Northern pike are very common in many of the lakes in Washburn County. Most of the lakes will have solid largemouth bass and pike in them, but the average size pike will be smaller. Expect to catch a lot of pike in the 18 to 24″ range in this area. However, if you put the time in and target bigger fish, you can find many different lakes in this county that are home to pike up to and above the 30 inch range with some bigger fish too.
Balsam Lake
Balsam Lake is a 325 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 49 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Bear Lake
Bear Lake is a 1348 acre lake located in Washburn, Barron Counties. It has a maximum depth of 87 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Big Bass Lake
Big Bass Lake is a 201 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 27 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Big Devil Lake
Big Devil Lake is a 166 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 74.5 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike & walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Birch Lake
Birch Lake is a 364 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 73 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from 2 public boat landings. Fish include northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye are common in this lake and smallmouth bass are listed as present.
Cable Lake
Cable Lake is a 179 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 24 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike & walleye. According to the DNR, panfish and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Casey Lake
Casey Lake is a 240 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 27 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Dunn Lake
Dunn Lake is a 181 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 39 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Ellsworth Lake
Ellsworth Lake is a 161 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 6 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, northern pike are abundant and largemouth bass are common in this lake.
Gilmore Lake
Gilmore Lake is a 371 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 36 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike & walleye. According to the DNR, northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Gull Lake
Gull Lake is a 518 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 19 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Horseshoe Lake
Horseshoe Lake is a 177 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 21 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike and largemouth bass are common as well.
Island Lake
Island Lake is a 252 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 44 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike are common in the lake.
Lake Nancy
Lake Nancy is a 757 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 39 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Long Lake
Long Lake is a 3478 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 74 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from 4 public boat landings. Fish include northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, northern pike are abundant in this lake. Walleye, largemouth bass and panfish are common and smallmouth bass are listed as present. The lake’s water clarity is low.
Lower McKenzie Lake
Lower McKenzie Lake is a 206 acre lake located in Washburn, Burnett Counties. It has a maximum depth of 17 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Matthews Lake
Matthews Lake is a 267 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 26 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish and largemouth bass are abundant in this lake. Muskie, northern pike and walleye are common in the lake.
McKenzie Lake
McKenzie Lake is a 1129 acre lake located in Washburn, Burnett Counties. It has a maximum depth of 71 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and sturgeon. According to the DNR, muskie, northern pike and walleye are abundant in this lake. Panfish and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Middle McKenzie Lake
Middle McKenzie Lake is a 527 acre lake located in Burnett, Washburn Counties. It has a maximum depth of 45 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye are common in the lake.
Minong Flowage
Minong Flowage is a 1587 acre lake located in Douglas, Washburn Counties. It has a maximum depth of 21 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in this lake. Panfish and northern pike are considered common in the lake.
Pokegama Lake
Pokegama Lake is a 465 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 23 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Potato Lake
Potato Lake is a 224 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 20 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, northern pike are abundant in this lake. Largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Ripley Lake
Ripley Lake is a 184 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 27 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Sand Lake
Sand Lake is a 210 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 9 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Shell Lake
Shell Lake is a 2513 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 36 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, smallmouth bass and walleye are abundant in this lake. Muskie and panfish are common in the lake.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a 188 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 28 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish and largemouth bass are abundant in this lake. Northern pike are common in the lake.
Slim Lake
Slim Lake is a 210 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 42 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Spider Lake
Spider Lake is a 181 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 49 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye.
Spooner Lake
Spooner Lake is a 1132 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 17 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish and northern pike are abundant in this lake. Largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Spring Lake
Spring Lake is a 204 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 24 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Stone Lake
Stone Lake is a 490 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 49 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, smallmouth bass and walleye are abundant in this lake. Panfish and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Totagatic Flowage
Totagatic Flowage is a 453 acre lake located in Sawyer, Washburn Counties. It has a maximum depth of 12 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, northern pike and largemouth bass are common in the lake.
Tranus Lake
Tranus Lake is a 166 acre lake located in Washburn County. It has a maximum depth of 12 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish and northern pike. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Northern pike are common in the lake.
Best Baits for Northern Pike
Northern pike are known for eating just about everything they can get the mouths on and there is definitely some truth to that. For the most part, if it swims, pike may eat it. There are some baits that definitely will catch more pike than others though. Spinners, crankbaits, spoons, swimbaits and soft plastics are some of the best lures for targeting pike. Live baits such as minnows and perch are great baits too.
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Best Rigs for Northern Pike
There are many different rigs you can use for northern pike, however, since pike are so aggressive, you really don’t need to use as many of them as you would if you were trying to get good at largemouth bass fishing. For most situations, you can keep it real simple with a jighead and a minnow or soft plastic bait. To learn about some of the rigs that you can use, take a look at our best rigs for northern pike page.
Best Techniques for Northern Pike
Anglers catch pike with many different techniques. Casting, trolling and drifting are most popular ways to target pike, but there are some other methods that also work well too.
To learn more, take a look at our best techniques for northern pike page.
Learn More About Northern Pike
Our northern pike fishing section has tons of tips on the best lures, live baits, where to catch them and how to catch them.
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