For anglers around Vilas County, Mystery Lake is a local lake with the water profile currently listing about 17 acres and a maximum depth of 7 feet, so you know roughly what you are getting into before loading the boat or walking the bank.
The kind of water this is
| County | Vilas County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 17 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 7 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 5 |
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I would rather fish a handful of good-looking spots well and the first places I would give a fair shot are the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before changing five things at once and losing track of what actually mattered.
The fishing side of the page
The fish tied to this exact Mystery Lake record include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; which makes it reasonable to try weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and stay flexible if the water tells me something else.
A laid-back first trip
If I wanted the first trip to Mystery Lake to actually teach me something, I would bring a couple of dependable baits, fish the best-looking water I can reach, and pay attention to what the first few bites have in common, then I would double-check seasons and limits because the fish list on this page is not the rule book.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.