Sugarbush Lake

Polk County is home to Sugarbush Lake, a mapped lake and the water facts we have show about 15 acres; a dependable maximum depth is not in the current record, so you can get the scale of the place before you ever make a cast.

A simple read on the lake

I would let the first few spots tell me what kind of day it is going to be and I would build the day around the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before I started running around looking for something better.

The species on record

I cannot give you a trustworthy species list for Sugarbush Lake from the current data; before i planned around a specific fish, i would check the latest exact-water dnr information, and and then let the actual bites decide what comes next.

What I would do first

If I were putting together a simple plan for Sugarbush Lake, I would keep one shallow option and one deeper option ready so the day does not depend on a single idea, and I would still look at the current Wisconsin regulations before fishing.