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thats alot of good info thanks

FYI---You can only use one line on designated trout lakes.

Good reminder. Was not aware. Assume you could fish two poles in WI trout lakes since you can fish two poles in trout streams and lakes during the regular season?

Good reminder about the number of lines allowed in winter. I believe square lake is considered a "lake with special regulations" and not a designated trout lake. So I'm assuming 2 lines is legal there?

Was at library today and found a book titled "Fly Fishing Minnesota's Trout Lakes." First half of the book is fly fishing advice. Second half gives details of close to 100 trout lakes. Each page covers a trout lake, in alphabetical order. This gives you GPS coordinates and Delorme Gazetter location as well as detailed directions, lake acre size, max depth, types of trout etc.

So I looked up the three I fished over 4th of July weekend. Interesting that the max depths were 11', 13', and 15'. So shallow! Assume that these lakes could get winter kill because of this, especially a long cold winter?

Looking to eat some delicious splake. Several locals swore to me that they would take a splake dinner over a walleye dinner hand's down.

Luckily I ran into a local who told me about such a lake. You have to hike in about 1/4 mile to get and am told it rarely gets fished, not even the locals bother.

A lake with a max depth of 11, 13 or 15 feet that holds trout is most likely spring fed, otherwise it would get too warm in the summer. I don't think very many spring fed lakes winterkill, but I might be wrong.

That is what I'm thinking yet I know a two lakes are not. Also I was catching 12" brook trout in 72 degree water. More resilient than I thought. Once you are above 1000 ft sea level I think it may stay cold enough even with minimal spring seeps. Trout live in the shady undercut alder banks during the day.

1/4 mile doesn't seem that far to go when it comes to trout

The cold water is not the only key to a lake for trout, it is the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. Learned that in my college Biology class.

we cross country ski 5 miles to our trout fishing lake. and fyi trout fishing in the bwca opens up january first this year unlike last year