

North Park Fishing Report
Ice Fishing/Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes/Big Creek 16, November, 2019 Good and bad news on the lakes in North Park for ice fishing. East Delaney and Cowdrey are the only two lakes fully capped for ice fishing. Unfortunately, Lake John, North/South Delaney and Big Creek still aren’t stable with good ice and are opening more and more by the day right now due to the warm weather and wind. Please remember these conditions and ice are changing by the hou


Ice Fishing/Conditions Report
Lake John/Delaney Buttes Saturday, March 30, 2019 Good morning! We are continuing with the spring weather here in North Park and had a gorgeous past week here, but we want to let all of you know that there is currently no open water on any North Park Lakes yet. We are hoping to see open water on Lake John and the Delaney Buttes by mid to late April. Area Lakes are still pushing about 22-24 inches of good ice, however if you hit one of the sunny, warmer days, the top 6-8 inche


Ice Fishing/Conditions Report
Ice Fishing/Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 03, December, 2018 This past weekend was a great weekend of ice fishing with beautiful days and very little wind. As of this afternoon here are the ice measurements: Lake John: 8” ice with 3” snow cover with drifting near the edges, fishing very active with a wide range of size 12”-19”. The following items have been doing well on Lake John this past weekend: wax & meal worms, white atomic teasers, jigs in the


North Park Ice Fishing Report
Fishing/Conditions Report Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 14, November, 2018 Well the ice happened over night! Our temperatures dropped drastically, and we had a calm evening without wind. We went from completely open water on Monday to a full thin layer of ice Tuesday morning and as of today, November 14, 2018, Lake John has 1.5” of ice at the north boat ramp and 2” of ice heading toward the south end. We also made a trip to the Delaney’s and Cowdrey on Monday evening


North Park Ice Fishing Report
Lake John/Delaney Butte/Cowdrey Lakes 26, March, 2018 Hello! Open water fishing is currently in progress on the north end, west side and south boat ramp of Lake John. A small boat or personal water craft would be acceptable. The very far southeast corner still had ice fisherman yesterday, but the ice is melting quickly. Fishing has been more active with powerbait off the bottom then lures for the last couple of days. The west side perimeters of North and South Delaney are ope


In the News~ JC Star Headlines
The Jackson County Star has been serving the North Park area since 1913. Weekly I will post In The News featuring headlines you can read about in the Jackson County Star. Enjoy entertaining editorials by Editor & Chief, Matt Shuler. Also gain fishing knowledge in the Fishing Report about water conditions. Other weekly features include the sports section, announcements, Jackson County Chronicles, JCCOA News and the classifieds. THIS week headlines include: "Schmidt Heade