Wisconsin Fishing Guide

Fishing in Polk County, Wisconsin

County seat: Balsam Lake  ·  Population: 44,205  ·  286 lakes, 3 guides

St. Croix River, Balsam Lake, and over 200 lakes. Apple River. Musky, walleye, and bass in northwest Wisconsin's lake-rich country.

Lakes in Polk County (286)

Alabama Lake (Long)
131.8 acres
Andrus Lake (Little Round)
30.1 acres
Antler Lake (Pine)
94 acres
Apple River Flowage
604.5 acres
Aspen Lake
13.6 acres
Badger Lake
10 acres
Baker Lake
20.7 acres
Baker Lake
13.2 acres
Balsam Lake
1,901.5 acres
Barbo Lake
43.5 acres
Bass Lake
14.4 acres
Bass Lake
111.4 acres
Bass Lake (Sterling)
79 acres
Basswood Lake (Bass)
28 acres
Bear Lake
149.6 acres
Bear Trap Lake
247.4 acres
Beautiful Lake
30.2 acres
Big Blake Lake (Blake)
208.1 acres
Big Butternut Lake
384.5 acres
Big Lake
244.7 acres
Big Round Lake
1,013.7 acres
Black Brook Flowage
98 acres
Blom Lake
212.1 acres
Bone Lake T32nr16w S27
38.2 acres
Bone Lake T35n R16w S06
1,666.6 acres
Briar Lake
11 acres
Bridget Lake (Mud)
96.2 acres
Brusher Lake
66.7 acres
Camelia Lake
61.8 acres
Camp Douglas Lake
10.3 acres
Camp Lake
17.3 acres
Cedar Lake
1,120.4 acres
Center Lake (Big)
64.7 acres
Chain Lakes
13.2 acres
Chelstrom Lake
48.2 acres
Clam Falls Flowage
127 acres
Clara Lake
55.7 acres
Clarey Lake (Twin)
32.5 acres
Clear Lake
30 acres
Clover Lake
29.8 acres
Coon Lake
42.2 acres
Crescent Lake (Pickerel)
15 acres
Crooked Lake
13.3 acres
Dace Lake (Mud)
14 acres
Dahl Lake
32.9 acres
Deedon Lake
33.7 acres
Deer Lake
785.5 acres
Deer Lake (T36n R15w S23-13)
14.3 acres
Denny Lake
13.3 acres
Deronda Lake
16.2 acres
Diamond Lake
114.2 acres
Dinger Lake
14 acres
Duck Lake
20.1 acres
East Lake T34n R16w S18(Volga)
82.8 acres
East Lake T35n R17w S33
17.4 acres
Elkins Lake
38.2 acres
Ember Lake
11.9 acres
Evergreen Lake (Deer)
13.8 acres
Fern Lake
14.7 acres
Footes Lake
54.9 acres
Forsythe Lake
43.5 acres
Fountain Lake
35.2 acres
Freedom Lakes
101.8 acres
Freedom Lakes
51.5 acres
French Lake
19.9 acres
Garfield Lake (Big Horseshoe)
127 acres
Gibson Lake
42 acres
Gilbert Lake
14.4 acres
Glovers Lake
16.4 acres
Godfrey Lake
25.9 acres
Goose Lake
40.7 acres
Grass Lake
19.4 acres
Grass Lake
50.9 acres
Greeley Lake
16.4 acres
Grenquist Lake (Greenquist)
58.5 acres
Grimhs Lake
32.6 acres
Grouse Lake
38.9 acres
Half Moon Lake
550.3 acres
Hamble Lakes (Twin)
14.5 acres
Hatchet Lake
14.1 acres
Hawthorn Lake
10.7 acres
Herby Lake
62.6 acres
Hickory Lake
30.5 acres
Highland Lake
14.2 acres
Horse Lake
221.3 acres
Horseshoe Lake (Jensen)
33.5 acres
Ice Lake
19.5 acres
