Butterfly Lake

Butterfly Lake is a lake in Vilas County with the water profile currently listing about 0.7 acres; a dependable maximum depth is not in the current record, so you can get the scale of the place before you ever make a cast.

What this lake is like

I would rather learn one piece of this water than rush through ten and the first places I would give a fair shot are the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before I let one slow spot convince me the whole lake is dead.

What swims here

I do not have enough solid fish data for Butterfly Lake to name a target with confidence; i would rather give you a short honest page than a long one full of guesses, and and then let the actual bites decide what comes next.

A simple way to approach it

For an uncomplicated day on Butterfly Lake, I would bring a couple of dependable baits, fish the best-looking water I can reach, and pay attention to what the first few bites have in common, then the only homework left is checking the current Wisconsin season, bag, and size rules.