Fishing Shumway Lake in Waushara County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  You will find Shumway Lake in Waushara County, Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,096 feet up. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Waushara County are larger. The town to know is Wautoma, 11 miles out. Then Mount Morris, 13 miles, and Silver Lake, 14 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Shumway Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Waushara County: brown trout, rainbow trout, bluegill, largemouth bass and northern pike. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Shumway Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 14°F to 70°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It sets the rhythm of the year at Shumway Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A made slipway is half a mile from here, which settles the boat question. Parking is mapped about half a mile from the bank. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Weymouth Lake is 0.3 miles distant. Check the position on Shumway Lake before loading the car.