Picnic Lake belongs to Chippewa County and is listed as a lake with the current lake record giving us about 26 acres and a maximum depth of 62 feet, so there is no need to dress the lake up with a bunch of made-up detail.
Before you start fishing
| County | Chippewa County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 26 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 62 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 5 |
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I would spend more time watching the water than changing baits with a little time spent on the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach and I would keep whatever works instead of changing it just because the next spot looks different.
The fish list
The fish currently listed for Picnic Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; so I would build the first part of the day around weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and keep the day practical and easy to change.
What I would try before anything fancy
If this were my day on Picnic Lake, I would fish a few sensible areas, remember where the life is, and stop forcing a pattern that is not there, then I would make one last stop at the Wisconsin DNR rules before calling the trip ready.
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