| Patricia Lake | |
|---|---|
  Patricia Lake  Patricia Lake | |
| Location | Oneida County and Vilas County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45°52′43″N89°45′03″W / 45.878564°N 89.750704°W [1] Coordinates: 45°52′43″N89°45′03″W / 45.878564°N 89.750704°W [1] |
| Type | Seepage lake [2] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 32 acres (0.13 km2) |
| Max. depth | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Patricia Lake is a 32-acre, spring-fed [3] seepage lake [2] close to the town of Minocqua, [4] Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the border between Oneida and Vilas counties, just south of Wisconsin Highway 70 [3] and northwest of Kawaguesaga Lake.
Minocqua is a town in northwestern Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,388 as of 2017. The census-designated place of Minocqua and the unincorporated community of Rantz are both located in the town. Minocqua is commonly referred to as "The Island City."
Oneida County is a county in the state of Wisconsin, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 35,998. Its county seat is Rhinelander.
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous. The state capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee, which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties.
The lake has no public access [4] and boats with gasoline engines are prohibited. [3] It has a maximum depth of 23 feet, [2] and bluegill, northern pike and largemouth bass can be caught. [2] [3]
The bluegill is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as "bream" or "brim," "sunny," "copper nose," or incorrectly "perch." It is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes. It is native to North America and lives in streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds. It is commonly found east of the Rockies. It usually hides around, and inside, old tree stumps and other underwater structures. It can live in either deep or very shallow water, and will often move back and forth, depending on the time of day or season. Bluegills also like to find shelter among water plants and in the shade of trees along banks.
The northern pike, known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, most of Canada, and most parts of the United States, is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox. They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
The largemouth bass is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States and northern Mexico, but widely introduced elsewhere. It is known by a variety of regional names, such as the widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, largies, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, bucketmouth bass, Green trout, gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass, southern largemouth and (paradoxically) northern largemouth, LMB. The largemouth bass is the state fish of Georgia and Mississippi, and the state freshwater fish of Florida and Alabama.
There is a small residential development on the northwest shore of the lake, [4] and houses on the north and the eastern sides. [5] Norwood Pines supper club serves food on a screened deck over the lake. [6] On the southwest shore lies Patricia Lake Campground & RV Park. [3] Pine Hill Resort lies to the southeast of the lake, on the shores of the adjacent Kawaguesaga Lake. [7]
