Venison Lake near Little Round Lake: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Venison Lake belongs to Sawyer County, Wisconsin. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 3 acres — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Sawyer County are larger. For a base, Little Round Lake sits 13 miles out. Hayward follows at 19 miles, then Park Falls at 31 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Venison Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Sawyer County, recorded fish include walleye, brown trout and largemouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Venison Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 67°F and January near 9°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. The season between ice runs from about mid April to late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Venison Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Fawn Lake, 0.3 miles away. None of that is settled for Venison Lake in what we hold.