Milny Lake, Wisconsin: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Milny Lake is a Sawyer County water, in Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 1,257 feet. The water measures roughly 15 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Sawyer County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 5.2 miles from Hayward. The big place round here is Saint Paul, 112 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Milny Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Sawyer County, recorded fish include walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass and muskellunge. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Milny Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 67°F and January about 9°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. It holds true on Milny Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Bullhead Lake at 0.3 miles is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Milny Lake if anything is unclear.