Lower Pine Lake Fishing Guide, Polk County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Set in Polk County, Lower Pine Lake is a Wisconsin water. Beyond the shoreline you have lake country bush. With some 96 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 1.5 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Few waters listed in Polk County are bigger. The nearest place of any size is New Richmond, 8.5 miles away. Saint Paul is the closest city, 33 miles away. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lower Pine Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. 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. Survey and observation records for Polk County include brown trout, rainbow trout, northern pike and largemouth bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Take Lower Pine Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 11°F in January and 71°F in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. In an average year the thaw lands around early April and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lower Pine Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A launch point is recorded some half a mile off. A platform or pier sits within 0.9 miles. There are toilets mapped about 0.9 miles away. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Pine Lake, 0.7 miles away. Check the position at Lower Pine Lake before loading the car.