Lower Wolf Lake Fishing near Nashville, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Lower Wolf Lake is set in Langlade County, Wisconsin. Elevation runs to 1,677 feet. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. Nashville lies 17 miles from the water. Antigo is 17 miles away, with Rhinelander at 20 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lower Wolf Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Langlade County list brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Lower Wolf Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 66°F for July and 10°F for January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lower Wolf Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Upper Wolf Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lower Wolf Lake before loading the car.