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Black Oak Lake

WI · Vilas

  • Stocked

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Vilas County
Last stocked
2025
Species
LAKE TROUT
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
LAKE TROUT17817.352025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Lake Trout

Rod: Medium spinning rod for casting and bottom fishing. Medium-heavy to heavy rod for deep jigging. For trolling, 8 to 10.5 foot medium to medium-heavy rods.

Line: For downrigger trolling, 250 to 400 yards of 15 lb mono, or 30 lb braid with a six-foot, 17 lb mono leader.

Baits: dead ciscoes or smelt, minnows

Lures: trolling spoons, heavy jigs and jigging spoons, flasher and fly combinations

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Likely species (watershed)

American Brook Lamprey, Bigmouth Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brown Trout, Carmine Shiner, Chestnut Lamprey, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fantail Darter, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Largescale Stoneroller, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Mud Darter, Muskellunge, Ninespine Stickleback, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rosyface Shiner, Sand Shiner, Silver Redhorse

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.