North Spirit Lake in Price County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  North Spirit Lake is one of the Price County waters in Wisconsin. The ground round it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 226 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Few waters listed in Price County are bigger. Start from Medford, 19 miles down the road. It is 120 miles to Green Bay, the nearest city. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on North Spirit Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Price County, recorded fish include yellow perch, walleye, northern pike and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. North Spirit Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 66°F; by January the average is down near 10°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. North Spirit Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Spirit Lake is 0.8 miles off. None of that is settled for North Spirit Lake in what we hold.