Little Muskie Lake Fishing near Rhinelander, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Within Oneida County, Wisconsin, you have Little Muskie Lake. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. The water measures roughly 8 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Oneida County are larger. The nearest place of any size is Rhinelander, 13 miles away. For a city, Green Bay is 115 miles off. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Little Muskie Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Oneida County include brown trout, walleye and largemouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Little Muskie Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 10°F to 66°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Little Muskie Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Ruth Lake, 0.3 miles out. Treat Little Muskie Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.