Muskie

Sawyer County has been a good muskie destination for years and it continues to be a solid muskie destination today. There are so many lakes in the area with muskie available in them. While most of these lakes would be considered action lakes with very few big fish, there are plenty of big fish in the area too. Below, we listed the larger lakes first, but don’t rule out some of the smaller lakes. Some of the small to medium-sized lakes are known for offering some very good bass and muskie fishing.

Larger Lakes

Chippewa Flowage

The Chippewa Flowage is one of the best bodies of water to fish in all of Wisconsin. It is a premier fishery for many different species of fish. Anglers target muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish on the flowage. Largemouth bass and northern pike have been showing up in better numbers, especially in the clearer, weedier western basin. The smallmouth fishery has become outstanding in the darker, river-connected waters of the eastern basin. Walleye have always been here in good numbers, however, the flowage is known for its abundance of smaller walleye.

This is a unique fishery because it fishes like a big water destination, but most of the lake is protected well, so you can fish the majority of this lake with a smaller boat with no problems. A bigger, faster boat is nice to get you around the lake faster, but if you have a smaller boat, you can have a blast here too.

The Chippewa Flowage is also home to the world record muskie that weighed in at 69 pounds and 11 ounces. There are plenty of places to stay on this body of water and many fishing guides are available to help you have a better fishing trip.

Lac Courte Oreilles

Lac Courte Oreilles is a 5,139 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 90 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from 3 public boat landings. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, northern pike are abundant in this lake. Muskie, walleye, smallmouth bass and panfish are common in the lake. Largemouth bass are listed as present. The water is very clear.

Round Lake

Round Lake is a 3,294 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 74 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from 3 public boat landings. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye are abundant in this lake. Panfish are common in the lake. Northern pike and muskie are listed as present.

Grindstone Lake

Grindstone Lake is a 3,176 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 60 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from 2 public boat landings. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in this lake. Muskie, northern pike and smallmouth bass are common in the lake. Largemouth bass and panfish are listed as present.

Moose Lake

Moose Lake is a 1,559 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 21 feet. Fish include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, muskie, walleye and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie and walleye are abundant in the lake while smallmouth bass and panfish are considered common. Largemouth bass are listed as present. The water is moderately clear.

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. Anglers fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, muskie and panfish.

Learn more about fishing the Quiet Lakes.

Spider Lake Chain of Lakes

The Spider Chain of Lakes is located 14 miles northeast of Hayward, Wisconsin in Sawyer County. This chain consists of 5 interconnected lakes and are known for being a good fishery for walleye, muskie, bass and panfish.

Tiger Cat Flowage

Tiger Cat Flowage is a 1,012 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 30 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, walleye, largemouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, muskie are abundant in this lake. Largemouth bass and panfish are common in the lake. Walleye are listed as present.

Sand Lake

Sand Lake is a 949 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 50 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in this lake. Muskie and northern pike are common in the lake. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish are listed as present. The water is murky.

Sissabagama Lake

Sissabagama Lake is a 805 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 48 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, walleye are abundant in this lake. Muskie and panfish are common in the lake. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and northern pike are listed as present. The water is murky.

Whitefish Lake

Whitefish Lake is a 800 acre lake located in Sawyer County. It has a maximum depth of 105 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. Muskie, walleye, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are common in the lake. Trout and panfish are listed as present. The lake’s water is moderately clear.

Smaller Lakes

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.

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.

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.

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. Fish include muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and panfish.

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.

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.

Spider Lake Chain of Lakes

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.