Upper Steve Creek Flowage

This Taylor County water is Upper Steve Creek Flowage, a reservoir with the current inventory showing about 138 acres and a maximum depth of 8 feet, so you know roughly what you are getting into before loading the boat or walking the bank.

Start with the basics

I would make the first trip about learning the water, not conquering it with a simple look at shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank and once one type of water shows life, I would look for more of the same.

What you can fish for

For this exact water, the recorded fish are Black Crappie, Bluegill, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; so the first trip would at least account for weeds and easy cover for panfish and weed lines and baitfish areas for pike or musky, and avoid chasing a totally different kind of fishing without a reason.

Keeping the first trip simple

If a buddy asked me how to start on Upper Steve Creek Flowage, I would start with obvious fish-holding water and let actual bites tell me whether to stay or move, and I would pull up the current Wisconsin fishing regulations before leaving home.