Fishing

Fish Trap Lake has always been known for its great fishing with walleye, crappie,and large mouth bass its most abundant species. Walleyes are stocked by the Department of Natural Resources yearly, average size being two pounds and five to six pounds being very common. Bass in the four pound class are common with some six plus pounders caught each year. The Crappie population is very healthy on Fish Trap as well, with frequent catches of 1.5 to 2 pound fish found in a net with a full limit. Northern Pike are easily found by trolling or by casting with spoons; a successful slot limit on northerns has raised their overall size over the last three years.  If you want advice on where to fish for any species, we can point you in the right direction!  Fishing guide services are available in the area, as well (see link at the bottom of this page for one such service).  Below are some of the fish we actually managed to photograph this season so far. Click on the Fishing Archive link below to see more pictures from the last couple of years!
Fishing Archive
 

Wow!  That's a huge crappie!  Caught end of May

Nice 4lb, 10oz northern!  Caught August 1st, 2007
First place winner in the "Kid's Off-the-Dock Fishing Contest" July 31st--way to go girl!

Just more proof of why we call him the Crappie King

Nice stringer, kids!  Great work!  Caught July 14, 2008

Nice walleye catch!   May 19, 2007
Got crappie?
A muskie??!  On Fish Trap?!  This 43 inch monster was caught this past August.  A rare event on this lake...

One of the biggest walleye we've seen off this lake at over 12lb. and 30 inches long!  Caught June '07

Nice large mouth caught week of June 9th
First walleyes caught of the season May 15, 2008

Now, those are huge sunnies! June 13

Three nice ones in 2 days!  June 14, 2007
Looks like the kids are catching up to the adults for great catches...
 

Dems some good lookin' large mouth bass!

 

 
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