Sawyer County is home to a lot of lakes and many of them are small to mid-sized lakes. On this page we listed most of better fishing lakes in the area that are in that 150 to 500 acre range. The bigger lakes are listed on our Sawyer County larger lakes page. Below, they are listed in alphabetical order.
Barber Lake
Barber Lake is a 138 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 21 feet. Fish include walleye, northern pike, muskie, largemouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in the lake while walleye, muskie and largemouth bass are considered common. Northern pike are listed as present.
Barker Lake
Barker Lake is a 213 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 12 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, muskie and panfish.
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.
Black Dan Lake
Black Dan Lake is a 121 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 37 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in the lake while largemouth bass are considered common. Muskie, northern pike and panfish are listed as present. The water is very clear.
Black Lake
Black Lake is a 133 acre lake located in Ashland, Sawyer Counties. It has a maximum depth of 17 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, northern pike, muskie, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie and largemouth bass are common in the lake while northern pike, walleye and panfish are listed as present.
Blaisdell Lake
Blaisdell Lake is a 341 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 19 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are common in the lake while all the other species are listed as present.
Blueberry Lake
Blueberry Lake is a 292 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 29 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass are abundant in the lake while walleye and panfish are considered common.
Burns Lake
Burns Lake is a 41 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 9 feet. Fish include muskie, walleye, largemouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie and panfish are common in this lake. Walleye are largemouth bass are listed as present.
Connors Lake
Connors Lake is a 410 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 82 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in the lake while muskie, smallmouth bass and panfish are considered common. Largemouth bass are listed as present. The water is moderately clear.
Deer Lake
Deer Lake is a 420 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 18 feet. Fish include northern pike and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish and northern pike are common in this lake.
Durphee Lake
Durphee Lake is a 198 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 16 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in the lake while largemouth bass are considered common. Smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye are listed as present.
Fishtrap Lake
Fishtrap Lake is a 263 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 11 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, northern pike, muskie, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in the lake while largemouth bass and muskie are considered common. Walleye and northern pike are listed as present.
Hayward Lake
Hayward Lake is a 191 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 17 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, trout and panfish. According to the DNR, northern pike are abundant in this lake. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish are common in the lake. Muskie, trout and walleye are listed as present.
Lake Placid
Lake Placid is a 178 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 30 feet. Fish include muskie, walleye, largemouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie, largemouth bass and panfish are common in this lake. Walleye are listed as present. The lake’s water is moderately clear.
Lake of the Pines
Lake of the Pines is a 273 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 39 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, muskie, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass, walleye and panfish are common in the lake while muskie are listed as present. The water is murky.
Lower Clam Lake
Lower Clam Lake is a 214 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 30 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye, smallmouth bass, muskie and panfish are common in the lake while largemouth bass are listed as present. The water is murky.
Mason & Evergreen Lakes
Mason & Evergreen Lakes are a pair of smaller lakes that receive less fishing pressure than many of the bigger, popular lakes in the area. However, the fishing can be quite good here, especially if you can venture from Mason Lake into Evergreen Lake. The canal that leads back in Evergreen Lake can be challenging to get through depending on your boat and the current water levels. Ideally, it’s a great place to venture back into with smaller rowboats, canoes, kayaks or inflatables. Most anglers do report that the fishing is better in Evergreen Lake, but both lakes have fishable populations of several different species of fish.
Mason Lake
Mason Lake is a 197 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 39 feet. Fish include muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in the lake while muskie are common. Largemouth bass and panfish are listed as present. Smallmouth bass weren’t listed on here, but there are survey efforts done by the DNR that do show a small population of smallmouth bass available as well.
Evergreen Lake
Evergreen Lake is a 204 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 25 feet. Fish include muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie and walleye are common in the lake while largemouth bass and panfish are listed as present. Smallmouth bass weren’t listed on here, but there are survey efforts done by the DNR that do show a small population of smallmouth bass available as well.
Mud & Callahan Lakes
Mud & Callahan Lakes are two lakes with easy access to get between the two, so they fish more like one decent-sized lake rather than 2 different, smaller lakes. Anglers catch largemouth bass, muskie, walleye and panfish in these lakes.
Mud Lake
Mud Lake is a 464 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 15 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, walleye, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass are abundant in the lake while walleye, muskie and panfish are listed as present.
Callahan Lake
Callahan Lake is a 138 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 18 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, walleye, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie, largemouth bass and panfish are common in the lake while walleye are listed as present.
Osprey Lake
Osprey Lake is a 214 acre lake located in Sawyer County . It has a maximum depth of 32 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, muskie and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass, walleye and panfish are common in the lake while northern pike, smallmouth bass and panfish are listed as present.
Pacwawong Lake
Pacwawong Lake is a 148 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 6 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskie, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish are common in the lake while smallmouth bass, walleye and muskie are listed as present.
Quiet Lakes
Lost Land Lake, Teal Lake, and Ghost Lake make up the Quiet Lakes. These lakes are located in the Hayward, Wisconsin area and they stand out from the other lakes in this area because they have a 10 mph speed limit, but no motor size limit, so you can have use your boat with a big motor, but you just can’t go over 10 mph on the lake. This prohibits waterskiing and jet skiing, which makes these lakes much quieter and calmer. It’s a great place to enjoy some excellent fishing without the big wakes from other boaters, although, it is going to take you a little longer to cover water and fish different spots.
Learn more about fishing the Quiet Lakes.
Radisson Flowage
Radisson Flowage is a 178 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 12 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskie, walleye, sturgeon, catfish and panfish. According to the DNR, all of the species of fish are listed as present in the lake.
Smith Lake
Smith Lake is a 326 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 29 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, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass and panfish are considered common in this lake.
Spring Lake
Spring Lake is a 202 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 18 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, largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish are considered common in this lake and walleye are listed as present.
Totagatic Flowage
Totagatic Flowage is a 453 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 12 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, largemouth bass and northern pike are common in this lake. Walleye and panfish are listed as present.
Winter Lake (Price Flowage)
Winter Lake (Price Flowage) is a 257 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 22 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from multiple public boat landings. Fish include muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie are abundant in the lake while largemouth bass are considered common. Walleye, smallmouth bass and panfish are listed as present.
