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Best brook trout lakes in Wisconsin

70 Wisconsin waters hold brook trout. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Kinnickinnic River — 7 ft max · Brown Trout, Brook Trout
2. Bois Brule River — 6 ft max · Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
3. Eau Claire River Flowage — 22 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
4. Big Lake — 7 ft max · Northern Pike, Brook Trout
5. Weber Lake — 39 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
6. Fallison Lake — 43 ft max · Brook Trout
7. Patterson Lake — 34 ft max · Brook Trout
8. Cedar Lake — 10 ft max · Northern Pike, Brook Trout
9. Bergen Springs — 4 ft max · Brook Trout
10. Fisher Lake — 42 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
11. Beaver Lake — 39 ft max · Brook Trout
12. Plunkett Lake — 35 ft max · Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
13. White River Flowage — 26 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Afterglow Lake — 40 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
15. Kaine Lake — 5 ft max · Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
16. Kitty Springs — 5 ft max · Brook Trout
17. Sells Lake — 5 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Muskellunge
18. Upper Aimer Lake — 14 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
19. Goodyear Springs — 8 ft max · Brook Trout
20. Allequash Springs — 9 ft max · Brook Trout
21. Randall Lake — 6 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
22. Riley Lake — 38 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
23. Berg Lake — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
24. Beaver Lake — 10 ft max · Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
25. Lucius Lake — 7 ft max · Northern Pike, Brook Trout

…plus 45 more Wisconsin waters holding brook trout.

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When to fish brook trout in Wisconsin

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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