Starks Spring Fishing in Oneida County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Set in Oneida County, Wisconsin, this is Starks Spring. The surroundings are lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 14 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Oneida County standards. The closest town, Rhinelander, is 10 miles away. Further out sit Nashville (14 miles) and Eagle River (16 miles). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Starks Spring

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. 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. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Starks Spring fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 66°F and January near 10°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Starks Spring follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Angelo Lake is 1.4 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Starks Spring.