HELP!!! Fishing on Private Lakes

Hi all!  I've had a YouTube channel for about a year, and recently transitioned it to being geared towards catching a fish in every lake in Waukesha County.  Obviously, not all of these lakes have public access.  Herein lies the issue...

I was wondering about fishing on private lakes when I don't actually know anybody that lives on it.  Is it as simple as knocking on somebody's door, asking permission, and hoping they'll say yes? I'm not referring to private lakes with a small stream I can get to with wet feet, but a totally land-locked lake completely surrounded by houses.

If you're reading this and you live on such a lake, please PM me.  I'd love to get permission to fish there.  I just want to catch a fish, and am happy to follow whatever guidelines you set for me.  Have a great bass lake you don't want ruined?  I'll target panfish.  Catch and release only?  That's pretty much all I do anyway.  Want to see my video before it's released to the public to ensure you're happy and I respected your area?  By all means.  The goal is just to get in, get a fish or two on film, and get out.  

And while this post is not meant to be a shameless plug for my channel, I'd appreciate people checking it out and giving me feedback.  Just search 262 Fishing or click the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrkloJ17bpO9z4Qq4dP9yQ

Thanks.

Here's my latest episode, where I peel apart the myth of bananas in boats.  16 lakes down, 54 to go!

Brent,

Technically it does, but it looks pretty dried up, or at least shallowed down to a trickle.  And yes, the girls do grow up too fast.

262,

Isn’t the Big Bend Mill Pond connected to the Fox via a short canal?  

You would think there would be all sorts of fish species aside from Gills and Bass...

Also, nice video with your girls - they grow up way too fast.  Enjoy every minute! 

262, that looks right to me. Should be public right of way. 

Very cool endeavor and your daughter was right...  That was a male bluegill Fyi...  Keep it up!

Using Lower Kelly Lake as an example from that map that Middleton1 posted, it looks like I should be able to get onto Lower Kelly Lake via the red line I drew.  Am I reading this correct?  (see attached image)

As mentioned before, "should be able to" and "might get your stuff messed with" are two separate factors that I have to consider.

Lower Genesee Lake Topwater Battle

There's a cool little lake/pond by Papa Stache in Big Bend.  The DNR recognizes it as the Big Bend Pond.

Thanks for the link.  I realized I hadn't posted updates to this yet, but I've knocked a few other lakes off the list. I'll post them shortly.

Hey 262, every county has a GIS website that shows maps with parcel boundries and links for names of owners most of the time. Waukesha's is :https://prd1.waukcogeo.com/HTML5Viewer/?viewer=html_viewer_ext

or start here: https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/interactivemap/

That should help you also find public access points