Spider Lake Wisconsin

[Ronald K Smith]

Flying out in the morning heading for Hayward, WI. Looking forward to the trip, been up there several times. My friends are also leaving to Grouse hunt around Phillips, WI. Good luck and be safe on your trip.

[WIGuide]

Good luck! Haven't fished Spider before, but I've been on quite a few of the lakes up there and there's good fishing to be had just about everywhere!

[Ronald K Smith]

Sorry for the late report. I won a trip to 4 days at Arcadia Lodge on Spider Lake in Hayward WI. Flew in Minneapolis and drove about 3 hours to the lodge. There were 13 guys there from all over US and the first night we sit around and got to know each other. The lodge was great, full staff and everything we wanted or needed. 8 guys were golfers and the rest were there to fish only. WE had knowledgeable guide who took us fishing for 2 days. We fished for Musky and either casted inline spinners or lures but we caught all the Musky on suckers. Northern Pike have started to populate the lakes and the guides were upset about that. We had 1 to hit a spinner. Our guide caught 4Musky in 2 days and the other boat caught. They practice catch and release . My catches were 32" and 52" and my partner catches were 30" and 40". What a fight we had on our poles.

The last time there it was August and fishing was very slow and the guide took me and another guy to a river near and we went Sturgeon fishing.. Caught one 44" long. That was awesome.

Looking forward to another trip. 

[MidwestF1sh]

Awesome to hear! we have a cabin 20 mins north on Hayward and head over to spider and a few other lakes just east of spider, a cool chain of lakes, for muskies. Great fishing and scenery up there. Any pictures?