Little McCall Lake Fishing in Marinette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Little McCall Lake sits within Marinette County in Wisconsin. Elevation runs to 676 feet. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Ground here is low by Wisconsin standards. For a base, Peshtigo sits 22 miles out. For a city, Green Bay is 58 miles off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Little McCall Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Marinette County include brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Little McCall Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 68°F, with January the cold end at about 14°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Little McCall Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. McCall Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Little McCall Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.