Fishing Little Bass Lake in Marathon County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Little Bass Lake lies within the bounds of Marathon County, Wisconsin. The country here is lake country bush. At 15 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 Marathon County. Supplies mean a trip to Bevent, 4.1 miles off. Kronenwetter lies 9.9 miles off, Evergreen another 13 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Bass Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Marathon County list brown trout, common carp, yellow perch, bluegill and black crappie. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Little Bass Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 69°F; the cold one sits at 13°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. The open-water window runs from around early April to about late November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Little Bass Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Launching is possible: a slipway lies half a mile off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Big Bass Lake is 0.4 miles distant. None of that is settled for Little Bass Lake in what we hold.