Pond Lake Fishing Guide, Bayfield County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Pond Lake is one of the Bayfield County listings for Wisconsin. Land around it is lake country bush. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Bayfield County list. Lake Nebagamon is the closest town at 20 miles. Ashland is 26 miles away, with Hayward at 27 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Pond Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name rainbow smelt, brown trout, yellow perch and rainbow trout. The county list is broader than any single water. On Pond Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 66°F and January near 9°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Pond Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Wabigon Lake is 0.9 miles off. Nothing on Pond Lake should be assumed from this page alone.