Up in Bayfield County, Flakefjord Lake is a lake with the available record putting it at about 10 acres and a maximum depth of 17 feet, and that is a much better place to start than pretending every lake fishes the same.
The basic picture
| County | Bayfield County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 10 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 17 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 5 |
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I would rather get two useful clues than make twenty random stops with most of my time going to the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before I started running around looking for something better.
What anglers can target
The current fish list for Flakefjord Lake includes Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; which keeps me focused on weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and then let the actual bites decide what comes next.
How I would spend the first few hours
Before I made the drive to Flakefjord Lake, I would make the day about finding one repeatable clue instead of collecting waypoints, then I would check the current Wisconsin rules before the first cast.
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