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Sweeny Lake Yellow Perch Fishing Report

Lake Tomahawk, WI

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Modeled from National Weather Service data, plus solunar and sun/moon times computed in-house. This is a computed report, not an eyewitness catch report.

The state's records for Sweeny Lake name the category Yellow Perch belongs to rather than the individual species, so its presence is derived from that category, not from a species-level survey.

Max depth

18 ft

Deepest measurement on record

Max depth: Stachelek et al. (2021), LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, Environmental Data Initiative (CC BY 4.0)

Where to find Yellow Perch right now

Typical Fall depth: 15-30 ft

Yellow Perch feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 30% above the daily average across all four light windows.

Sweeny Lake's deepest measurement on record is 18 ft — read the depth bands above against that. It is the deepest point someone actually measured on this water, not a contour survey, so deeper water may exist and there is no depth map to check it against.

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Other species on record at Sweeny Lake

FAQ

Common questions

Are there Yellow Perch in Sweeny Lake?

The state's records for Sweeny Lake name the category Yellow Perch belongs to rather than the individual species, so its presence is derived from that category, not from a species-level survey.

When do Yellow Perch bite at Sweeny Lake?

Yellow Perch feed most actively at Dawn and Dusk, when activity runs about 30% above the daily average across all four light windows. Today's report above scores every hour of the local day against live weather for Sweeny Lake, and shows what each input contributed alongside how well the evidence supports it.

How deep should you fish for Yellow Perch at Sweeny Lake?

Typical Yellow Perch depth by season: Pre-Spawn 3-8 ft, Spawn 1-5 ft, Post-Spawn 5-12 ft, Summer 10-25 ft, Fall 15-30 ft, Winter 25-50 ft. These bands come from published fisheries data for the species, not from a survey of Sweeny Lake itself.