Yellow River Flowage

Yellow River Flowage is a named reservoir in Washburn County with the latest inventory showing about 85 acres and a maximum depth of 17 feet, so you can decide whether to fish it slow or break the day into a few different areas.

A quick look at the water

I would keep the first trip pretty simple with the first real effort focused on shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank and that is usually enough to tell you whether to stay shallow or start looking farther out.

Recorded fish species

On the species side, Yellow River Flowage currently has Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Walleye, and Yellow Perch on record; so I would spend the first serious effort on weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and points, breaks, and wind-pushed edges for walleye, and save the extra tackle until there is a reason to use it.

My basic approach

If we were fishing Yellow River Flowage together, I would fish what is in front of me instead of trying to make the lake match an old report, and I would read the current Wisconsin rules once before the trip so there are no surprises.