Lake and Reservoirs of Northeast Indiana

Located at North Webster, Indiana, and a few miles east of Lake Tippecanoe, is Webster Lake. Webster Lake is also an enlargement of the Tippecanoe River. This lake is quite interesting, based on a sole rumor. That rumor would be from lake sturgeon in the lake, even though it is unknown if there are any in the lake. This lake is best for fishing crappie, and muskie (muskellunge). You can also find the smallmouth and largemouth bass, yellow perch, panfish, pike, and walleye. I have been to this lake before, although it was not for fishing purposes. It is a very nice lake.

Located at the northeastern border of Kosciusko County, about 15 miles northeast of Warsaw, and a couple miles southeast of Syracuse lies a large lake, Lake Wawasee. This natural lake is the largest lake completely within Indiana, measuring about 3,060 acres. This lake contains smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, blue gills, sunfish, northern pike, walleye, and potentially even some muskellunge. This lake is one I would certainly like to go and fish at.

Located along the Lagrange and Steuben County lines, you will find a lake, Big Turkey Lake. This lake is a manmade lake. This lake was once a quarry, but has been filled in, and now contains abundant fish life, grass, you name it. You can find mainly largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, perch, walleye, and northern pike. Although this lake may not contain a larger variety like the others mentioned, this lake still contains good size fish. I have been to this lake many times, and it does produce good fish.

Located right off of interstate 6, and a few miles northwest of Angola, Indiana in Steuben County, lies Crooked Lake. Crooked Lake is a natural lake, and is quite interesting in terms of formation. That does not have an impact on the fish though, because Crooked Lake, from experience, has quite a heavy array of fish in good sizes. You can find rock bass, along with largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, bluegill, carp, catfish, and crappie. The only downside about this lake are the events that occur on it during the summer. It can stir up the lake and disturb the fish, making it really tough to fish sometimes.

Just to the northeast of Crooked Lake and south and west of Pokagon State Park, lies Lake James. When this map layer was constructed, it has not been updated to show a canal between Jimmerson Lake and Lake James (can be found right over the "Lake James" in the map). Regardless, Lake James is a natural lake, containing three fairly evident basins. This lake contains excellent views, and is arguably one of if not my favorite lake to go to. Most fish you will find will be largemouth bass, northern pike, panfish, yellow perch, and walleye.

Found in southeastern Steuben County, right at the city of Hamilton, Indiana, is Hamilton Lake. Hamilton Lake is a naturally formed lake that contains two dams. The main fish you can find are largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, bluegill, and crappie.

Going southwest into Huntington County, just a little southeast of Huntington, Indiana, sits a reservoir called the Huntington Reservoir. It is also known as J E Roush Lake. This lake exists for the enlargement of the Wabash River, to prevent future flood disasters. I have been to this lake many times, and can say that this lake, or reservoir, is decent. It can get pretty murky, but the fish are quite nice. There is a hybrid fish, called wipers (hybrid striped bass). I have yet to catch one, but it is something I am aiming for. Other than the wiper bass, Roush Lake contains smallmouth and largemouth bass, channel catfish, and walleye on the east side, near the dam for the lake.

Southwest of Huntington, Indiana, and at the border of Wabash County and Huntington County lies the Salamonie River, or Salamonie Lake. The Salamonie Reservoir, like the Huntington Reservoir, is a dam lake, which is often to prevent major flooding. Some parts of this reservoir actually contain remnants from old homes or roads in the past that were engulfed in these waters after the creation of the reservoir in 1965. In this lake you can find largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, redear, white bass, along with flathead and channel catfish to name most, and even some walleye in some places. I have not been to this reservoir yet, but it actually first on my list of fishing locations.

Lastly, we find this reservoir, the Mississinewa Reservoir, in extreme eastern Miami County and southern Wabash County.The Mississinewa Reservoir, like the two others reservoirs discussed before, is a dammed lake built for flood protection, around the same time the Salamonie Reservoir was created, for flood prevention. You can find largemouth bass, bluegill, channel and flathead catfish, white bass, crappie, and even walleye. Unfortunately, Asian carp have been reported in this reservoir, and are in the many reservoirs in this state as well.