Mud Lake Fishing Guide, Waushara County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  You will find Mud Lake in Waushara County, Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 965 feet. At 14 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest place of any size is Wautoma, 3.3 miles away. For a city, Green Bay is 71 miles off. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout. Count dozens within 15 miles of here and hundreds within 30 miles.

• Where to Fish on Mud Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Waushara County records list brown trout, rainbow trout and bluegill among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Mud Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 70°F and January near 14°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Ice clears near early April and comes back about early December in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Mud Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Turtle Lake is 0.8 miles off. Nothing on Mud Lake should be assumed from this page alone.