Turtle Lake Fishing in Douglas County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Douglas County, Wisconsin, is where Turtle Lake sits. The ground around here is lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 24 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Supplies mean a trip to Lake Nebagamon, 13 miles off. Saint Paul sits 124 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Turtle Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Douglas County list yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Turtle Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 67°F on average, January about 8°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Turtle Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Sand Bar Lake at 0.4 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Turtle Lake should be assumed from this page alone.