Snag Lake Fishing near Little Round Lake, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Within Sawyer County, Wisconsin, you have Snag Lake. The surface lies 1,302 feet up. It covers about 24 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Nearest town is Little Round Lake, 14 miles off. Hayward is 14 miles away, with Spooner at 16 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about. The country round the bank is quiet, with little traffic on the road in.

• Where to Fish on Snag Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Sawyer County cover walleye, brown trout, largemouth bass and muskellunge. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Snag Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 9°F for January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Snag Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping shows a ramp about half a mile from the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Spring Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Snag Lake.