Fishing Torpee Springs in Forest County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  In Wisconsin, Torpee Springs falls inside Forest County. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Small at around 4 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Forest County. Nearest place of any size is Crandon, 16 miles away. Nashville lies 19 miles off, Antigo another 29 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Torpee Springs

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Forest County list brown trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and bluegill. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Torpee Springs responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 66°F and January at 11°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Torpee Springs runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Range Line Lake sits 1.7 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Torpee Springs may have changed since it was mapped.