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The Plover Artificial-Only Water — Plover River, Wisconsin
69 NHD reaches, 66.1 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 Plover near Bevent: sand and gravel, tag alder to the bank, wild browns below and brook trout in the upper reaches, under an artificial-lure rule with a split size limit. 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; 3 trout in total — brown and rainbow over 12 inches, brook trout over 8 inches.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Lake County Park Boat Ramp | boat launch | 1.7 mi |
Distance from the centre of the mapped reach, not along the road.
Regulations on this stretch
Artificial lures only; 3 trout in total — brown and rainbow over 12 inches, brook trout over 8 inches.
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
A Northwoods stream, so it comes in later than the Driftless; June and July are the heart of it.
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
- Riverside Bait and Tackle — 15.3 mi
- Mosinee Bait & Taxidermy — 16.2 mi
- The Sportsman's Repair Shop LLC — 16.2 mi
- Taps And Tackle Co. — 18.7 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.