Slim Creek Flowage 17 Fishing near Spooner, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Slim Creek Flowage 17 lies in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,250 feet up. Surface area is around 99 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 3.2 miles or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Start from Spooner, 15 miles down the road. Saint Paul sits 93 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Slim Creek Flowage 17

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Fish documented in Sawyer County include walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass, muskellunge and northern pike. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. This water gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 9°F to 68°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing this water regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Osprey Lake, 1.2 miles away. For this water, the notice at the access point is the final word.