Lake Profiles
You can bet on Farm Island Lake for diversity and numbers of fish in Minnesota’s Aitkin County
The fact that Aitkin County’s Farm Island Lake is an excellent multi-species fishery is no secret; that’s been known for decades. Walleyes and bass are plentiful in this 2,000-acre lake, and although its panfish go
Stockings boost Mautino’s anglers in Bureau County, Illinois
The push to boost catfish and redear sunfish populations in the collection of lakes that make up the Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area continued this year, with Illinois DNR stocking 450 channel cats and
Ice or no ice, go fishing at Whitney Point Reservoir in New York’s Broome County
To some, the Whitney Point Reservoir is perhaps best known for an annual event that hasn’t really been annual at all in recent years.
In fact, it’s called the “Almost Annual” Crappie Derby, an
Lake Puckaway fishery in good shape all the way around in Wisconsin’s Green Lake County
Anglers looking for a 40-inch northern pike stand about as good of a chance of finding that fish in Lake Puckaway as any other inland water in the state. The local DNR fisheries team out
Walleyes are plentiful in Itasca County’s Round Lake from Minnesota
The lake has not been stocked with walleyes since 2008, but its walleyes are plentiful. It’s a population fueled entirely by natural reproduction and aided by years of designated size regulations, including the current framework,
Redears provide trophy fishery in South Lake from Michigan’s Washtenaw County
South Lake is one of several lakes in the Pinckney Recreation Area that provide quality fishing opportunities.
Panfish, including some trophy-sized redear sunfish, largemouth bass, and northern pike make up the lion’s share of
Kiser Lake in Champaign County, Ohio, is super productive, best for panfishing
With all due respect, many of our inland lakes in Ohio are rather featureless upground reservoirs that were originally built for water supply purposes, not for fishing.
In other words, angling opportunities are simply
On Wyoming County ice in Pennsylvania, try Oxbow, Stevens lakes
Sometimes, when I’m picking a place or places to ice fish, I prefer two lakes in relatively proximity rather than one giant impoundment.
In this way, if the fish aren’t responding to jigging sticks
Locals who enjoy panfish, bass fishing swear by Lake George in Minnesota’s Anoka County
With a basic bowl-shape design, mostly featureless structure, and a maximum depth of 32 feet, Lake George in Anoka County is a pretty easy lake to figure out.
