Bertom Lake

Grant County is home to Bertom Lake, a mapped lake with the water profile currently listing no dependable acreage or maximum-depth figure in the current record, and those numbers are a useful reality check before you start making a fishing plan.

A simple read on the lake

I would let the first few spots tell me what kind of day it is going to be and the first places I would give a fair shot are a few easy-to-read spots that give me different depths or kinds of cover and I would take a couple of bites in one type of water over a dozen pretty spots with no life.

The species on record

I cannot give you a trustworthy species list for Bertom Lake from the current data; until we have better data, i would keep species claims off the page, and and let current conditions sort out the details.

What I would do first

If I were putting together a simple plan for Bertom Lake, I would keep the tackle simple, pick a manageable section, and let the first signs of fish decide the next move, then I would confirm the current rules before the first fish ever comes over the side.