Lac Courte Oreilles fishing: Muskellunge, Walleye, Brown Trout
Target species: Muskellunge, Walleye, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at LCO Drive Boat Landing.
The lake
Lac Courte Oreilles covers 5,130 acres in Wisconsin, across Sawyer County. It is a lake. Our records hold 4 species for this water.
Stocking: 76,929,923 fish, 1992–2025
Wisconsin DNR records list 76,929,923 fish released into this water from 1992 to 2025.
- Walleye: 70,812,904 in 2000–2025
- Muskellunge: 6,116,484 in 1987–2024
- Brown Trout: 535 in 1983–1989
4 target fish, led by Muskellunge
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 8.3–16 feet on our readings, averaging 12 feet, from 1,667 readings. Our water temperature readings average 64°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 42°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 68°F. pH averages 7.8. These readings span 2016–2025.
3 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 3 boat ramps.
- LCO Drive Boat Landing — Town Of Bass Lake, Town of Bass Lake. phone 715-634-8469
- Lac Courte Oreilles Access — Town Of Bass Lake, Property Manager. phone (715) 634-9658 Ext. 3520
- Victory Heights Landing — Town Of Sand Lake, Town of Sand Lake. phone 715-222-9375
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 5,130 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
