Camp Lake near Spooner: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Camp Lake sits in Sawyer County, out in Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,398 feet up. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sawyer County. Spooner sits 16 miles from the bank. Little Round Lake is 17 miles away, with Shell Lake at 18 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Camp Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Sawyer County cover walleye, brown trout and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Camp Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 9°F for January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That shapes the year on Camp Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. A pier half a mile from here gives a platform over deeper water. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Sawmill Lake is 0.3 miles distant. Nothing on Camp Lake should be assumed from this page alone.