Balsam Lake

Polk - Wisconsin


  • 45 catches

  • 302 followers

  • 27 spots

The best fishing occurs in spring and late fall. Look for largemouth, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill and Crappie. Look for weed points and inside turns to yield the most fish.

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Balsam Lake Fishing Reports

Recently shared catches and fishing spots

  1. Meighan DuFrane
    - Balsam Lake

    Caught at my usual spot off the rocks on Balsam Lake at 5:30pm

    Largemouth Bass with a Worm

  2. Meighan DuFrane
    - Balsam Lake

    Caught at 7pm on Balsam Lake

    Northern Pike with a Worm

  3. Wayne Breitbarth
    - Balsam Lake

    8:30pm

    2 lb. 12 oz. 16 in. Largemouth Bass with a Panther Martin Regular Series Spinners

  4. Wayne Breitbarth
    - Balsam Lake

    Brenda caught this one around 7:30pm

    3 lb. 17 in. Largemouth Bass with a Panther Martin Classic Pattern Spinners

  5. Wayne Breitbarth
    - Balsam Lake

    Jonny Woltman my nephew caught this beauty at 2:30pm loads of Saturday traffic on the lake.

    2 lb. 8 oz. 16 in. Largemouth Bass with a Panther Martin Regular Series Spinners

  6. Donald berens
    - Balsam Lake

    11 1/2 inch Blue Gills, lighted Boobers the really big gills only bite after dark

    Blue Gill with a Plain Hook & Leech

    1. J L 0
      Nice catch!
    2. Donald berens 0
      yes thanks Douglas, there all nice after dark nothing under 9 inch, but the one in the picture was the biggest, bay caught in they call stump bay.
    3. Douglas Ward 0
      dude that's a football
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  7. Charles Hansen
    - Balsam Lake

    On the DNR website it says this lake doesn't have smallmouth, and all y'all who say there isn't them I want you to explain this. Caught in east balsam.

    6 in. Smallmouth Bass with a little crappie jig

  8. Jim Mueller
    - Balsam Lake

    Details: Bluegill with a worm

    By the dock

  9. Charles Hansen
    - Balsam Lake

    Castes under a dock, guessing it was on a bed

    2 lb. 8 oz. 18 in. Largemouth Bass with a shakyhead with craw

    1. Jimbo Harwood 0
      nice catch buddy
    2. Charles Hansen 0
      Thanks
    3. malarikfishing malarikfishing 0
      nice
    4. Noah Shapiro 0
      Noice
    5. Jimbo Harwood 0
      Nice catch bud
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  10. Charles Hansen
    - Balsam Lake

    7 lb. 13 oz. 35 in. Northern Pike with a Shakyhead with 3" craw

    1. Charles Hansen 0
      Yea thanks everyone!
    2. Dave Mull 0
      Great catch! Bet it was fun.
    3. Charles Hansen 0
      It was caught in east balsam lake off of a kayak
    4. Charles Hansen 0
      Thanks, no problem
    5. Kenneth Olivo 0
      Nice!
    6. D O 0
      Congrats!!, Nice catch and thanks for sharing.
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