Nebish Lake Fishing Guide, Vilas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Nebish Lake falls in Vilas County, part of Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 1,647 feet. The water covers some 93 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.9 miles in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. Lac du Flambeau is the closest place, 16 miles off. Eagle River lies 19 miles off, Rhinelander another 30 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Nebish Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Vilas County names bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Nebish Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 9°F to 66°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Nebish Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Escanaba Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Nebish Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.