Lost Lake

Lost Lake is a Wisconsin lake located in Oneida County with a published profile of about 160 acres and a maximum depth of 18 feet, so you can decide whether to fish it slow or break the day into a few different areas.

The first things worth knowing

I would start broad, then slow down once something starts making sense by making an honest pass along shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank before I started digging through the tackle box for a magic answer.

What the current record shows

The species currently tied to Lost Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; which gives me a good reason to start with weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and save the extra tackle until there is a reason to use it.

How I would fish it

For somebody fishing Lost Lake for the first time, I would pick a small part of the lake and try to understand it before worrying about everything else, and I would read the current Wisconsin rules once before the trip so there are no surprises.