Heron Creek

Sawyer County’s Chetac and Birch Lakes offer anglers a wide variety of fishing opportunities. With numerous lodges along the shoreline of Chetac, this lake is a great destination for people seeking a fishing retreat. Anglers looking for a nice, quiet lake to fish should be aware of the heavy fishing pressure that this lake receives. Motor trolling on Chetac Lake is both legal and popular for walleye and northern pike. A number of bass tournaments are held on the lake during summer. Fishing pressure aside, anglers looking for a trophy sized northern or stringer of large bluegill should give this lake a try.

In Chetac Lake there is a huge juvenile yellow perch population that provides a large forage base for a wide variety of fish. Golden Shiners, White Sucker and Brook Silversides (a rarity in Wisconsin waters) make up much of the forage base. Crayfish, mayflies and midges also provide supplemental forage.

Walleye will make spawning runs into the spring tributary creeks each year. During the middle of summer northern pike will move around the lake to find colder water.