Mermaid Lake in Vilas County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Mermaid Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It sits at 1,663 feet above sea level. Around 62 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Bank access stretches around 1.8 miles in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. Wakefield sits 20 miles from the bank. Lac du Flambeau follows at 20 miles, then Bessemer at 23 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mermaid Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Vilas County records list bluegill, yellow perch, walleye and largemouth bass among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Mermaid Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 65°F on average, January about 9°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It holds true on Mermaid Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Reserve land runs up to the bank here, so read the notices. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Horsehead Lake is 0.8 miles distant. Treat access at Mermaid Lake as something to verify.