Cloverleaf Lake Fishing in Burnett County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  The Burnett County entry here is Cloverleaf Lake, in Wisconsin. The ground round it is pine and birch. Around 32 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. The whole outline is near 1.1 miles, and most of it is walkable. Spooner is the closest town at 17 miles. Saint Paul sits 93 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Cloverleaf Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Burnett County names brown trout, northern pike and largemouth bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Cloverleaf Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 9°F in January up to 68°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Cloverleaf Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Pear Lake is 1.1 miles distant. Where Cloverleaf Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.