Patrick Lake Fishing in Adams County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Patrick Lake is listed under Adams County, Wisconsin. The bank gives way to mixed forest. The water covers some 39 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 1.4 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. You are 8.1 miles from Easton. Then Westfield, 8.3 miles, and Adams, 9.3 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Patrick Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Adams County names brown trout, bluegill and common carp. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Patrick Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 70°F and January at 15°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near early December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Patrick Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is a jetty half a mile off, worth knowing on a busy day. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Rollers Lake is 2.5 miles distant. Check the position at Patrick Lake before loading the car.