Sime Lake in Vilas County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Vilas County in Wisconsin is where Sime Lake sits. It sits in lake country bush. It runs to roughly 37 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Compared with other Wisconsin water on our list, it sits high. For a base, Eagle River sits 21 miles out. Lac du Flambeau lies 22 miles off, Wakefield another 30 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Sime Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Vilas County cover bluegill, yellow perch and walleye. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Sime Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 65°F; the cold one sits at 9°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Sime Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Overnight stays are possible about half a mile out, where camping is mapped. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Jute Lake, 0.7 miles away. Ask locally about Sime Lake if anything is unclear.