Fishing at Buck Lake, Oneida County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Buck Lake belongs to Oneida County, Wisconsin. The land about it is mixed forest. With some 57 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 1.2 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Head to Rhinelander, 3.1 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Green Bay, 101 miles distant. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Buck Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Oneida County: brown trout, walleye, largemouth bass and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Buck Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 67°F on average, January about 10°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. From about mid April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Buck Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Landberg Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Where Buck Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.