Black Dan Lake in Sawyer County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Sawyer County in Wisconsin is where Black Dan Lake sits. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level. At about 121 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 2.2 miles, small enough to learn in a day. 21 miles away sits Little Round Lake, the nearest town. For a city, Saint Paul is 124 miles off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Black Dan Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Sawyer County list walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass, muskellunge and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Black Dan Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 67°F and January near 9°F on the long-run figures. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Black Dan Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Island Lake sits 1 mile off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Black Dan Lake if anything is unclear.