Sissabagama Lake Fishing in Sawyer County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Sissabagama Lake is one of the Sawyer County waters in Wisconsin. The setting is lake country bush. The water covers around 806 acres, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The shoreline runs about 7.6 miles, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. On our Sawyer County list it sits near the top for size. Little Round Lake lies 14 miles from the water. It is 96 miles to Saint Paul, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Sissabagama Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Sawyer County, recorded fish include walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass, muskellunge and northern pike. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Sissabagama Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 9°F in January up to 68°F in July. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Sissabagama Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Saddle Lake, 1.6 miles out. Check the current arrangement for Sissabagama Lake.