Fishing Round Lake in Burnett County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Round Lake is one of the Burnett County listings for Wisconsin. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. Roughly 57 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 1.1 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 21 miles from Grantsburg. Saint Paul sits 80 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Burnett County cover brown trout, northern pike and largemouth bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Round Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 9°F to 69°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan around that when you fish Round Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Long Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Round Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.