Fishing Belgian Lake in Marinette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Belgian Lake is set in Marinette County, Wisconsin. Land around it is mixed forest. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Niagara is the closest place, 8.9 miles off. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 78 miles away. Round about: Minnie Lake near enough 2.1 miles, Young Lake just 2.1 miles, Lundgren Lake near enough 2.2 miles, Lindquist Lake just 2.2 miles and Back Lake near enough 2.4 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Belgian Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Marinette County, recorded fish include brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Work Belgian Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 67°F and January near 12°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Belgian Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Minnie Lake, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Belgian Lake may have changed since it was mapped.