Chippewa Flowage fishing

Chippewa Flowage fishing is on a reservoir. No species or stocking events are on the current agency reports yet.

Chippewa Flowage
Photo: Jeff the quiet, CC0
Last stocked
Not in these reports
Plants on record
0
Species recorded
0

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Boat ramp
Yes
Facilities
dock

Multiple boat landings serve the flowage, along with tackle and bait shops and lodging in the surrounding area, per a local resort association.

Other places to fish at Chippewa Flowage

Eastern basin

River-connected, darker water with an outstanding smallmouth bass fishery, per Wisconsin DNR. (dnr.wisconsin.gov, accessed September 25, 2026)

Western basin

Clearer, weedier water with growing largemouth bass and northern pike populations. (dnr.wisconsin.gov, accessed September 25, 2026)

Shallow spawning bays

Prime bluegill spawning water each spring, per Wisconsin DNR. (dnr.wisconsin.gov, accessed September 25, 2026)

Sunken bogs

Scattered throughout the flowage, productive for summer fishing with worm chunks. (dnr.wisconsin.gov, accessed September 25, 2026)

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About Chippewa Flowage

Louis Spray's 69-pound, 11-ounce world-record musky came from the Chippewa Flowage in 1949. A 1924 dam merged 11 lakes, nine rivers, and countless streams into Wisconsin's third-largest lake and a famed muskie water. Walleye lead angler interest today. The east basin stays darker and ties to rivers, with top smallmouth bass. The west basin is clearer and weedier, with growing largemouth bass and northern pike.

Photo of Chippewa Flowage
Jeff the quiet, CC0

Nearest lakes

Lake Chippewa 0.2 mi last stocked 2024 Blueberry Lake 4.2 mi last stocked 2025 Tiger Cat Flowage 8.9 mi last stocked 2025 Lac Courte Oreilles 11.6 mi last stocked 2025 Clear Lake 11.6 mi last stocked 2017

Sources

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