Fishing near Madison, Wisconsin

This is Madison, a Wisconsin town in Dane County. Around 280,305 people are based here. In order of distance: Lake Wingra about 1.6 miles, Lake Monona about 2.2 miles to the east, Tiedemans Pond about 5.3 miles with Lake Waubesa about 5.7 miles to the south-east. The bank at Lake Monona is easy going, which makes it the sensible first stop. Standing water makes up nearly all of it. Points and bays outfish flat shoreline every time. These lock up through the cold months. The shallow ends open first when it lets go. Lake Wingra sits nearest and covers some 326 acres. There is a launch at Lake Wingra, so a boat is an option there. Expect the lakes here to open about early April. Open records for Dane County list brown trout, common carp and bluegill. The wider circle holds dozens of them, so this is only the near end. Lake Wingra is the closest thing Madison has to a home water....