Fishing at Little Mirror Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Little Mirror Lake is a Polk County water, in Wisconsin. Everything around it is rolling bush. At about 39 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 1.0 miles on foot. The closest town, Luck, is 5.3 miles distant. It is 50 miles to Saint Paul, the nearest city. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Little Mirror Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Polk County list brown trout, rainbow trout, northern pike and largemouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Little Mirror Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 70°F, with January the cold end at about 10°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Little Mirror Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Ellofson Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. Where Little Mirror Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.