Potato Creek Flowage is a Rusk County water listed as a lake and the physical record currently shows about 25 acres; a dependable maximum depth is not in the current record, which is enough to know whether you are dealing with a quick little water or a full-day lake.
What you are dealing with
| County | Rusk County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 25 acres |
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| Maximum depth | Not reliably published |
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| Recorded fish | 0 |
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For a new-to-me lake like this, simple beats clever and I would make the opening plan about the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before I let one slow spot convince me the whole lake is dead.
Fish tied to this lake
The fish record for Potato Creek Flowage needs better exact-water evidence; so if a certain species is the whole reason for the trip, i would verify it with a current exact-water source first, and without making the day more complicated than it needs to be.
How I would keep it simple
If I were headed to Potato Creek Flowage tomorrow, I would give the easy-to-read cover and depth changes a fair shot before trying anything fancy, then the only homework left is checking the current Wisconsin season, bag, and size rules.
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