Moon Lake in Marinette County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Wisconsin holds Moon Lake, in Marinette County. The water sits 1,227 feet up. The water covers some 92 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 1.7 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Size puts it in the front rank of our Marinette County list. The town to know is Kingsford, 15 miles out. For a city, Green Bay is 78 miles off. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Moon Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Marinette County, recorded fish include brown trout, rainbow trout and largemouth bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Moon Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 66°F and January about 11°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Moon Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Harvey Pond, 1 mile away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Moon Lake if anything is unclear.