Wild Rose Millpond 53, Wisconsin: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Waushara County, Wisconsin, this is Wild Rose Millpond 53. The surroundings are rolling bush. You are 5.5 miles from Mount Morris. For a city, Green Bay is 65 miles off. More in the same country: Silver Lake lies 2.1 miles on, Pretty Lake 2.6 miles, Bonneville Lake lies 2.8 miles on, Norwegian Lake 3.1 miles and Chain Lake lies 3.4 miles on. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Wild Rose Millpond 53

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Public occurrence data for Waushara County names brown trout, rainbow trout, bluegill and largemouth bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read this water for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 15°F to 71°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. Ice clears near early April and comes back about early December in a typical year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. This water fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. A car park lies 150 yards away, so the walk in is short. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Silver Lake, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at this water may have changed since it was mapped.