Fishing Trapper Lake in Bayfield County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Trapper Lake is a Bayfield County water, in Wisconsin. The water sits 1,411 feet up. Around 80 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Size puts it in the front rank of our Bayfield County list. Little Round Lake lies 24 miles from the water. After that come Ashland at 25 miles and Hayward at 26 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Trapper Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Bayfield County: rainbow smelt, brown trout, yellow perch and rainbow trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Fish Trapper Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 9°F in January to roughly 66°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Trapper Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Friedbauer Lake is 0.6 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Trapper Lake for certain.