Deep Hole Lake Fishing Guide, Forest County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  You will find Deep Hole Lake in Forest County, Wisconsin. What surrounds it is lake country bush. Around 95 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 1.6 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. For supplies, Nashville is 7.3 miles out. Further out sit Crandon (7.7 miles) and Antigo (25 miles). The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Deep Hole Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Forest County names brown trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Deep Hole Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 10°F in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Deep Hole Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Duck Lake, 0.6 miles away. None of that is settled for Deep Hole Lake in what we hold.