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Lake Francis Case, located on the Missouri River has numerous tributary streams and the embayments bordered by rugged bluffs broken by a complex of eroded canyons and ravines. The 107-mile long Lake Francis Case is surrounded by 540 miles of shoreline. Sometimes, on the shoreline, you can find hosts of "burning bluffs," which were created by oil-bearing shale. When the lightning strikes or chemical reactions ignite the shale, they begin to smoke for years.
It is said to be one of the four reservoirs constructed along the Missouri River in South Dakota, where the other four are the Lewis and Clark Lake, Lake Sharpe, and Lake Oahe. Governed by the Flood control Act of 1944, it was created by impounding the Missouri River. The main aim was to provide flood control as well as hydroelectric power, navigation support, irrigation, municipal water supply, fish and wildlife management, and recreation.
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The beach area has become one of the most popular recreation spots in the Great Plains with opportunites for camping, picnicking, boating, water-skiing, swimming, fishing, nature watching, and sledding. Hunting is allowed outside the recreation areas. This is along the Lewis and Clark route.
Walleye is easily the most popular fish found in the waters of the reservoir of the Missouri River. Other species you may find include smallmouth bass, northern pike, sauger, pan fish and an occasional channel catfish. The lake also offers the traditional amenities of cabins, campgrounds, fishing, boating, hiking, and picnic shelters. Hunters can enjoy hunting many types of birds such as pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chickens, turkeys and geese. Big-game animals such as white-tailed deer, mule deer, and antelope, can also be hunted. Hunting is permitted on all public lands around the Lake Francis Case except for developed recreation areas.
You can find two national wildlife refuges nearby, namely Lake Andes and Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge. Both are there to protect the area's natural resources, waterfowl, and wildlife. In the winter bald eagles roost in the cottonwood trees and can be viewed. Other animals to be spotted at the two wild life refuges are beaver, white-tailed deer, and a great diversity of birds.
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