Fishing Perch Lake in Oneida County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Perch Lake lies in Oneida County, Wisconsin. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. This is a pocket water of some 11 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Oneida County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nashville lies 13 miles from the water. Green Bay sits 89 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Perch Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. 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, northern pike and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Work Perch Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 66°F and January reads 10°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. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Perch Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Round Lake, 0.1 miles away. Check the current arrangement for Perch Lake.