
Vilas County’s Big Lake in Wisconsin ranks high in anglers’ eyes
Vilas County is blessed with having hundreds of beautiful lakes, so it’s not easy to rank one over the other, but it would be difficult not to put Big Lake on Hwy. K toward the
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Vilas County is blessed with having hundreds of beautiful lakes, so it’s not easy to rank one over the other, but it would be difficult not to put Big Lake on Hwy. K toward the

Chequamegon Waters Flowage, which also is known as Miller Dam Flowage, is a 2,714-acre impoundment on the Yellow River, a tributary to the Chippewa River.

The catch rate for largemouth bass in Nelson Lake in this survey (21 fish per mile of electrofishing) was high in comparison to other similar lakes (greater than the 75th percentile).

Long and Wilson lakes make up the west side, or the “downhill side,” of the popular four lake Phillips chain in Price County that’s split by Hwy. 13. The popular in town chain has long
Any fisherman driving to northwestern Vilas County is most like going to be driving north, or maybe from the west.

Yellow Lake was surveyed in 2021 to assess the status of the fishery while conducting a population estimate for walleyes and index the catch rates of muskies, northern pike, largemouth bass, and panfish. There are

And largemouth bass numbers came in a lot stronger.

All three offer good fishing opportunities winter or summer.

Fox has muskies, walleyes, largemouth bass, and hefty northern pike. Fox maintains a good stock of bluegills, black crappies and yellow perch.
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