Pardee Lake Fishing Guide, Vilas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Pardee Lake is a Vilas County water, Wisconsin side. The surface lies 1,631 feet up. At about 207 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 2.7 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Vilas County are bigger. Some 14 miles away sits Wakefield, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Bessemer (15 miles) and Ironwood (17 miles). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Pardee Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Vilas County include bluegill, yellow perch, walleye and largemouth bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Pardee Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 10°F to 65°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Pardee Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Dumbell Lake, 0.7 miles away. Nothing here settles the position at Pardee Lake for certain.