Fishing

The Flambeau River offers unlimited opportunities for musky, walleye and smallmouth bass. Musky are fished by using buck tails and large crank baits. For walleye and smallmouth use small spinners, rapalas and jigs tipped with live bait. Look for these species by deep pools, eddies and the edge of weed lines. Rocks also make excellent spots to fish small mouths.

Connors Lake and Lake of the Pines are good fishing lakes with walleye, bass, musky, northern pike and panfish present.

For anglers looking for a trophy musky, Connors is the lake to fish. Connors is a deep, clear lake that has a 90 ft. hole and an average depth of 40 ft. Walleye are the primary fish with a good population of small mouth bass, perch and bluegill also present. Try for walleye along the west shore in the fallen timber, using slipbobbers or jigs with live bait. Rock bars and weed lines are good on both lakes using these same techniques.

Lake of the Pines has a good population of musky, walleye, northern pike and an excellent population of panfish—especially crappie.

Baits most frequently used in the two lakes are jigs, spinners, spoons and crank baits. Live baits used are leeches, minnows and crawlers.

Bass Lake is a little gem of a lake about three miles off Hwy. W on Tower Hill Road. Camping and boat motors are not allowed on this lake. Boats must be walked in. Largemouth bass and bluegills are the two main species fished. Try flyrod fishing for “gills” using poppers or flies. Or you might try using ultralight rods with worms and small leeches. For largemouth bass use weedless crank baits, spinners and jigs tipped with a piece of crawler.

Trout anglers can find native brook trout in just about every creek that empties into the Flambeau River. The two most well-known trout streams in the forest are Price Creek and Hackett Creek. Use worms or crawlers to bait these fish. Flyrods can be used in portions of the creek. Tiny spinners are also excellent at certain times of the year.