Fishing Road Lake in Lincoln County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  In Wisconsin, Road Lake falls inside Lincoln County. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Roughly 79 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 1.2 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Tomahawk sits 2.9 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 104 miles away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Road Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Lincoln County include brown trout, rainbow trout and pumpkinseed. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Take Road Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 10°F in January to roughly 67°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It sets the rhythm of the year at Road Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, LaCerte Lake is 0.9 miles distant. None of that is settled for Road Lake in what we hold.