Created by an earthen dam near Wildcat Creek in 1963, Knop Lake was part of a private campground until the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) gained control of the property in 1980. Fishing regulations on Knop Lake before 1980 was a 12-inch minimum size limit on largemouth bass and six fish. The DFW quickly upped that 12-inch minimum to 14 inches (the standard minimum for the state) and launched a series of studies of the lake from 1981 to 1997. The conclusion of these studies found that the lake offered little fishing opportunity.
Thus, Knop Lake was renovated in the fall of 1998 and restocked with 1,635 largemouth bass, including 20 adults, along with bluegills, redear sunfish and channel catfish.
Few fish were found in the lake in a follow-up survey in 1999, but another check of fish populations in 2000 indicated the renovation was a success, with largemouth bass making up 54 percent of the all species being caught by fishermen. By weight, largemouths made up 53 percent of the sample. Today, bass reproduction and growth rates are excellent, the biologists said.
The Knop Lake Area is on CR 650 south, west of the town of Edna Mills. Kokomo angler Pat Campbell finds the western half of Knop offers the best bass fishing. He also finds surface lures effective.
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