Porcupine Lake near Hayward: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Porcupine Lake in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. The bank is 1,234 feet above sea level. Small at around 4 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sawyer County. The nearest town is Hayward, 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of size is Saint Paul, 114 miles away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Porcupine Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Sawyer County, recorded fish include walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass, muskellunge and northern pike. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Porcupine Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 67°F; the cold one sits at 8°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Porcupine Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Expect a half a mile walk in from where the car goes. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Osgood Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Porcupine Lake may have changed since it was mapped.