Fishing Sullivan Lake in Douglas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  You will find Sullivan Lake in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 1,053 feet. It measures about 82 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The whole outline is near 1.3 miles, and most of it is walkable. You are 18 miles from Hayward. The big place round here is Saint Paul, 107 miles distant. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Sullivan Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Sullivan Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 68°F; by January the average is down near 9°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about mid April to late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Sullivan Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Red Lake, 0.7 miles away. Treat access at Sullivan Lake as something to verify.