Lake Profiles
Red Cedar chain’s walleyes, panfish the main draw on this northwest Wisconsin water
The DNR fisheries team out of the Barron office ran a survey on the Red Cedar Chain of Lakes in 2023 to gauge the health of the game fish and panfish fisheries.
The chain
Minnewawa may not look the part, but it offers great fishing in Minnesota’s Aitkin County
Located in northeastern Aitkin County near McGregor, Lake Minnewawa is one of the area’s largest and most popular year-round fisheries.
But the physical features of this 2,300-acre lake don’t seem to follow the script
Healthy panfish, bass fisheries on Lake Templene in Michigan’s St. Joseph County
Lake Templene is known for its healthy panfish fishery, but the bass population is pretty good, too.
With bluegills growing at a rate of an inch above the state average, it’s not tough to
Smallmouth potential really shines at Ohio’s Lake Milton in Mahoning County
When it comes to Lake Milton in northeast Ohio, anglers often think about walleyes since its one of the handful of inland lakes that is stocked with this species.
But, what most anglers overlook
Few Pennsylvania lakes shine for bass, channel cats like Redman in York County
The students with the highest GPAs don’t always turn out to be the most successful in life. But their ranking compared to their peers at least suggests potential.
It’s the same with fishing lakes.
Anglers find size, quantity, variety from Woman Lake in Minnesota’s Cass County
Certain lakes just seem to be built for walleyes and smallmouth bass. With an abundance of rock, sand, and gravel, along with a robust rusty crayfish population that’s nipped away at its vegetation, Woman Lake
Mill Creek boosted by channel cat, muskie stockings in eastern Illinois
The effort to thin out Mill Creek Lake’s bass population in order to boost size structure in the species appears to be working – even if gradually so.
There have been no recent sampling
Tonawanda WMA a wet and wild spot for waterfowl hunting
Yes, the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area in western New York is big, at 5,774 acres.
But that tells just a part of the story. The WMA is actually part of a sprawling state and
Lake Wisconsin a south-central fishing destination
A Wisconsin DNR fisheries team from Poynette ran a comprehensive survey on Lake Wisconsin in the spring and fall of 2023. Walleyes and saugers were abundant. The 20- to 28-inch slot on walleyes, saugers, and
