Nose Lake in Oneida County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Nose Lake is set in Oneida County, Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,555 feet up. The water covers some 43 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 1.4 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Rhinelander lies 8.1 miles from the water. It is 106 miles to Green Bay, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Nose Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Oneida County include brown trout, walleye, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Nose Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 66°F in July and bottom out at 10°F in January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Nose Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. 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. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Finger Lake is 0.5 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Nose Lake.