Up in Vilas County, Sumach Lake is a lake and its basic numbers come out to about 63 acres and a maximum depth of 27 feet, so you can get the scale of the place before you ever make a cast.
The basic picture
| County | Vilas County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 63 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 27 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 7 |
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I would rather get two useful clues than make twenty random stops with my first few stops centered on shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank before I started running around looking for something better.
What anglers can target
The current fish list for Sumach Lake includes Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Pumpkinseed, Walleye, and Yellow Perch; so the first few setups I pack would cover weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and points, breaks, and wind-pushed edges for walleye, and keep the rest of the day loose.
How I would spend the first few hours
Before I made the drive to Sumach Lake, I would fish the places that make sense for the species on the list and avoid chasing every rumor I heard online, and I would still look at the current Wisconsin regulations before fishing.
Nearby fishing waters
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.