Fishing Marlow Lake in Florence County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  In Wisconsin, Marlow Lake falls inside Florence County. It sits at 1,155 feet above sea level. At roughly 7 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Florence County list. Some 10 miles away sits Iron Mountain, the nearest settlement. For a city, Green Bay is 98 miles off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Marlow Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Florence County include brown trout, rainbow trout and largemouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Marlow Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 66°F and January near 11°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Marlow Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Baird Lake, 1.6 miles away. Check the position on Marlow Lake before loading the car.