Balsam Lake Fishing Map

Balsam Lake fishing map is available as part of iBoating : USA Marine & Fishing App(now supported on multiple platforms including Android, iPhone/iPad, MacBook, and Windows(tablet and phone)/PC based chartplotter.).  


 With our Lake Maps App,  you get all the great marine chart app features like fishing spots, along with Balsam Lake depth map. The fishing maps app include HD lake depth contours, along with advanced features found in Fish Finder / Gps Chart Plotter systems, turning your device into a Depth Finder. The Balsam Lake Navigation App provides advanced features of a Marine Chartplotter including adjusting water level offset and custom depth shading. Fishing spots and depth contours layers are available in most Lake maps. Lake navigation features include advanced instrumentation to gather wind speed direction, water temperature, water depth, and accurate GPS with AIS receivers(using NMEA over TCP/UDP). Autopilot support can be enabled during ‘Goto WayPoint’ and ‘Route Assistance’.
Now i-Boating supports Fishing Points in Balsam Lake.

 

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Fishing Info for Balsam Lake

Balsam Lake covers over 65 mi (105 km) of shoreline and covering a surface area of 2,054 acre (831 ha) and is the biggest lake in Polk County, Wisconsin. Public access to the lake by boat ramps are on the northwest, southwest and East Balsam. It is fed by natural springs and seepage from wetlands on the southwestern, northeastern and eastern shores. Maximum depth is 37 ft (11 m). Balsam Lake is well known for its great fishing for panfish (bluegill, sunfish, crappie, yellow perch, and bullhead) and sport fish such as largemouth bass, walleye, and northern pike. Other recreational activities such as boating, canoeing, swimming and water-skiing in summer and ice fishing, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing and the 17.8 mi (29 km) Cattail State Trail. Over fifty businesses line the shore of the lake, including resorts, motels, bait and tackle shops, grocery stores, restaurants, insurance offices, chiropractic, hardware, gas stations, taverns and more The original plat records the Ojibwe Indian name of this place as Innenehinduc. Translated as "Place of the Evergreen", the town and village of Balsam Lake were named after this large lake. Balsam Branch, the main outlet of Balsam Lake is a Class II trout stream.

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Popular fish species in this lake include Ameiurus, Crappie, Largemouth bass, Northern pike, Walleye and Yellow perch.

Balsam Lake Fishing Map Stats

TitleBalsam Lake
Scale1:12000
CountiesPolk
Nearby CitiesBalsam Lake, Milltown, Centuria, Luck, Range, Wanderoos, Amery, Frederic, Saint Croix Falls, Joel
Area *1901.33 acres
Shoreline *25.03 miles
Min Longitude-92.47
Min Latitude45.45
Max Longitude-92.39
Max Latitude45.49
Edition Label 1
Edition Label 2
Edition Label 3
IdUS_AA_WI_01561140
CountryUS
ProjectionMercator
* some Stats may include nearby/connecting waterbodies

Marine Wind Meteogram for Lake/Chart

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Date/TimeSpeed *Dir *
03/28 Thu 06:00AM3.8964.06
03/28 Thu 09:00AM3.3364.75
03/28 Thu 12:00PM2.3964.12
03/28 Thu 03:00PM3.4399.26
03/28 Thu 06:00PM4.1694.71
03/28 Thu 09:00PM4.0898.47
03/29 Fri 12:00AM2.8472.4
03/29 Fri 03:00AM1.2675.49
03/29 Fri 06:00AM0.4215.27
03/29 Fri 09:00AM1.84251.1
03/29 Fri 12:00PM2.83275.59
03/29 Fri 03:00PM4.78286.37
03/29 Fri 06:00PM5.32280.56
03/29 Fri 09:00PM5.98288.12
03/30 Sat 12:00AM4.19269.98
03/30 Sat 03:00AM6.63293.46
03/30 Sat 06:00AM6.24315.42
03/30 Sat 09:00AM1.6416.32
03/30 Sat 12:00PM4.790.9
03/30 Sat 03:00PM5.67101.67
03/30 Sat 06:00PM6.47124.04
03/30 Sat 09:00PM5.95127.57
03/31 Sun 12:00AM2.7127.64
03/31 Sun 03:00AM1.71175.57
03/31 Sun 06:00AM1.99160.32
03/31 Sun 09:00AM1.44176.2
03/31 Sun 12:00PM0.2868.97
03/31 Sun 03:00PM1.81138.5
03/31 Sun 06:00PM2.34120.77
03/31 Sun 09:00PM2.16147.02
04/01 Mon 12:00AM3.47192.99
04/01 Mon 03:00AM3.38230.68
* : UTC Timezone, Speed in meters per sec, and True Direction