Ashegon Lake, Wisconsin: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Ashegon Lake lies within the bounds of Sawyer County, Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 1,322 feet. It runs to roughly 75 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge runs 2.0 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is Little Round Lake, 8.8 miles away. Hayward is 14 miles away, with Spooner at 28 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Ashegon Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Sawyer County, recorded fish include walleye, brown trout and largemouth bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Ashegon Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 67°F and January reads 9°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Ashegon Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Devils Lake, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Ashegon Lake carry more weight than any list.