Dogwood Trees and Crappie? The golden rule of most crappie fisherman is “when the dogwood trees are blooming, the crappies are biting”. The sighting of blooming dogwoods means the crappies are on beds. If you look outside, you can see the sight of dogwood flowers, and if you come to Miami Whitewater Forest Lake, you […]

A Deal Fishermen Can’t Pass Up If you’re passionate about fishing at the Hamilton County Park District lakes, we have the perfect solution for you! For the third year in a row we are offering an Annual Rowboat Pass. This pass gives you unlimited rowboat access to Sharon Woods, Winton Woods and Miami Whitewater Forest […]

It is amazing what a few days of warm water can do for fishing success. By Sunday afternoon, Miami Whitewater Forest had a surface temperature of 50 degrees, and it seemed to agree with the fish. DJ Huegel and Frank Yates continued their domination of the Panfish Cup Series by winning with 23.14 lbs of […]

The trout were stocked at Lake Isabella on March 1 and a nice crowd of fisherman quickly found the right bait to catch them on. Snow flurries were flying that Friday afternoon, but the fish didn’t seem to mind. Anglers caught them on live minnows and Little Cleo spoons. Another 400 pounds of rainbow trout […]

It might feel like winter won’t end, but things are beginning to happen beneath the surface of our lakes. Water temperatures are slowly rising and we have 45 degree surface temperature at Miami Whitewater Forest. In addition, our days are getting longer. More daylight hours triggers spring pre-spawn fishing patterns…and some of the best action […]

Annual Tournaments End With a Bang! On Saturday, November 16, Great Parks hosted our annual Turkey Day Open fishing tournament at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake. Ten teams entered the six-hour tournament, casting their favorite baits in hopes of reeling in the most weight. The first place team received six free entries into 2014 fishing tournaments, […]

Last Chance to Fish! On November 16, we are hosting our annual Turkey Day Open fishing tournament at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake. The tournament will start at 10 a.m. with weigh-in at 4 p.m. Registration begins an hour before the start of the tournament. Any and all species of fish will be weighed-in. The entry […]

On Friday morning, Great Parks of Hamilton County stocked another 300 pounds of catfish in Lake Isabella. That brings our total amount for the month of August to more than 900 pounds and to more than 12,000 pounds of fish stocked into Lake Isabella this year. And it’s not over! We will be stocking channel […]