Smallmouth Bass Lakes in Wisconsin, 366 Lakes

Smallmouth Bass is one of the headline game-fish species in Wisconsin — the kind of catch that anchors fishing trips, cabin weekends, and the regional fishing economy. 871 lakes in our dataset have documented Smallmouth Bass. Smallmouth Bass is widely distributed: 404 lakes in Minnesota, 366 in Wisconsin, and 101 in Michigan. That breadth means anglers across most of the coverage area can find a documented Smallmouth Bass lake within a reasonable drive.

Game-fish presence on a Wisconsin lake also signals enough water-quality stability to support the prey species the game fish depend on — perch, alewife, ciscoes — which themselves require reasonably oxygenated, clear water. The Smallmouth Bass lakes with the lowest nutrient and algae readings tend to be the ones where the species does best, since the same water-clarity and nutrient conditions support both.

366

Wisconsin Lakes

Counties

Smallmouth Bass Lakes Map

Every Wisconsin lake with documented smallmouth bass.

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Best Smallmouth Bass Lakes in Wisconsin

Rank	Lake	County	Clarity	Depth
1	Green Lake	Green Lake	13.5 ft	236 ft
2	Geneva Lake	Walworth	21 ft	135 ft
3	Powers Lake	Kenosha	10 ft	33 ft
4	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	12.2 ft	90 ft
5	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	13.5 ft	105 ft
6	Round Lake	Sawyer	21.1 ft	74 ft
7	Big Sand Lake	Burnett	11 ft	55 ft
8	Sand Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	50 ft
9	Ashegon Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	56 ft
10	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	14.8 ft	29 ft
11	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	17.3 ft	38 ft
12	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	16 ft	32 ft
13	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	17.4 ft	60 ft
14	Lake St Croix	St. Croix	5.6 ft	60 ft
15	Boulder Lake	Vilas	5.6 ft	23 ft
16	Boulder Lake	Oconto	11 ft	11 ft
17	Lake Noquebay	Marinette	7.3 ft	51 ft
18	Spider Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	64 ft
19	Spider Lake	Vilas	10.5 ft	43 ft
20	Carpenter Lake	Vilas	7.5 ft	16 ft
21	Beaver Dam Lake	Barron	11 ft	106 ft
22	North Turtle Lake	Vilas	8.5 ft	58 ft
23	Silver Lake	Kenosha	7.1 ft	44 ft
24	Silver Lake	Barron	13 ft	91 ft
25	Silver Lake	Forest	13 ft	20 ft
26	Plum Lake	Vilas	14.2 ft	57 ft
27	Whitefish Lake	Oneida	8.8 ft	33 ft
28	Whitefish Lake	Douglas	25 ft	102 ft
29	Round Lake	Oneida	4.4 ft	15 ft
30	Cedar Lake	Iron	7.5 ft	21 ft
31	Bass Lake	Oneida	6 ft	20 ft
32	Clear Lake	Rusk	13.7 ft	74 ft
33	Clear Lake	Oneida	-	95 ft
34	Spencer Lake	Waupaca	8.5 ft	53 ft
35	Rice Lake	Iron	5 ft	21 ft
36	Little Spider Lake	Vilas	16 ft	23 ft
37	Indian Lake	Oneida	11 ft	26 ft
38	Tom Doyle Lake	Oneida	7 ft	30 ft
39	Lake Lucerne	Forest	18.7 ft	73 ft
40	Oxbow Lake	Vilas	8 ft	44 ft
41	Bear Lake	Oneida	8 ft	20 ft
42	Bear Lake	Barron	6.2 ft	87 ft
43	Long Lake	Waupaca	13 ft	76 ft
44	Long Lake	Chippewa	13.1 ft	101 ft
45	Lake Metonga	Forest	22 ft	79 ft
46	Birch Lake	Vilas	6.5 ft	45 ft
47	Rush Lake	Vilas	5 ft	7 ft
48	Rock Lake	Jefferson	12 ft	60 ft
49	North Lake	Waukesha	8 ft	78.4 ft
50	Imogene Lake	Vilas	10 ft	41 ft

Showing top 50 of 366 lakes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Wisconsin lakes have smallmouth bass?

Smallmouth Bass are found in 366 lakes in Wisconsin.

What are the best smallmouth bass lakes in Wisconsin?

The best smallmouth bass lakes in Wisconsin by water quality are Green Lake, Geneva Lake, Powers Lake, Lac Courte Oreilles Lake, Whitefish Lake.

Fish species from state agency survey, stocking, and public fishing-access records; water-quality readings from the EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys.