Reservoir Archives - MidWest Outdoors

A MidWest Outdoors 50th Anniversary Legacy Feature: Manitoba has six regions, four seasons of fabulous fishing fun

Mar 22, 2017

Canada’s central province of Manitoba stretches from prairie grasslands in the south to treeline and tundra at the north. In […]

Year-round Fishing on Kentucky Lake

MWO /

Mar 1, 2017

Be sure to sample some of the best fishing there is on Kentucky Lake. This huge impoundment is consistently one […]

Close to Spawning Areas for Late-ice Reservoir Crappies

Jason Mitchell /

Mar 1, 2017

Late ice might be one of the best periods of winter for finding crappies on predictable patterns. These locations can […]

Inshore Walleyes on Big Traverse Bay

Greg Jones /

Jun 1, 2016

It’s been a busy 60 days for the adult walleyes of Minnesota’s Lake of the Woods. Roughly, the past 2,000 […]

Night Fishing for Largemouth Bass on Cedar Lake

Don Gasaway /

Jun 1, 2016

This reservoir near Carbondale is actually the water supply for the community, but a lack of development on Cedar Lake […]

Top Ten Largemouth Bass Hot Spots in Ohio

Jack Kiser /

May 1, 2016

Ohio’s District #3 is much revered statewide as one of the very premier fisheries for both the diversity of sport […]

Crappie Time in the Ozarks

Darrell Taylor /

Apr 1, 2016

It is crappie time for most of the Ozarks. In the shallow parts of highland reservoirs the […]

Rip’em and Stick’em for Early-season Bass

MWO /

Feb 1, 2016

Many of us will be hitting the water soon, and stickbaits will play a big part of how you will […]

Patterning Cooling-plant Lake Black Crappies

Don Gasaway /

Jan 1, 2016

Creeping in and out of the many bays and coves of Lake of Egypt, electronics make it possible to see […]

Spillway Waters Provide Open-water Fishing Now

Herman Kunz /

Jan 1, 2016

If you are not one of those who sit in a little shack, or worse yet, on a bucket out […]

Looking to catch more walleyes this winter? Try working the graveyard shift.

Night-Shift Walleyes

Jason Mitchell /

Dec 1, 2015

Not all bodies of water offer solid fishing opportunities after dark for walleyes, but there are many notable fisheries where […]

Get bit on Summer Rivers

Mike Mladenik /

Jun 1, 2015

Fishing on a natural lake or reservoir in summer can be lots of fun but also frustrating. Just when you […]

Spring to Summer Sleuthing for Big-water Sunfish, Crappies and Perch

Ted Pilgrim /

Jun 1, 2015

It’s one thing to find spring and summer panfish in a pond, creek, or small lake. But what do you […]

Inky Nights, Flying Pop Cans, and Monster Flatheads

Paul Liikala /

Jun 1, 2015

It was dark. I mean real dark. I was fishing Seneca Lake a number of years ago with flathead catfish […]

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