Fishing Taylor Lake in Burnett County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Taylor Lake is a Burnett County water, Wisconsin side. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. It runs to roughly 84 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 1.4 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Frederic is the closest place, 14 miles off. Saint Paul sits 71 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Taylor Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. 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. Reported across Burnett County: brown trout, northern pike, largemouth bass and bluegill. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Taylor Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 69°F and January near 10°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. The season between ice runs from about early April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Taylor Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping puts a reserve boundary across this water; check what it allows. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Tamarack Lake is 0.5 miles off. The position on Taylor Lake is worth confirming on the day.