Little Blake Lake Fishing Guide, Polk County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Within Polk County, Wisconsin, you have Little Blake Lake. The surroundings are rolling bush. Roughly 78 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 1.7 miles in total. Luck lies 10 miles from the water. After that come Turtle Lake at 11 miles and Amery at 13 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Blake 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. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Polk County include brown trout, rainbow trout, northern pike and largemouth bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The shape of Little Blake Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 70°F, with January the cold end at about 10°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. Averages place the thaw at early April and the freeze at late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Little Blake Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Clara Lake is 0.8 miles distant. Check the position on Little Blake Lake before loading the car.