Target fish
Image
Avg. weight of catch (lbs)
Best times to fish
Habitat areas to fish
Carp
4 to 30
May - Oct.
Upper end of bays
Channel Catfish
2 to 10
June - July
Flats, bays, rip-rap
Crappie
½ to 1 ½
Apr. - May
Dead falls, weed beds
Largemouth Bass
1 to 4
Mar. - Apr.
Flooded timbers, points, weed beds
Muskellunge
10 to 40
Nov. - June
Weed beds & bays
Walleye & Sauger
2 to 5
Spring & Fall
Fall Points & weed beds
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