Sugar Maple Lake

Sugar Maple Lake is a lake in Vilas County and the water facts we have show about 141 acres and a maximum depth of 46 feet, so you can get the scale of the place before you ever make a cast.

What this lake is like

I would rather learn one piece of this water than rush through ten and I would build the day around shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank before I started running around looking for something better.

What swims here

Species already recorded for Sugar Maple Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, and Yellow Perch; which gives me something real to work with around weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and then let the actual bites decide what comes next.

A simple way to approach it

For an uncomplicated day on Sugar Maple Lake, I would start with obvious fish-holding water and let actual bites tell me whether to stay or move, and I would still look at the current Wisconsin regulations before fishing.