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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Wisconsin

16 Wisconsin waters hold white bass & hybrids, 3 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. 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. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Lake Winnebago — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
2. Lake Butte des Morts — 8 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
3. Petenwell Flowage — 44 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
4. Lake Wisconsin — 24 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger
5. Lake Mendota — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
6. Castle Rock Flowage — 35 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
7. Big Green Lake — 236 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
8. Lake Poygan — 11 ft max · Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
9. Lake Koshkonong — 7 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
10. Wolf River — 10 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
11. Lake Monona — 74 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
12. Lake Kegonsa — 32 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
13. Lower Wisconsin River — 12 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Channel Catfish
14. Wisconsin River (Dells) — 12 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger, Crappie
15. St. Croix River — 15 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Muskellunge
16. Fox River (Lower) — 14 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Muskellunge

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Wisconsin

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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