Best Ice Fishing Lakes in Wisconsin, Walleye + Crappie + Pike

Plan a hard-water trip in Wisconsin from this list. Every lake on it has public access, at least 10 feet of depth, and walleye, crappie, perch, bluegill, or pike on its fish survey. Use the depth and species columns to pick a base, then check local ice reports before you go.

Ice-fishing rankings admit lakes with public access, at least 10 feet of depth, and a winter-target species on the fish survey (walleye, crappie, perch, bluegill, pike, or panfish), then order them by measured water quality and how many of those species the lake holds. Green Lake leads the Wisconsin list.

The readings are planning proof for clarity and nutrients under the ice. They say nothing about ice thickness, which LakeQuality does not measure for any lake; check local ice reports and agency guidance before you go.

Rank	Lake	County	State	Grade	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Green Lake	Green Lake	WI	—	13.5 ft	7,920 acres	236 ft
2	Geneva Lake	Walworth	WI	—	21 ft	5,401 acres	135 ft
3	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	12.2 ft	5,139 acres	90 ft
4	Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	21.1 ft	3,294 acres	74 ft
5	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	17.4 ft	3,176 acres	60 ft
6	Big Sand Lake	Burnett	WI	—	11 ft	1,434 acres	55 ft
7	Sand Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	10 ft	949 acres	50 ft
8	Big Cedar Lake-North Site-Near West Bend	Washington	WI	—	11.8 ft	937 acres	105 ft
9	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	13.5 ft	800 acres	105 ft
10	Powers Lake	Kenosha	WI	—	10 ft	451 acres	33 ft
11	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	14.8 ft	292 acres	29 ft
12	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	16 ft	214 acres	32 ft
13	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	17.3 ft	179 acres	38 ft
14	Mole Lake	Forest	WI	—	8.5 ft	77 acres	17 ft
15	Bealeau Lake	Shawano	WI	—	11.5 ft	27 acres	24 ft
16	Koonz Lake	Shawano	WI	—	10.8 ft	20 acres	40 ft
17	Lake Beulah	Walworth	WI	—	10 ft	812 acres	58 ft
18	Gaslyn Lake	Burnett	WI	—	4.5 ft	161 acres	12 ft
19	Ashegon Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	10.5 ft	75 acres	56 ft
20	Lost Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	10.6 ft	51 acres	13 ft
21	Christner Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	12 ft	36 acres	16 ft
22	King Lake	Marinette	WI	—	-	30 acres	70 ft
23	Cloud Lake	Forest	WI	—	-	28 acres	25 ft
24	Mission Lake	Shawano	WI	—	17.5 ft	25 acres	44 ft
25	Malone Lake	Shawano	WI	—	13.5 ft	14 acres	31 ft
26	Sams Lake	Shawano	WI	—	11 ft	6 acres	13 ft
27	Shell Lake	Washburn	WI	—	16 ft	2,513 acres	36 ft
28	Pewaukee Lake	Waukesha	WI	—	7.5 ft	2,437 acres	45 ft
29	Lake Noquebay	Marinette	WI	—	7.3 ft	2,398 acres	51 ft
30	Lake Waubesa	Dane	WI	—	3.2 ft	2,074 acres	38 ft
31	Lake Metonga	Forest	WI	—	22 ft	2,038 acres	79 ft
32	Red Cedar Lake	Barron	WI	—	10.1 ft	1,897 acres	53 ft
33	Crawling Stone Lake	Vilas	WI	—	16 ft	1,483 acres	87 ft
34	Rock Lake	Jefferson	WI	—	12 ft	1,365 acres	60 ft
35	Bear Lake	Barron	WI	—	6.2 ft	1,348 acres	87 ft
36	Minocqua Lake	Oneida	WI	—	14.8 ft	1,339 acres	60 ft
37	Pickerel Lake	Forest	WI	—	10 ft	1,272 acres	19 ft
38	Lost Land Lake	Sawyer	WI	—	10 ft	1,264 acres	21 ft
39	Lake Owen	Bayfield	WI	—	24.6 ft	1,250 acres	95 ft
40	Butternut Lake	Forest	WI	—	19.5 ft	1,246 acres	42 ft
41	Ocauchee Lake	Waukesha	WI	—	6.6 ft	1,210 acres	90 ft
42	Okauchee Lake Site	Waukesha	WI	—	4.6 ft	1,210 acres	90 ft
43	Presque Isle Lake	Vilas	WI	—	18 ft	1,165 acres	103 ft
44	Beaver Dam Lake	Barron	WI	—	11 ft	1,163 acres	106 ft
45	Kangaroo Lake	Door	WI	—	8.8 ft	1,156 acres	12 ft
46	Lac la Belle Lake	Waukesha	WI	—	4.8 ft	1,154 acres	45 ft
47	Spooner Lake	Washburn	WI	—	6.5 ft	1,132 acres	17 ft
48	Big Mckenzie Lake	Washburn	WI	—	10 ft	1,129 acres	71 ft
49	White Lake	Waupaca	WI	—	5.6 ft	1,064 acres	10 ft
50	Plum Lake	Vilas	WI	—	14.2 ft	1,057 acres	57 ft

We do not measure ice

We do not measure ice. Agency minimums (for example Minnesota DNR guidance on clear ice) are not lake-specific readings and are not a safety clearance. Check local ice reports before you go. Ice thickness guidelines

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.