Indianhead Flowage
413.4 acres
Island Lake
17.9 acres
Island Lake T32n R16w S30
57.5 acres
Jim Lake
27.1 acres
Joe Lake
20.1 acres
Joel Flowage
80.4 acres
Johnson Lake
27.7 acres
Johnson Lake T36n R15w S26
34.5 acres
Kenabee Lake
47.9 acres
King Lake (Pine)
53.4 acres
Kinney Lake
17.8 acres
Knapp Flowage
35 acres
Lake Alice
20.7 acres
Lake O'The Dalles (Thaxter)
25 acres
Lake Round (Dwight)
67.9 acres
Lamont Lake
87.5 acres
Land Lake
10.6 acres
Largon Lake
134.8 acres
Larsen Lake
23.4 acres
Laurel Lake
15.6 acres
Lincoln Lake
12.2 acres
Little Bass Lake
21.8 acres
Little Blake Lake
77.7 acres
Little Butternut Lake
184.6 acres
Little Horseshoe Lake
24.1 acres
Little Horseshoe Lake
42.9 acres
Little Largon Lake
21.1 acres
Little Mirror Lake (Pickerel)
39.3 acres
Little Pine Lake
20.9 acres
Little Round Lake
66.2 acres
Little Ward Lake
16.3 acres
Local Water
10.4 acres
Local Water
10.9 acres
Local Water
17.4 acres
Local Water
28.9 acres
Local Water
42.4 acres
Local Water
17.4 acres
Local Water
11.9 acres
Local Water
12.6 acres
Local Water
10.1 acres
Local Water
11.2 acres
Local Water
16.7 acres
Local Water
12.5 acres
Local Water
25.8 acres
Local Water
19.5 acres
Local Water
10.7 acres
Local Water
12.8 acres
Local Water
36.5 acres
Local Water
10.5 acres
Local Water
25.9 acres
Local Water
10.8 acres
Local Water
42.4 acres
Local Water
13.7 acres
Local Water
21.8 acres
Local Water
17 acres
Local Water
10.2 acres
Local Water
10.2 acres
Local Water
18.8 acres
Local Water
19.5 acres
Local Water
10.3 acres
Local Water
24.5 acres
Local Water
10.9 acres
Local Water
13.8 acres
Local Water
10.2 acres
Local Water
17.8 acres
Local Water
16.2 acres
Local Water
11.5 acres
Local Water
10.1 acres
Local Water
19.1 acres
Local Water
11.6 acres
Local Water
16.4 acres
Local Water
11.3 acres
Local Water
12.3 acres
Local Water
11.2 acres
Local Water
10 acres
Local Water
16.8 acres
Local Water
23.5 acres
Local Water
10.9 acres
Lone Pine Lake
14.7 acres
Long Lake (Helbig)
60.9 acres
Long Lake T32n R16w S27
21.5 acres
Long Lake T34n R17w S06
273.3 acres
Long Trade Lake
150.5 acres
Lost Lake T35n R16w S15
55.7 acres
Lost Lake T35n R17w S24
11.3 acres
Lotus Lake
236.9 acres
Loveless Lake (Bass)
131.5 acres
Lower Pine Lake
96.2 acres
Lykens Lake
20.1 acres
Mackie Lake
41 acres
Magnor Lake (Richardson)
229.4 acres
Manitou Lake
18 acres
Mansen Lake
21.4 acres
Margaret Lake
42.5 acres
Marsh Lake
11.8 acres
Martel Lake
44.4 acres
Mckeith Lake
73.4 acres
Mckenzie Lake
51.6 acres
Mill Pond
20.8 acres
Miller Camp Lake
14.1 acres
Moccasin Lake (Long)
46.7 acres
