Fishing Lang Lake in Burnett County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  This water sits in Burnett County, Wisconsin. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. Surface area is around 76 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 1.4 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. 19 miles away sits Spooner, the nearest town. Shell Lake is 21 miles and Frederic 23 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lang 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. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Burnett County include brown trout, northern pike, largemouth bass and bluegill. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Lang Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 69°F; the cold one sits at 9°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lang Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Myre Lake at 0.7 miles is the nearest alternative. For Lang Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.