Upper Spirit Lake

For anglers around Barron County, Upper Spirit Lake is a local lake and the best current size-and-depth record is about 16 acres and a maximum depth of 6 feet, so you know roughly what you are getting into before loading the boat or walking the bank.

The kind of water this is

I would rather fish a handful of good-looking spots well by giving the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach more than a couple of throwaway casts and once one type of water shows life, I would look for more of the same.

The fishing side of the page

I do not have a clean exact-water species list for Upper Spirit Lake right now; if better exact-water fish records show up, this is the section that should get updated first, and while still keeping the first trip pretty relaxed.

A laid-back first trip

If I wanted the first trip to Upper Spirit Lake to actually teach me something, I would make a short plan, fish it honestly, and change areas only when the water gives me a reason, and I would pull up the current Wisconsin fishing regulations before leaving home.