Fishing at Horseshoe Lake, Iron County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Look for Horseshoe Lake in Iron County, Wisconsin. It stands 1,677 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 22 acres — small enough to read in one session. Compared with other Wisconsin water on our list, it sits high. Hurley sits 13 miles from the bank. Ironwood is 14 miles and Bessemer 18 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Horseshoe Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Iron County records list walleye, northern pike and yellow perch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Horseshoe Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 10°F in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Horseshoe Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Mud Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Horseshoe Lake for certain.