Bennett Lake Fishing Guide, Vilas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  This water sits in Vilas County, Wisconsin. The bank is 1,650 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 13 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Vilas County are larger. Eagle River at 10 miles is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Green Bay is 123 miles off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Bennett Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Vilas County include bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Bennett Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 9°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Bennett Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Blueberry Lake sits 1.2 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Bennett Lake in what we hold.