Fishing Pine Lake in Langlade County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  The Langlade County entry here is Pine Lake, in Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,683 feet up. It measures about 31 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Bank access stretches around 0.9 miles in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. You are 13 miles from Nashville. For a city, Green Bay is 86 miles off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Pine Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Langlade County list brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Pine Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 66°F on average, January about 10°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It holds true on Pine Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Horseshoe Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Pine Lake as something to verify.