Lake Profiles
Ohio’s Madison Lake holds its own for crappies, largemouths
Madison Lake in central Ohio was formed for recreational purposes in 1946 by damming Deer Creek.
And, although it’s not far from Deer Creek Lake and its fine fishery, Madison holds its own on
Juniata River Lewistown Narrows waterfowl hotspot in Pennsylvania
The Lewistown Narrows, as the area has been dubbed, is about a six-mile stretch of the Juniata River which is squeezed between Shade and Blue Mountains to the east of the town.
The stretch
Bass, bluegill, perch to be had at Iowa’s Silver Lake in Worth County this fall
Anglers who are not ready to get off the water quite yet this fall have a good opportunity to target largemouths, perch and bluegills on Silver Lake in Iowa’s Worth County.
This 316-acre body
A trip to Cook County’s Tom Lake in Minnesota is all about its walleyes
You might stumble upon a few keeping-size perch, and the lake does have whitefish and burbot, but that’s about it. It once had a decent northern pike population, but those fish are mostly gone now.
Illinois’ Evergreen Lake muskies, saugeyes record worthy
During it’s most recent spring netting survey of Evergreen, DNR collected five saugeyes per net-night. The 15-survey average is 5½ saugeyes per net-night.
Wisconsin’s Spooner Lake a popular panfish and largemouth spot
The local DNR fisheries team ran a survey on Spooner Lake during the spring of 2022 – right at ice-out in April to capture early-spawning species, and then again in May to capture bass and
Bowhunt New York’s Gilbert Lake this year; fish, and camp next year
At 1,584 acres – and a good chunk of it available to archery hunting – it attracts the bowhunter who prefers wooded hills over rolling fields and the obvious challenges that come with hunting public
Detroit Lake is western Minnesota fish population center
There are three connected basins that make up Becker County’s Detroit Lake. The largest is known as Big Detroit, to its west is Little Detroit Lake, and the smallest is Curfman Lake to the southwest
Stocked walleyes supplement panfish fishery on Michigan’s Fine Lake in Barry County
With 162 inland lakes in Barry County, including 24 that are over 100 acres, picking just one to fish often can be a daunting task. Fine Lake, located in the south-central part of the county