Mud Lake
24.3 acres
Mud Lake T33n R18w S35
43.1 acres
Mud Lake T34n R15w S01
59.5 acres
Mud Lake T34n R16w S18
11.8 acres
Mud Lake T36n R15w S23
15 acres
Murdock Lake
14.6 acres
Nimon Lake (Niemon)
17.9 acres
North Fish Lake (Fish)
68.2 acres
Omer Lake
18.8 acres
Orr Lake (Ore)
25.6 acres
Osceola Lake
38 acres
Ox Lake
28.6 acres
Palmer Lake
27.6 acres
Park Lake
23.6 acres
Parker Lake
11.2 acres
Paulsen Lake (Alden)
29.2 acres
Paulson Lake
25.1 acres
Peaslee Lake
41 acres
Peaslee Lake
59.5 acres
Pike Lake
148.4 acres
Pine Island Lake
17.6 acres
Pine Lake (Larch)
50 acres
Pine Lake T32n R18w S23
88.1 acres
Pine Lake T36n R16w S24
152.2 acres
Pipe Lake
293.3 acres
Pipe Lake, North
64.5 acres
Pleasant Lake
37.9 acres
Pogo Lake (Big)
22.5 acres
Poplar Lake
116.8 acres
Rice Lake
11.5 acres
Rice Lake (Glenton)
128.8 acres
Rice Lake T32n R18w S11
90.1 acres
Rice Lake T37n R18w S25
56.5 acres
Roger Lake
23.4 acres
Round Lake (Cushing)
37.4 acres
Round Lake (Heath)
20.6 acres
Round Lake T34n R18w S36
14.9 acres
Sand Lake
216.4 acres
Sandhill Lake (Sand)
55.3 acres
Sedge Lake
18.3 acres
Shiloh Flowage
24.7 acres
Silver Lake
29.1 acres
Smith Lake
16.6 acres
Smith Lake
12.1 acres
Snake Lake
15 acres
Snowshoe Lake
16.3 acres
So. Fish Lake
73.1 acres
Somers Lake
103.5 acres
Spur Lake (Little Pine)
59.1 acres
Square Lake
30.9 acres
St Croix River -Folsom Lake
14.5 acres
St Croix River -Lower Lake
25.1 acres
Straight Lake
119.9 acres
Sugarbush Lake
14.8 acres
Summerfield Lake
23.8 acres
Surprise Lake
15.3 acres
Swede Lake
65.5 acres
T Lake
13.5 acres
Tarbert Lake (Tabor,Twin)
41.6 acres
Townline Lake
104.1 acres
Trident Lake (Pine,King)
44.9 acres
Tula Lake
14.9 acres
Twenty-Ninth Lake
33.1 acres
Twin Lake, North
129.1 acres
Twin Lake, South
71.5 acres
Twin Lakes
56.2 acres
Un Lake
11.9 acres
Un Lake
20 acres
Un Lake
13.2 acres
Un Lake
10.6 acres
Un Lake
15.2 acres
Un Lake
12.1 acres
Un Lake
11.9 acres
Un Lake
10.9 acres
Un Lake
14.4 acres
Un Lake
17.4 acres
Un Lake
35.3 acres
Un Lake
14.1 acres
Un Lake
10.7 acres
Un Lake
13.3 acres
Un Lake
17.6 acres
Un Lake
63.6 acres
Unnamed backwaters of the St. Croix River
31.9 acres
Unnamed Lake
92.5 acres
Unnamed Lake
11.4 acres
Unnamed T35n R17w S16-15
18.1 acres
Unnamed T36n R16w S18-01
41.5 acres
Vincent Lake
58.5 acres
Wapogasset Lake
1,188.8 acres
Ward Lake
82.2 acres
White Ash Lake
147.1 acres
White Ash Lake, North
115.8 acres
Wild Goose Lake
189.9 acres
Wind Lake (Round)
39 acres
Wintergreen Lake
40.7 acres
Wolf Lake
75.5 acres
Woodsman Lake (Mud)
32.4 acres
Young Lake
29.5 acres

