Hill Lake Fishing Guide, Marquette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  In Wisconsin, Hill Lake falls inside Marquette County. The ground round it is lake country bush. It covers about 12 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Marquette County list. Nearest town is Westfield, 8.8 miles off. The nearest city of size is Madison, 50 miles away. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Hill Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Marquette County names brown trout, bluegill, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Hill Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 71°F and January at 15°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to early December. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Anyone fishing Hill Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Wolf Lake at 0.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Rules at Hill Lake are worth checking on the day.