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Barbee Chain of Lakes

This is a chain of seven small lakes situated just West of SR 13 and South of the town of North Webster. A public ramp is available on the North side of Kuhn Lake and is accessible from SR 13. The speed limit on these lakes is 10 mph (except Big Barbee - open speed limit) due to their size. Click to View a Higher Resolution Image

Also, Grassy Creek is accessible from these lakes at the North end of Sawmill Lake. Boaters must pass through a tunnel and through a set of locks to access Tippecanoe Lake (the ramp on Grassy Creek is on the Tippy side of the locks). Boats under 16' in length can use the manual locks; pontoons and bigger boats cannot reach the locks due to the tunnel under the road.

Webster Lake

About 1 1/2 miles across, a good size lake with a Dept. Natural Resources ramp on Backwater Lake (attached to Webster via channel). Just off State Route 13 in North Webster. Anglers who say Indiana's Lake Webster is among the Midwest's best muskie fishing lakes now have official numbers to back their boast.

DNR fish surveys in the spring of 2005 show the 774-acre natural lake in northeastern Indiana contained more than 5,000 adult muskellunge. A fair number of the trapped fish measured more than 50 inches long.

Tippecanoe Lake

Click to View a Higher Resolution ImageTippecanoe Lake is located right in the middle of Kosciusko County's beautiful natural lake country. Last year Darrin Conley caught the new state-record muskie from James Lake (50 inches long and 42.5 pounds). James Lake is actually part of the Tippecanoe, and the locals often call it Little Tippe. Tippecanoe Lake has some giant muskies in it.
Tippecanoe is the deepest lake in the state and is nearest the town of Oswego. The lake is situated West of State Road 13. The only free public boat access to Tippecanoe is by way of a DNR ramp on Grassy Creek.


According to Jim Bagnoli, the Indiana public relations director for Muskies, Inc. and a member of the Hoosier Musky Hunters, Tippecanoe has many characteristics of a Canadian Shield lake. "It has very clear water," he said. "It also has a lot of great points and good humps. There are even submerged humps off points. It has good underwater structure, and these are all excellent places to target muskies in the fall."

Tippecanoe Lake has three types of muskies in it: purebred (barred), tiger and spotted. The spotted muskies are silvery fish with black spots. "Spotted muskies were stocked by the Hoosier Musky Hunters," reported Bagnoli. "I caught and released a 42-inch spotted fish here last fall."
Tippecanoe has plenty of muskies swimming around in its depths, but there are big ones, too. Bagnoli has seen them. "There are some monsters in there," he said. "When I say monsters, I mean 50-inch-plus fish. I saw about a half dozen fish last year that ranged from 48 to probably 51 inches. It's a pretty cool place!"

References:
Information based on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers brochures and boaters information.
Berg, Tom. “Six Fall Fishing Hotspots in Indiana.” Indiana Game and Fish. 2005
URL: http://www.indianagameandfish.com/fishing/in_aa091703a/

Webster Lake Conservation Association. http://www.websterlakeca.com/Fishing.html