Lost Lake Fishing Guide, Ashland County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Lost Lake is an Ashland County water, in Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,516 feet up. At 11 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Ashland County list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest town is Park Falls, 9.1 miles away. Green Bay is the closest city, 145 miles away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Ashland County: rainbow smelt, yellow perch and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The near bank of Lost Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 66°F on average, January about 10°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Lost Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Wintergreen Lake, 2.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Lost Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.