Fishing at Round Lake, Shawano County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Round Lake stands in Shawano County, Wisconsin. The water sits 787 feet up. It runs to roughly 27 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. It lies lower than most water we list in Wisconsin. You are 1.7 miles from Belle Plaine. Clintonville is 6.5 miles away, with Shawano at 7.1 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Shawano County list brown trout, northern pike, largemouth bass and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Round Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 69°F at the top of summer and 13°F at the bottom of winter. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near early December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Round Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Grass Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Round Lake may have changed since it was mapped.