Lake Profiles
When passing through Hackensack, don’t bypass Birch Lake in Minnesota’s Cass County
Cass County’s Birch Lake is located just off the main drag in downtown Hackensack. Despite being located in town and featuring an excellent city-owned public access, the 1,267-acre lake is not extremely pressured from a
Walleyes welcome anglers to South Manistique Lake in Michigan’s Mackinac County
With 4,001 acres of fishable surface water, South Manistique Lake in Mackinac County supports a robust and diverse fishery.
It’s no secret that South Manistique is a hot spot for walleyes. Annual stocking efforts
Below the dam, Ohio’s Paint Creek Lake is pretty fair fishery
Paint Creek Lake in Highland and Ross counties in southwest Ohio is unique in that it drains a huge watershed.
The 1,148-acre lake, just outside of Hillsboro near Greenfield, was created in the late
Dunlap Creek Lake in Pennsylvania’s Fayette County is good for more than trout
Had anyone walked past us along the shoreline, they would likely have thought my younger son, Tyler, was sick. Stomach cramps, maybe. He was hunched over, sweating, with an occasional groan escaping his lips.
Panfish rule the Goose Lake roost in Minnesota’s Chisago County, but options are many
Chisago County’s Goose Lake consists of two basins that total a bit more than 750 acres. The basins are connected by a narrow but navigable channel that runs under a county road bridge.
The
The 5-pound bass now a target at Lake of Egypt in Illinois
The coveted but common 6-pound bass in Lake of Egypt had downsized in recent years, with anglers pulling in more 4- and 5-pound largemouths than those nearing the magical 7-pound mark on the scale.
Wharton Creek: Good access, stocked trout in New York’s Otsego County
Wharton Creek winds its way 33 miles through Otsego County, passing through the townships of Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, Edmeston, and Pittsfield before emptying into the Unadilla River at the village of New Berlin.
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Northern pike control efforts underway on Tiger Cat Chain in Wisconsin’s Sawyer County
The DNR Hayward area fisheries team ran a quick two-day fyke netting survey on the Tiger Cat Chain last May to primarily target muskies, but useful data also was gathered on northern pike, black crappies,
Infertile waters make Sturgeon Lake in Minnesota’s St. Louis County a modest fishing option
On paper, Sturgeon Lake looks like it has all the makings of a fine walleye fishery. It’s a large body of water with plenty of depth, there’s a lot of structure, and it’s part of
