Lake Winnebago, Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin — fishing destination

Winnebago / Calumet County • East-Central Wisconsin

Fishing Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin

Wisconsin's largest inland lake — a massive, shallow fertile basin famous for world-class walleye tournaments and giant flathead catfish. Its expansive flats and reef system make it a year-round multispecies factory. Country Cave Baits injection-pours premium soft plastic baits built for the bass, panfish and walleye that call Lake Winnebago home.

137,388 acres Max depth 21 ft Winnebago / Calumet County

About Lake Winnebago

Lake Winnebago is located in Winnebago / Calumet County in East-Central Wisconsin and is one of the state's premier fishing destinations. Anglers visiting Lake Winnebago target Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Catfish, Crappie and Bluegill throughout the open-water season. Whether you're fishing from a boat or the shore, Lake Winnebago offers diverse structure and productive water that responds well to injection-poured soft plastic baits from Country Cave Baits — made right here in Fall River, WI.

Fish Species in Lake Winnebago

Walleye Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Catfish Crappie Bluegill

Landmarks & Points of Interest

Boat Launches & Access

Best Baits for Lake Winnebago

Our top-recommended Country Cave Baits for fishing Lake Winnebago in Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin. Each is injection-poured in Fall River, WI and shipped fresh to your door.

4 Inch Skinny Paddle Tail for fishing Lake Winnebago, Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin

$5.75

Swim & thump

4 Inch Skinny Paddle Tail

A slim-profile 4-inch paddle tail that swims with a seductive kick on a steady retrieve. Perfect for swim jigs, spinnerbait trailers, or a weighted swimbait hook through grass and around docks.

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5 Inch Stick Worm for fishing Lake Winnebago, Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin

$5.95

The versatile workhorse

5 Inch Stick Worm

Our 5-inch stick worm is injection-poured with a soft plastic that shimmies on the fall and drives bass wild. Perfect for wacky rigging, Texas rigging, or a weightless presentation in shallow cover.

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5 Inch Fluke for fishing Lake Winnebago, Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin

$4.95

Weightless wild action

5 Inch Fluke

Our 5-inch fluke dances with an erratic, darting action on a weightless Texas rig. The soft, slim body glides and slashes through the water column, imitating a fleeing baitfish that bass simply cannot resist.

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1.2 Inch Crappie Slayer for fishing Lake Winnebago, Winnebago / Calumet County, Wisconsin

$6.50

Slab crappie magnet

1.2 Inch Crappie Slayer

Our 1.2-inch Crappie Slayer is a micro tube designed specifically for slab crappie. The tiny ribbed body and flowing tail seduce panfish into biting when the bite is tough. Rig it on a small jig head under a float or tight-line it vertically. It's also a deadly ice fishing bait — drop it through the ice to suspended crappie and bluegill all winter long.

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Fishing Tips for Lake Winnebago

Pro Tips for Lake Winnebago

▸Drag a paddle tail swimbait across the shallow reefs at dawn for roaming walleye and smallmouth.
▸Pitch a stick worm to the shallow weed edges for largemouth during the mayfly hatch.
▸Vertically jig a Crappie Slayer over the mud flats for suspended crappie.