Elk Lake Fishing near Phillips, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Look for Elk Lake in the Price County part of Wisconsin. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level. The nearest town is Phillips, 0.1 miles away. Further out sit Park Falls (17 miles) and Lac du Flambeau (31 miles). Others within reach: Duroy Lake at 0.7 miles, Pot Lake 0.9 miles, Wilson Lake at 3.2 miles, Solberg Lake 4.2 miles and Big Dardis Lake at 4.3 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Elk Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Price County include yellow perch, walleye, northern pike and bluegill. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Elk Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 10°F in January to roughly 67°F in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Elk Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A ramp is mapped within half a mile. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. A pier half a mile from here gives a platform over deeper water. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Duroy Lake is 0.7 miles distant. For Elk Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.