Fishing at Elbow Lake, Marinette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Elbow Lake is a Marinette County water, Wisconsin side. What surrounds it is rolling bush. At about 65 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 2.2 miles in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Marinette County. The closest town, Niagara, is 27 miles away. Kingsford is 28 miles away, with Norway at 29 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Elbow Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Marinette County include brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Elbow Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 12°F for January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Elbow Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Fishing from a pier is possible 50 yards away. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lily Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Elbow Lake should be assumed from this page alone.