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Big Bay Lagoon is a public lake in Ashland County, Wisconsin, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It is public water managed for fishing by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Big Bay Lagoon covers about 81 acres in the Northwoods region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Red Cliff Creek and Wood Creek Slough.
Camping: 3 sites mapped nearby — Big Bay Town Park Campground, Big Bay State Park Group Camp Site 2, Big Bay State Park Campground.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16+ needs a Wisconsin DNR fishing licence — the resident annual is about $20, the non-resident annual about $65, and non-resident 1-day/4-day/15-day licences are sold. The resident and non-resident licences cover both inland trout streams and the Great Lakes; a separate Great Lakes salmon/trout stamp is NOT required (folded into the base licence for residents; a Great Lakes trout/salmon stamp applies only in a few specific circumstances non-residents should check). Wisconsin residents 65 and older can buy a low-cost licence; anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy from the DNR at GoWild.wi.gov. A Wisconsin fishing licence covers this water. Border waters (the St. Croix, Menominee, Mississippi) are fished on a Wisconsin or the neighbouring state's licence within the reciprocal boundary-water zone.
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