Lamont Lake near Luck: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  The Polk County end of Wisconsin holds Lamont Lake. Height above sea level is 1,158 feet. Surface area is around 87 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.6 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Luck is the closest place, 9.8 miles off. The big place round here is Saint Paul, 59 miles distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lamont Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Reported across Polk County: brown trout, rainbow trout and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Lamont Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 69°F in July and bottoms out near 10°F in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Lamont Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A slipway is marked about half a mile from here. 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. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Rhinstad Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lamont Lake should be assumed from this page alone.