Keough Lake in Iron County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Keough Lake is one of the Iron County listings for Wisconsin. Elevation runs to 1,598 feet. At 5 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Iron County. Lac du Flambeau is the closest place, 12 miles off. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 146 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Keough Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Iron County names walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, muskellunge and rainbow trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Anyone new to Keough Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 66°F; the cold one sits at 10°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Keough Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Stone Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Keough Lake.