Pickerel Lake Fishing near Rhinelander, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Pickerel Lake lies in Oneida County, Wisconsin. The setting is mixed forest. Roughly 62 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 1.2 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Supplies mean a trip to Rhinelander, 10 miles off. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 111 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Pickerel Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Oneida County records list brown trout, walleye, largemouth bass, northern pike and bluegill among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Pickerel Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 10°F to 66°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That shapes the year on Pickerel Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Jenny Barnes Lake is 1.1 miles distant. Signs at Pickerel Lake carry more weight than any list.