Johnson Lake

For anglers around Washburn County, Johnson Lake is a local lake and the published measurements are about 18 acres and a maximum depth of 9 feet, so you can decide whether to fish it slow or break the day into a few different areas.

The kind of water this is

I would rather fish a handful of good-looking spots well with the first real effort focused on the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach and that is usually enough to tell you whether to stay shallow or start looking farther out.

The fishing side of the page

I do not have a clean exact-water species list for Johnson Lake right now; that keeps the page honest, even if it means there is less to say right now, and and keep everything else in reserve until i need it.

A laid-back first trip

If I wanted the first trip to Johnson Lake to actually teach me something, I would fish what is in front of me instead of trying to make the lake match an old report, and I would read the current Wisconsin rules once before the trip so there are no surprises.