Price Lake in Florence County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Florence County, Price Lake is a Wisconsin water. The land about it is rolling bush. The water covers some 159 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 2.4 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It ranks high for size among our Florence County listings. Nearest place of any size is Iron Mountain, 16 miles away. Green Bay sits 94 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Price Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Florence County include brown trout, rainbow trout and largemouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat Price Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 66°F; by January the average is down near 11°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Price Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Patten Lake at 1 mile is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Price Lake for certain.