Lake Profiles
Wisconsin DNR fish teams keeping close eye on Door County smallies
Smallmouth populations in the Sturgeon Bay/Little Sturgeon Bay areas of Door County were evaluated during the pre-spawn period in the spring of 2017 and 2021. The size and numbers of fish were in good condition,
Big Floyd’s forte in Minnesota’s Becker County: producing panfish and … bass?
The Detroit Lakes area features an abundance of exceptional bluegill and crappie fisheries. It’s one of the state’s destination locations for panfish, and Floyd Lake – known by most Becker County anglers as Big Floyd
Bass and pike remain popular at Upper Peninsula’s Otter Lake
If you’re looking for an inland lake where you can chase bass in the Upper Peninsula, your options are relatively limited. However, if you’re headed to Houghton County, Otter Lake might be just what the
Tappan Lake offers a cyclical saugeye fishery in Ohio’s Harrison County
If you had visited Tappan Lake in northeast Ohio in late 2007 or 2008, you would have found a saugeye fishery that rivaled any in the state.
Things, however, being cyclical in nature, turned
Holman Lake good fishing for trout and more in Pennsylvania’s Perry County
When it comes to stocked trout lakes, many are smallish, not so tiny as to be ponds, but hardly large expanses of water either. Holman Lake – alternately called Little Buffalo Lake – is different.
Elm Island Lake in Minnesota’s Aitkin County a pike and panfish paradise
Located just southeast of Aitkin, Elm Island Lake is one of several fisheries in the Ripple River chain known primarily for producing panfish and northern pike. At just more than 500 acres and with an
With proof of 48-inchers, Heidecke Lake in Illinois’ Grundy County a muskie target
Heidecke Lake opened for the 2024 season on April 1 with a particular memory from 2023 occupying a certain corner of every angler’s brain.
An April 3, a DNR social media post may have
Limestone Creek a Central New York trout fishing gem
It should come as no surprise that Limestone Creek in Central New York gets a lot of angling attention.
Geography alone pretty much assures that.
Located primarily in Onondaga County with just of
Wisconsin DNR working hard to build up Bear Lake’s walleyes
Bear Lake was surveyed by the local DNR fisheries team during 2022 to determine the abundance and population demographics of walleyes as part of the treaty assessment protocol for lakes within the Ceded Territory. In
