Mud Lake Fishing near Amherst, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Mud Lake lies in Waupaca County, in Wisconsin. The setting is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 2 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Waupaca County standards. Start from Amherst, 3.4 miles down the road. Green Bay sits 60 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Mud Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Waupaca County, recorded fish include brown trout, flathead catfish, rainbow trout, common carp and bluegill. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Mud Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 70°F and January reads 14°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Mud Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Foster Lake sits 0.3 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Mud Lake if anything is unclear.