Gilbert Lake belongs to Waushara County and is listed as a lake with the latest inventory showing about 139 acres and a maximum depth of 65 feet, so at least you are starting with real numbers instead of guessing from a map.
Before you start fishing
| County | Waushara County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 139 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 65 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 8 |
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I would spend more time watching the water than changing baits by spending the early part of the day on shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank because a few careful stops usually teach you more than a pile of random casts.
The fish list
The fish currently listed for Gilbert Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, and Yellow Perch; and that gives me a simple starting point with weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and points, breaks, and wind-pushed edges for walleye, and see what actually shows up before changing directions.
What I would try before anything fancy
If this were my day on Gilbert Lake, I would fish what is in front of me instead of trying to make the lake match an old report, and I would make sure the current Wisconsin fishing regulations do not add a special rule for this water.
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