Bear Lake fishing

Fishing at Bear Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with White Sucker. It is stocked once in 2020, most often in January.

Last stocked

January 1, 2020

Plants on record

Since 2020

Species recorded

Average size

0.7 in

Surface acres

148.9

Access and facts

Water type: natural lake

Sources: water_type

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How Bear Lake is stocked

About 571 reported fish per acre, 9th most of 17 lakes in Polk County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Wapogasset Lake (4.8 mi), Bear Trap Lake (6.3 mi), and Summerfield Lake (7 mi) were stocked more recently. Summerfield Lake is also stocked with White Sucker.

Fish at Bear Lake

Fishing Bear Lake is most likely to be for White Sucker. The one plant on record is White Sucker.

White Sucker 1 plant

Plants: 1 of 1
Last stocked: January 1, 2020
Average length: 0.7 in

Stocking history

Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
January 1, 2020	White Sucker	85,000	0.7 in	report

Species stocked here

White Sucker (1)

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.