Fishing Seagels Lake in Ashland County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Seagels Lake is listed under Ashland County, Wisconsin. The bank is 1,509 feet above sea level. Small at around 7 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Ashland County are larger. Park Falls sits 17 miles from the bank. For a city, Saint Paul is 145 miles off. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Seagels Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Ashland County list rainbow smelt, yellow perch, white sucker, johnny darter and brown trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Seagels Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 9°F to 65°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to Seagels Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Torrey Lake, 1.6 miles out. Nothing here settles the position at Seagels Lake for certain.