Fishing Trout Lake in Marinette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Look for Trout Lake in Marinette County, Wisconsin. Height above sea level is 1,263 feet. At roughly 21 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Some 18 miles away sits Kingsford, the nearest settlement. For a city, Green Bay is 76 miles off. Water in the same corner: D'Amour Lake after 0.5 miles, Brock Pond a touch under 1.5 miles, Coleman Lake after 1.7 miles, Round Lake a touch under 1.8 miles and Vic Lake after 1.9 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Trout Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Marinette County names brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Trout Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 66°F and January reads 11°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Trout Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, D'Amour Lake is 0.5 miles off. Ask locally about Trout Lake if anything is unclear.