Pine Lake in Waushara County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Pine Lake is a Waushara County water, in Wisconsin. It sits in lake country bush. At about 144 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 2.2 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It is among the larger waters listed here for Waushara County. King is the closest town at 7.3 miles. The big place round here is Green Bay, 60 miles distant. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Pine Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Waushara County names brown trout, rainbow trout, bluegill and largemouth bass. The county list is broader than any single water. Take Pine Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 71°F and January near 15°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. The open-water window runs from around early April to about early December in an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Pine Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Twin Lake at 1.1 miles is the sensible second choice. Where Pine Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.