Willow Lake is a lake in South Dakota, near Clark County.
Willow Lake is a lake in Clark County, South Dakota with 344.5 acres and about 2,091.6 acre-feet of storage.
The useful clues on Willow Lake are weeds, windblown banks and clean holes in otherwise shallow water.
Fish listed for Willow Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Common Carp, Northern Pike, Walleye, and Yellow Perch.
For black crappie at Willow Lake, try a small jig or minnow beside brush, weed edges and drop-offs; for bluegill at Willow Lake, try a worm, tiny jig or cricket near weeds and shallow cover. For yellow perch at Willow Lake, try a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom near weeds or a drop.
For walleye at Willow Lake, try a jig and minnow, crawler rig or crankbait on points, flats and channel edges.
For northern pike at Willow Lake, try a spoon, spinnerbait or jerkbait beside weeds and shallow cover.
For common carp at Willow Lake, try corn, dough bait or a worm on a simple bottom rig.
As Willow Lake warms in spring, check shallow cover and the first drop leading away from it. Summer fishing on Willow Lake is often best along healthy weeds, clean pockets and the windblown side before the water gets too dirty. In fall, follow cooling water and moving bait toward points, green weeds and wind-hit banks at Willow Lake.
Make the first trip to Willow Lake easy to read by fishing one shallow spot, one nearby drop and one piece of cover, then return to the type of water that gives the first solid bite.
Start Willow Lake along a clean weed edge or a small change in depth, especially on the windblown side.
A good first choice on Willow Lake is a spoon or spinner; change its depth before replacing everything in the box.
Pick one section of Willow Lake and test shallow cover, a nearby drop and open water before making a long move.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.