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Frank S. caught and released this 36 inch pike from our dock, June 2000.
Jake and Dave teamed up for some great crappies and gills from our bay, spring, 2002.
Nice crappies from Benoit Lake. Grandpa is proud! May 2002.
Dave and Judy with a 28 inch pike from a nearby lake, December 2001.
Jean K. with a pair of nice bass she and Jeff caught on neighboring Rice Lake, summer 2002.
Dave R. got this beautiful pike on a cool fall day, Benoit Lake, 2002.

Benoit Lake and Fishing

Jordan Righter with a 16 inche bass he caught in July.
Mary Crawford with a 28.5 inch pike from Rice Lake (also a bottle of champagne if you look closely).
Jennette C. caught and released this 20.5 inch bass from Benoit in the spring of 2003.
Mark C. with a 20.5 inch bass from Benoit Lake that he caught and released, spring 2003.
Kim Buchanan with a 34 inch pike he caught on Benoit Lake on February 10, 2005.
I caught this gills and crappies on our lake during February '05.
John W. with a couple of nice crappies from Benoit, June '05.
David Appleby caught and released this 21 inch, 4 pound 10 ounce bass on our lake in September 2004.
Our main dock in front of the resort, autumn 2005.

Benoit Lake

  • 279 acres (click here for contour map of lake)

  • Maximum depth 41 feet

  • Average depth 17 feet

  • Water visibility (secchi disk reading) 8 feet

  • Game fish commonly caught: largemouth bass, northern pike, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, rock bass

  • Other fish present: walleye, musky, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, bullhead, bowfin

Trent Jackson, age 10, caught this great 34-inch northern pike on the Yellow River.