Fishing Sugar Bush Lake in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Sugar Bush Lake sits within Bayfield County in Wisconsin. It stands 1,375 feet above sea level. At about 184 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 2.8 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It ranks high for size among our Bayfield County listings. You are 21 miles from Hayward. The nearest city of size is Saint Paul, 129 miles away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Sugar Bush Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Bayfield County list rainbow smelt, brown trout and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Anyone new to Sugar Bush Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 8°F and July at about 66°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. From about mid April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Sugar Bush Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Lake Tahkodah at 1.1 miles is the nearest alternative. Ask locally about Sugar Bush Lake if anything is unclear.