Fishing Findler Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Findler Lake lies in Vilas County, in Wisconsin. The country here is rolling bush. It covers about 11 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Vilas County list holds plenty of bigger water. 15 miles away sits Wakefield, the nearest town. Bessemer is 17 miles and Ironwood 18 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Findler Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Vilas County, recorded fish include bluegill, yellow perch, walleye and largemouth bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Findler Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 65°F; the cold one sits at 10°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Findler Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. 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 whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Constance Lake, 0.3 miles out. None of that is settled for Findler Lake in what we hold.