Meandering Streams
These two beautiful photos show a stream meandering through the forest in Miami Whitewater Forest. But what does it mean to say that a stream is “meandering?” Many of us may be familiar with…
What Do You Do?
Working maintenance in the parks and recreation field, I am always amazed at some of the questions I get from others as I describe the work that I do. At times there are some very…
Youngest Angler Wins Big Challenge
On Sunday, August 9, we hosted a special Kids’ Mystery Fish Challenge at Miami Whitewater Forest, and all participates won! All 38 kids who signed-up for the free tournament got to go fishing, and most…
Giant Limit Wins at Miami Whitewater Forest
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…
Fishing Report – May 29, 2015
Just in time for midnight catfishing! More than 435 pounds of shovelhead catfish were stocked on Wednesday, May 27, at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake. There were 38 catfish stocked that varied in weight between 8…
Fishin’ Report – March 23, 2015
We held the first Panfish Cup tournament of the year at Miami Whitewater Forest on Saturday, March 21, 2015. The lakes ice recently melted so the water temperature was a cold 40 degrees. With water…
First Panfish Cup Postponed
As of this morning, we still have complete ice coverage from shoreline to shoreline at Miami Whitewater Forest. Warm rain is helping to thaw it, but there are parts of the lake that has ice…
Fishing Season Is Here – Almost!
Our harbor managers have been working hard to get our boathouses ready for opening day for the past several weeks, but Mother Nature just isn’t cooperating. The heavy snow that we received last week has…