eau claire area lakes

[Old Goat]

my daughter is in college there any lakes close by worth trying pm any helpful tips thanks

[Junkie4Ice]

You're better off driving 45 minutes up to chetek if you have the time. Fishing gets good up that way. A couple options in the area though:
Lake Altoona is right in town which has some nice sized panfish, but you're lucky to catch half a dozen (limit is also only 10/person).
I've never fished Lake Wissota, mainly because I never hear of guys doing all that great out there and it is a huge lake that I haven't had the motivation to scout. There are some nice walleye if you can find them though (from what I hear).
Lake Eau Claire is about 40 minutes out of town towards Augusta. It took a hit 2 years ago with Altoona being shut down so this past year wasn't that great, but I've had good luck out there in the past.
Shoot me a PM when you're in the area on the weekends, I'm out as much as I can. I plan to target the Chetek and Spooner area mainly this year.

[JaminWI]

My in-laws have a parkmodel/summer place on Lake Chetac in Birchwood, WI (if Junkie is talking about the same one).  We do pretty well up there in the summer between that lake and Birch (they connect).  Haven't fished it in the winter yet, but make take the UTV up there this season and give it a go. 

As Junkie mentioned though, it's about an hour from Eau Claire.  My BIL used to live in EC and they'd fish Altoona, Halfmoon, Elk Creek, and Wissota when they needed to stick close to town.

[Old Goat]

thanks for all help from all      hope to fish when visiting my daughter in college sometime

[Junkie4Ice]

My in-laws have a parkmodel/summer place on Lake Chetac in Birchwood, WI (if Junkie is talking about the same one).  We do pretty well up there in the summer between that lake and Birch (they connect).  Haven't fished it in the winter yet, but make take the UTV up there this season and give it a go. 

As Junkie mentioned though, it's about an hour from Eau Claire.  My BIL used to live in EC and they'd fish Altoona, Halfmoon, Elk Creek, and Wissota when they needed to stick close to town.

I was talking about the Chetek chain of lakes west of Lake Chetac (Lake Chetek, praire lake, 10 mile and Pokegama lake) . I've never fished Big Chetac but I stopped at one of the resorts after fishing up in Hayward last year and talked to some guys that made me want to give it a try for some pike this year. Sounds like there are some monsters out there.

[JaminWI]

I was talking about the Chetek chain of lakes west of Lake Chetac (Lake Chetek, praire lake, 10 mile and Pokegama lake) . I've never fished Big Chetac but I stopped at one of the resorts after fishing up in Hayward last year and talked to some guys that made me want to give it a try for some pike this year. Sounds like there are some monsters out there.

I figured it was a slim chance we were talking about the same one.  And shhhhh.....

[RednckFishn]

i live 45 mins south of eau just off of i94 tons of cranberry flowages by me and a few lakes that have good muskie/ pike

[Junkie4Ice]

i live 45 mins south of eau just off of i94 tons of cranberry flowages by me and a few lakes that have good muskie/ pike

I've been meaning to get down that way to try the cranberry bogs. I had a friend that used to live in Alma who fished them and always had good luck. I heard a lot of them are private though?

[Michaelo]

As mentioned above the chetek chain of lakes is a pretty good bet. I never ice fish lake wissota but do fish it for crappies in the spring and have done pretty well with a lot of fish over 12 inches.