Fish Lake Fishing Guide, Washburn County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Fish Lake stands in Washburn County, Wisconsin. The land about it is lake country bush. It covers about 11 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Washburn County list holds plenty of bigger water. Hayward sits 13 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Saint Paul, 101 miles distant. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Fish Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Washburn County include largemouth bass, bluegill, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Fish Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 67°F in July and bottom out at 9°F in January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. On average, mid April opens the water and late November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Fish Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Taylor Lake is 0.8 miles off. Treat Fish Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.