Fishing Little Bass Lake in Washburn County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Little Bass Lake is set in Washburn County, Wisconsin. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. With some 73 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.3 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Start from Spooner, 17 miles down the road. For a city, Saint Paul is 97 miles off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Little Bass Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name largemouth bass, bluegill, northern pike and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Little Bass Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 68°F in July and bottom out at 9°F in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Little Bass Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. You can launch: the ramp is half a mile away. Parking sits 0.9 miles out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Facilities run to toilets 0.9 miles from the water. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Big Bass Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Little Bass Lake may have changed since it was mapped.