Little Dugan Lake Fishing Guide, Sawyer County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Look for Little Dugan Lake in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. Everything around it is pine and birch. At roughly 3 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sawyer County. Spooner sits 13 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Hayward lies 15 miles off, Little Round Lake another 16 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Little Dugan Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Fish documented in Sawyer County include walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass and muskellunge. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Little Dugan Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 68°F in July and bottom out at 9°F in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Little Dugan Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. The car has to stay 0.9 miles away, which shapes how much tackle you bring. 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. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Dugan Lake sits 0.5 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Little Dugan Lake should be assumed from this page alone.