Cranberry Lake Fishing near Phillips, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Cranberry Lake is a Price County water, Wisconsin side. It lies 1,519 feet above sea level. About 533 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Some 5.8 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Size puts it in the front rank of our Price County list. The town to know is Phillips, 5.8 miles out. Green Bay sits 137 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 Cranberry Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Price County include yellow perch, walleye, northern pike, bluegill and brown trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Cranberry Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 66°F in July and bottoms out near 10°F in January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. From about mid April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That shapes the year on Cranberry Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Worcester Lake at 2.9 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Cranberry Lake should be assumed from this page alone.