Benny Lake, Wisconsin: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Vilas County, Wisconsin, is where Benny Lake sits. Height above sea level is 1,693 feet. The water covers some 37 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. You are 20 miles from Eagle River. Further out sit Lac du Flambeau (25 miles) and Wakefield (31 miles). It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Benny Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Vilas County cover bluegill, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Benny Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 65°F; by January the average is down near 9°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Benny Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Erwin Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Benny Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.