offers good fishing all year in New York’s Otsego County
Goodyear Lake is a spot that attracts a fair amount of angling traffic during the open-water season.
But it’s also worth a look during the hard-water season, and this past winter offered plenty of
Largemouths, northern pike lead the way on Chute Pond in northeast Wisconsin
Chute Pond supports a good overall fishery, based on results of a 2024 comprehensive survey (early spring, late spring, and fall). While most fish species have shown decreases in abundance compared to the 2013 survey,
Why aren’t more anglers loving fine Lake Blanche in Minnesota’s Otter Tail County?
Lake Blanche lies about four miles northeast of the town of Battle Lake in Otter Tail County. It’s a quiet, somewhat underutilized, 1,296-acre fishery that’s most noted for its crappie and bluegill fishing opportunities.
