Lake Information for LaSalle Lake

The lake has a tremendous population of channel catfish of all sizes.

The bass fishery looks promising especially for the chance of catching a trophy bass. Bass from the 1991 year-class started reaching legal size (18") as early as the fall of 1993. The largemouth bass population declined dramatically in 1997, 1998, and 1999. In 2000 - 2003, the largemouth bass population was much stronger. There is still an excellent population of 4 to 7 pound bass.

LaSalle Cooling Lake also receives a reduced stocking of smallmouth bass about 20,000 a year or 10 per acre. This program also appears to be working, with an excellent population of trophy-sized smallmouth bass. Excellent numbers of smallmouth bass were collected in the 1999 - 2003 fall surveys.

LaSalle Lake is stocked with striped bass hybrids almost annually at 5 - 10 fish per acre, depending on availability. The striped bass hybrid have done very well.