Mirror Lake near Mondovi: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Set in Buffalo County, Mirror Lake is a Wisconsin water. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. The water measures roughly 22 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It lies lower than most water we list in Wisconsin. The nearest town is Mondovi, 0.4 miles away. Strum lies 14 miles off, Durand another 15 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Mirror Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Fish documented in Buffalo County include brown trout, rainbow trout, common carp and johnny darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Mirror Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 71°F in July and bottoms out near 13°F in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Look for the thaw near early April; the fishing lifts straight after. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near early December in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Mirror Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. Parking is mapped about 170 yards from the bank. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. Bite Me Bait Shop is mapped as a fishing spot about half a mile away. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Eleva Pond, 9.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Mirror Lake should be assumed from this page alone.