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The Mecan Artificial-Only Water — Mecan River, Wisconsin
48 NHD reaches, 41.7 miles of drawn channel — side channels and braids included, so more than the distance downriver.
Open in BirdTroutThe line is the water this name refers to, drawn from the NHD reaches it resolves to; the dots are the nearest gauges reporting water temperature, coloured by what they read now.
What it is
The Mecan in Waushara County, where WDNR holds part of the river to artificial lures and two fish over twelve inches — wild brown trout in clear, open water that is about as easy to cast as Wisconsin gets. The regulation covers part of the stream, not all of it — the extent above is the agency's wording. What is drawn here is the whole named stream, because there is no boundary anywhere we could check it against.
Artificial lures only; 2 trout over 12 inches. Part of the river also carries a three-over-eight-inch artificial-only rule — check the segment before you fish it.
Where it is
This name covers a stretch whose boundaries are posted on the ground rather than held in any file this site reads, so the map draws the named stream and the boundaries are described in words above rather than guessed at with a line.
| Access | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tuttle Lake Boat Ramp | boat launch | 2.5 mi |
| Crystal Lake Access | canoe launch | 2.8 mi |
Distance from the centre of the mapped reach, not along the road.
Regulations on this stretch
Artificial lures only; 2 trout over 12 inches. Part of the river also carries a three-over-eight-inch artificial-only rule — check the segment before you fish it.
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. Check the current Wisconsin regulations before you fish. Where this stretch sits inside a larger river, that river's general regulations apply everywhere this stretch's do not.
Best times
Hendricksons in May, then sulphurs; the Hex comes off the sand-bottomed stretches in late June.
Live water temperature
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 25 miles of this stretch, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Fly shops nearby
- Smiley's Feed & Bait — 9.5 mi
- The Minnow Bucket — 16.1 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 2 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.