Nichols Lake Fishing in Price County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Price County, Wisconsin, is where Nichols Lake sits. It sits in mixed forest. At 21 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The town to know is Phillips, 9.3 miles out. The big place round here is Green Bay, 144 miles distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications. There is no development on most of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Nichols Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Price County records list yellow perch, walleye and northern pike among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Nichols Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 66°F, the coldest about 10°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. On Nichols Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Gates Lake sits 0.9 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Nichols Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.