Duroy Lake Fishing Guide, Price County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Wisconsin holds Duroy Lake, in Price County. It sits at 1,430 feet above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 360 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. It ranks high for size among our Price County listings. You are 0.6 miles from Phillips. Park Falls lies 17 miles off, Lac du Flambeau another 31 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Duroy Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Survey and observation records for 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. Anyone new to Duroy Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 10°F in January to roughly 67°F in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Duroy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. Expect a half a mile walk in from where the car goes. Ross's Sport Shop is mapped as a fishing spot about half a mile away. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Elk Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Duroy Lake carry more weight than any list.