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Blue Gill Lake

WI · Vilas

  • Stocked
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The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Vilas County
Last stocked
2025
Species
RAINBOW TROUT, BROWN TROUT
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
RAINBOW TROUT1470122025
BROWN TROUT900122025
BROWN TROUT300122024
RAINBOW TROUT1688122024

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

Full Brown Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Bigmouth Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brown Trout, Carmine Shiner, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fantail Darter, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Largescale Stoneroller, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Mud Darter, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rainbow Darter, Rosyface Shiner, Silver Redhorse, Slenderhead Darter, Smallmouth Buffalo, Southern Redbelly Dace

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.