Wylie Lake, South Dakota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Brown County, South Dakota. The bank is 1,316 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Brown County list. Aberdeen lies 2.1 miles from the water. Beyond it, Groton at 20 miles and Ellendale at 36 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Wylie Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name green sunfish, bluegill, yellow perch, black bullhead and black crappie. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Wylie Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 72°F in July and bottoms out near 10°F in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Wylie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Richmond Lake is 6.8 miles distant. Nothing on Wylie Lake should be assumed from this page alone.