This Vilas County water is Lake Seventeen, a lake and the current record puts it at about 61 acres and a maximum depth of 8 feet, which gives you a decent picture of what kind of day on the water you are planning.
Start with the basics
| County | Vilas County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 61 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 8 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 5 |
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I would make the first trip about learning the water, not conquering it with a short rotation through shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank and I would pay more attention to where the first bite comes from than what lure caught it.
What you can fish for
For this exact water, the recorded fish are Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; so I would pack with weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and leave room to adjust if the first idea is wrong.
Keeping the first trip simple
If a buddy asked me how to start on Lake Seventeen, I would spend less time changing lures and more time noticing depth, cover, water color, and where bait is showing, and I would check the current regulations before keeping anything.
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