Heavy overcast holding through the day, with enough SSW wind to stack food downwind with pressure climbing. Expect most activity at Raspberry Lake around the first drop-off and weed lines. The night should out-fish the rest of the day. Take the steady approach over the searching one. Falling temperatures are switching fish back on.
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Raspberry Lake is one of the Fond du Lac County waters in Wisconsin. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. The water measures roughly 5 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Fond du Lac County list. Some 1.3 miles away sits Oakfield, the nearest settlement. Milwaukee sits 55 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.
Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Public occurrence data for Fond du Lac County names brown trout, common carp, bluegill, largemouth bass and northern pike. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Raspberry Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.
July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 71°F, while January sits near 16°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early April. The water is typically free of ice between early April and early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Expect Raspberry Lake to follow that timing.
Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Lomira Pond, 8.9 miles away. What applies at Raspberry Lake may have changed since it was mapped.
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| 15.7 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
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| 29.67 | 29.65 | 29.64 | 29.62 | 29.61 | 29.61 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.59 | 29.58 | 29.57 | 29.56 | 29.57 | 29.57 | 29.58 | 29.6 | 29.61 | 29.61 | 29.61 | 29.62 | 29.63 | 29.61 |
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