Lake Profiles
Roland and Gerald Lakes have new focus on panfish in Michigan’s Houghton County
It’s been a handful of years since DNR released a Status of the Fishery Report on Lake Roland and Lake Gerald – two Upper Peninsula waters.
Deer Creek Reservoir touts quality over quantity for Ohio’s Stark County anglers
If it’s panfish, catfish, or a big bass that you’re after, an angler could do worse than this water source for the city of Alliance. The lake is owned by the city of Alliance, the
Chapman Lake is back, in time for ice fishing in northern Pennsylvania
There’s fishing, there’s catching and then there’s keeping. The best waters have enough fish of reasonable size to allow anglers the chance to do all three.
Chapman Lake in Chapman State Park is once
These Chisago County lakes in Minnesota own thick vegetation, spawning habitat
Chisago Lake and South Lindstrom Lake border the town of Chisago City; they’re connected via a navigable channel and total nearly 1,400 acres of fishable water. While these two water bodies differ in physical characteristics
Stockings at Chain boosting Pistakee Lake in northeast Illinois
In 2025, biologists stocked more than 340,000 fingerling walleyes in the collection of lakes that make up the Fox Chain. That, of course, includes Pistakee, which is the largest body of water on the Chain
Hunting, fishing opportunities abound at Carter’s Pond WMA in eastern New York
Although it’s not even close to being one of the state’s biggest counties, Washington County in eastern New York stretches 60 miles, top to bottom, and is 20 miles wide. And even though the northern
Amnicon Lake’s pike have shifted muskie, walleye populations in this northwest Wisconsin water
The largest change has been the introduction of northern pike that were first detected in Bear Lake in 1997 and likely traveled through Bear Creek and the Amnicon River to invade Amnicon Lake. They were
Slabs, other panfish a top target for Big Grand anglers in Minnesota’s St. Louis County
Located northwest of Duluth, Big Grand Lake is an average-sized fishery with an abundance of relatively shallow water. While there are stretches of depth in the 20-foot range, the lion’s share of its water is
Bass, panfish keep anglers coming back to Wolf Lake in Michigan’s Lake County
Hefty bass and plentiful panfish continue to pique angler’s interest on Lake County’s Wolf Lake.
“It’s definitely a popular lake for bass fishing and the panfish are pretty good, too,” said Jake McMillon, manager
