trophy smallmouth lake in northern Wisconsin

Hey guys, Im in search of a trophy smallie inland lake or lakes to try in northern Wisconsin as i retire in 2 yrs and wanna spend my time fishing for them on inland lakes. thanks for your replies

Several lakes come to mind , Witches lake near Boulder Jct , both upper and lower . My wife caught our families biggest on a top water , 21.5" . Lake Owen is a good body as is Chequamegan Bay .

Just curious , if no live bait catch and release works until the opener in June , why does the season close at all ?

There are literally hundreds of trophy caliber brown fish waters in northern Wisconsin. I spend a lot of time up there searching for virtually untouched smallie populations and find new ones every year. Just utilize your resources such as Google maps and charts an start launching your boat and fishing. You're not getting trophies until you're pulling multiple 5.5 to 6lb+ brown fish. They are easier to find than many think up that way and don't underestimate small rivers.........

This is one of my favorite plum Lake pics.  It is my nephew who lives out of state.  He was just stoked.  Funny thing is his sister caught one the same size that same day. 

I can agree with Plum Lake. 19.5 incher caught a couple weekends ago. Also has a bright future as we caught probably another dozen smaller ones between 12-14 inches. Thick bodied as well.

I'm convinced the next State record is swimming around in Plum.

Years ago Plum had a huge rusty crayfish problem.  The kids would catch 100 a night with the butterfly net, and we'd have a crayfish boil any night we wanted one.

The DNR stocked a bunch of Smallies, and they definitely took care of the crayfish issue.  We can't even catch enough crayfish for a boil anymore.

The Smallies gorge themselves on crayfish and grow, grow, grow...

Many times when you catch a Smallie, they have a crayfish hanging out of their mouth - they don't go hungry.

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I agree with PMLK on Plum Lake, the smallies have reached sizes equal to Sturgeon Bay. Thick, massive bodies. I've also heard Presque Isle has great trophy smb but haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

Plum Lake - There are some absolute tanks swimming around in there! 

Butternut Lake is fantastic. Just east of Eagle river and has public launch.

Carpenter Lake is also an excellent smallmouth lake but is private. There is a resort to rent cabins and that is how you can access it. 

Most lakes with smallmouth will produce. They are such a hearty fish that they thrive in that environment. I would try and research lakes that have minimal northern and largemouth populations and the smallmouth will probably be there in better numbers.