This past Labor Day weekend the fish were really biting at Lake Isabella. The weekend kicked off on Friday when we stocked 800 lbs of adult channel catfish. Then with all the rain we got on Friday and Saturday, the water temperature started to fluctuate, which stirred up the fish and made them active on […]

Sharon Woods’ lake was the site of the fourth Bass Series Tournament in the six-event series on Sunday, July 12. The steady rainfall over the past several weeks has this lake swelling at the seams. It is more than a foot over normal pool and only inches from rising over the dock. This lake has […]

On Saturday, June 6 Miami Whitewater Forest was the site of this year’s second Great Parks Bass Series tournament. There were 28 teams of anglers…and they crushed them! After seven hours of fishing, 24 of the teams weighed in fish. Julio Delgado and Paul Regensburger, both from Cincinnati, won the tournament with a five-bass limit […]

A Giving Thanksgiving Day Open Tournament On November 15, we hosted our annual Turkey Day Open fishing tournament at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake. The six-hour tournament allowed any and all species of fish to be weighed-in. While some of the anglers were fishing for hundreds of panfish to accumulate the most weight, others were hoping […]

On Sunday, September 21, Jake Durbin, from Hamilton, Ohio, didn’t let a broken arm slow him down in landing the big one. Jake, at only 13 years old, wrestled in a 30-pound blue catfish with only one arm! Jake was fishing with his dad, Dale Durbin, at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake, when he got the […]

It’s time to get back out on the lake. Lake Isabella is only stocking channel catfish a few more times during the 2014 season: Fridays, September 19 and 26. Next weekend (September 19–20), the boathouse is open until midnight, giving you a chance to reel in a monster shovelhead or blue cat after dark. Hot […]

There were 98 children who tried their luck on Labor Day at the Lake Isabella Holiday Kids’ Tournament. Lindan Hartford reeled in the prize catch of the day, a beautiful 2.57-pound largemouth bass!   Traditionally, Lake Isabella is a great place to fish after Labor Day. The lake isn’t getting as much fishing pressure as […]

Hi, my name is Greg Alsept. I fished at Sharon woods Sunday, March 31 and was able to do pretty good. I caught these four nice fish (first is a 4.25, second is a 4.02, third is a 3.19 and forth is a 3.07 pounder). I hade a five fish total that weighed 17.36 pounds. Great day […]