Pickerel Lake Fishing Guide, Lincoln County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  In Wisconsin, Pickerel Lake belongs to Lincoln County. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. At about 68 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.2 miles in total. Head to Tomahawk, 9.1 miles away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 102 miles away. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Pickerel Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Lincoln County cover brown trout, rainbow trout and pumpkinseed. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Pickerel Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 10°F and July at about 67°F, the water has a wide range to work through. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. At Pickerel Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Mud Lake, 0.3 miles away. The position on Pickerel Lake is worth confirming on the day.