Balsam Creek Flowage sits in Sawyer County and is listed as a reservoir and its basic numbers come out to about 21 acres; a dependable maximum depth is not in the current record, so you know roughly what you are getting into before loading the boat or walking the bank.
The useful basics
| County | Sawyer County, WI |
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| Water type | Reservoir |
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| Surface area | 21 acres |
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| Maximum depth | Not reliably published |
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| Recorded fish | 0 |
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On a first visit, I would make a short list of places to try with my first few stops centered on the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach and once one type of water shows life, I would look for more of the same.
Fish you may run into
The exact-water fish list for Balsam Creek Flowage is not complete enough to lean on yet; for now, i would fish what the water shows me and verify species before making a species-specific trip, and and see which part of the list actually shows up that day.
How I would break it down
If I wanted to learn Balsam Creek Flowage without overdoing it, I would pick a small part of the lake and try to understand it before worrying about everything else, and I would pull up the current Wisconsin fishing regulations before leaving home.
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