Murdock Lake

For anglers around Polk County, Murdock Lake is a local lake with the current inventory showing about 15 acres; a dependable maximum depth is not in the current record, so you know roughly what you are getting into before loading the boat or walking the bank.

The kind of water this is

I would rather fish a handful of good-looking spots well with a simple look at the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach and once one type of water shows life, I would look for more of the same.

The fishing side of the page

I do not have a clean exact-water species list for Murdock Lake right now; the lack of a fish list is a data gap, not an invitation to fill it with assumptions, and while still keeping the first trip pretty relaxed.

A laid-back first trip

If I wanted the first trip to Murdock Lake to actually teach me something, I would rather learn one shoreline, bay, point, or break than spend the whole day running around, and I would pull up the current Wisconsin fishing regulations before leaving home.