Burd Lake, Wisconsin: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Burd Lake lies within the bounds of Sawyer County, Wisconsin. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. Surface area runs to about 14 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Sawyer County standards. Little Round Lake is the closest place, 21 miles off. Saint Paul is the closest city, 128 miles away. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Burd Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass and muskellunge. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Burd Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 66°F, while January sits near 9°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Burd Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Black Lake is 1.1 miles distant. Where Burd Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.