Yellowstone Lake Fishing in Lafayette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Yellowstone Lake sits in Lafayette County, out in Wisconsin. The bank is 830 feet above sea level. About 454 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Some 4.9 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. By surface area it heads our Lafayette County listings. 9.2 miles away sits Darlington, the nearest town. The big place round here is Madison, 36 miles distant. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Yellowstone Lake

  Measured depth reaches about 14 feet at the deepest point. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Fish documented in Lafayette County include brown trout, rainbow trout, common carp, largemouth bass and bluegill. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Yellowstone Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 71°F and January near 16°F on the long-run figures. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around early April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan any trip to Yellowstone Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Mapping shows a ramp about half a mile from the shore. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Ludden Lake, 14 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Yellowstone Lake as something to verify.