Fishing Myrtle Lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Oneida County, Wisconsin, is where Myrtle Lake sits. The land about it is pine and birch. It covers about 21 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Lac du Flambeau is the closest place, 15 miles off. The big place round here is Green Bay, 121 miles distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Myrtle Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Oneida County include brown trout, walleye, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Myrtle Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 66°F, with January the cold end at about 9°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Myrtle Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. If the gate is shut, Swartz Lake at 0.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Myrtle Lake as something to verify.