Trout Streams in Polk County (35)

Behning Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Big Rock Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Bull Brook
Class III Brown Trout
Burns Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Clam River
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Clam River
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Clam River
Class III Brown Trout
Cold Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Cowan Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Friday Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Knapp Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Lagoo Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Little McKenzie Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Markee Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
McKenzie Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
McKenzie Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
McKinley Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Mohnson Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
North Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
North Star Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Orr Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Osceola Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Osceola Creek
Class III Brown Trout
Parker Creek
Class III Brown Trout
Peabody Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Rice Bed Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
South Branch Trade River
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Spencer Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Straight River
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Toby Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Trade River
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Trade River
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Trade River
Class III Brown Trout
Wolf Creek
Class II Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Wolf Creek
Class I Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Fishing Guides in Polk County (3)

Balsam Cabins With Pontoons
Fishing Guide

(715) 600-6406
Paddlefish Adventures
Fishing Guide

(651) 329-2694
Prime Time Guide Service LLC
Fishing Guide

(651) 788-6366

Bait & Tackle Shops (21)

ALCIVIA - Amery Country Store
Amery ★ 4.6
B's Stop In Shop Quality Gift And Smoke Shop
Amery ★ 4.7
Balsam Lake Brewery & Market
Balsam Lake ★ 4.6
Balsam Lake Hardware & Rental
Balsam Lake ★ 4.8
Balsam Lake Pro-Lawn Inc. | Balsam Lake Florist
Balsam Lake ★ 4.8
Balsam Lake Rod & Gun Club - Rifle Range
Centuria ★ 4.4
Balsam Lake Trading Co
Balsam Lake ★ 5
Blacksmith Shop Bar & Grill
Balsam Lake ★ 4.3
Blacksmith Shop Motel LLC
Balsam Lake ★ 4.3
Breezy Bay Motor Sports
Balsam Lake ★ 4.4
Broadside Outdoors
St Croix Falls
Deer Lake Sports
St Croix Falls ★ 4.8
Highway 46 Store
Balsam Lake ★ 3.9
Hunky Dory Farms-Resort
Balsam Lake ★ 4.7
Irlbeck Outdoors Liquor & Sporting Goods
Milltown ★ 4.7
Jonzy Market
Balsam Lake ★ 3.9
Morks Big Lake Store
Osceola ★ 3.6
Pap's General Store
Balsam Lake ★ 4.3
Perry Mound Rentals
Balsam Lake ★ 5
Sports & More
Amery ★ 4.9
St Croix Outdoors
St Croix Falls ★ 4.5

Marinas & Boat Rentals (16)

Auburn Valley Storage/ Our Lady’s Storage
Balsam Lake ★ 4.5
BADGER STATE STORAGE-ST CROIX FALLS
St Croix Falls ★ 4.9
Balsam Lake Self Storage
Balsam Lake ★ 2.1
Boat Landing Balsam Lake Wi
Balsam Lake ★ 2.8
Eric's Self-Storage, Boat & RV
Milltown ★ 4
Hart's Marine
Balsam Lake
Harts Marine
Balsam Lake ★ 5
Lake Help LLC's Dock And Boat Lift Service
St Croix Falls ★ 4.9
LUCK BOAT STORAGE
Luck ★ 5
Milltown Powersports
Milltown ★ 4.6
SCD Pontoon & Watersports Rentals
St Croix Falls ★ 5
St Croix - Balsam Lake Self Storage
Centuria ★ 4.8
St Croix Dock and Marine
St Croix Falls ★ 4.9
Storage Solutions, LLC
St Croix Falls ★ 4.3
Sunnyside Marina
Balsam Lake ★ 4.4
Wild River Marina LLC
St Croix Falls ★ 3.4

Resorts & Lodges in Polk County (14)

Apple River Resort
Fishing Resort Amery

(715) 268-8999
Balsam Lake Lodge - Hotel
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 405-3020
Balsam Lake Lodge - Restaurant
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 485-3210
Balsam Lake Lodge & Event Center
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 485-3210
East Balsam Lake Cabin
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(651) 383-9988
Freds fishing lodge
Fishing Resort Amery
Ginger-Rogers Resort
Fishing Resort Amery

(715) 268-8960
Half Moon Lake Resort
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 825-3737
Lake Osceola Retreat
Fishing Resort Osceola

(612) 987-2876
LumberJill Lodge
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 600-0930
North Country Cabin Co.
Fishing Resort Comstock
Sherrard's Resort (Luke's Sunny Saloon)
Fishing Resort Luck

(715) 419-3725
Thirsty Otter Tavern and Resort
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 485-3400
Ward's Balsam Beach Resort
Fishing Resort Balsam Lake

(715) 485-3271