One Stone Lake in Oneida County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  One Stone Lake is an Oneida County water, in Wisconsin. Elevation runs to 1,624 feet. It runs to roughly 85 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 1.8 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wisconsin listings. You are 5.2 miles from Eagle River. The big place round here is Green Bay, 109 miles distant. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on One Stone Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Oneida County list brown trout, walleye and largemouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work One Stone Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 10°F and July at about 66°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on One Stone Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. This lies within protected land, so the rules will be stricter than usual. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Columbus Lake at 1.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish One Stone Lake.