Round Lake Fishing near Rhinelander, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Round Lake lies in Oneida County, in Wisconsin. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. At roughly 10 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Oneida County. Some 4.8 miles away sits Rhinelander, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Green Bay, 105 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Oneida County: brown trout, walleye, largemouth bass and northern pike. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Round Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 10°F in January to roughly 66°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. At Round Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. The water sits inside or beside a nature reserve, so expect extra rules. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Prune Lake at 0.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Round Lake.