Lake Profiles
Bluegills, black crappies best bet at Bunker Hill Lake in Illinois’ Macoupin County
Few lakes in Illinois can boast of a solid and settled bluegill population, but tiny Bunker Hill Lake earns such recognition.
DNR’s 2023 survey of the 11-acre lake shows good size structure, with 19%
Bashakill WMA a versatile Region 3 hunting and fishing spot in New York
Southeastern New York’s Bashakill Wildlife Management Area is one of those unique tracts that offer a variety of recreational opportunities.
The sprawling, 3,107-acre parcel offers not only hunting and trapping opportunities, but some quality
Big panfish, largemouths a silver lining at Silver Lake in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County
The local DNR fishery team ran a survey on Kenosha County’s 516-acre Silver Lake in the spring and fall of 2021 to assess the fishery that includes the normal array of Wisconsin panfish and game
Two top options for South Twin anglers in Minnesota’s Mahnomen County: bass, panfish
There’s a fair amount of structure throughout South Twin Lake in Mahnomen County, especially for a lake that’s just over 1,100 acres in size.
Among its shallow flats, breaklines, and underwater points, there’s also
Michigan’s Lake Ovid produces impressive crop of Master Angler fish in Clinton County
If you’re looking for a Master Angler fish, you might consider dropping a line into Lake Ovid.
Since 1999, some 82 Master Angler awards have been presented to anglers from fish caught on the
Indian Lake in Ohio’s Logan County a good multi-species water for anglers
Indian Lake in north-central Ohio is one of those Buckeye State fishing holes that produces year around.
That includes ice fishing, and Indian is one of the first places in Ohio where anglers flock
Catch lots of Allegheny River walleyes this fall in Western Pa.
As fall approaches, and both air and water temperatures drop, something happens to the fisheries in the state that can make an individual outing perhaps the best one of the year.
While many species
Crappie fishing on Nokay Lake is far better than just OK in Minnesota’s Crow Wing County
When you look at the shoreline surrounding Nokay Lake in Crow Wing County, the first point of interest is that the vast majority of it is lined with bulrushes. Dig a little deeper into the
Largemouth at 8.3 pounds steals crappies’ thunder at Kinkaid Lake in Jackson County, Ill.
A 4½-pound crappie or an 8½-pound bass?
Given the choice of which fish they could catch, anglers would likely hem and haw, dance and dodge, and then dilly-dally before answering with an indecisive, “both?”<br
