Vilas County Wisconsin Fishing, 168 Lakes

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Vilas County Fishing Lakes

Lake	Clarity	Max Depth	Species
Boulder Lake	5.6 ft	23 ft	6
Spider Lake	10.5 ft	43 ft	6
Pickerel Lake	6 ft	26 ft	5
Carpenter Lake	7.5 ft	16 ft	5
North Turtle Lake	8.5 ft	58 ft	6
Silver Lake	12.1 ft	19 ft	5
Plum Lake	14.2 ft	57 ft	6
Bass Lake	12.8 ft	15 ft	5
Pioneer Lake	9.5 ft	27 ft	5
Little Spider Lake	16 ft	23 ft	5
Oxbow Lake	8 ft	44 ft	6
Towanda Lake	10.5 ft	27 ft	5
Birch Lake	6.5 ft	45 ft	6
Rush Lake	5 ft	7 ft	6
Imogene Lake	10 ft	41 ft	3
Anderson Lake	20.5 ft	63 ft	2
Carlin Lake	21 ft	36 ft	3
High Lake	10 ft	36 ft	6
Rainbow Lake	6 ft	36 ft	6
Little Tamarack Flowage Lake	8.2 ft	16 ft	4
Big Lake	-	30 ft	6
Papoose Lake	15 ft	65 ft	6
Kentuck Lake	9.5 ft	40 ft	5
Little Crooked Lake	8.5 ft	30 ft	5
Big Arbor Vitae Lake	6 ft	41 ft	4
Plummer Lake	18 ft	85 ft	5
Armour Lake	10.5 ft	56 ft	6
Found Lake	6 ft	21 ft	5
Circle Lily Lake	6 ft	35 ft	6
Big Portage Lake	18.5 ft	40 ft	4
Annabelle Lake	8 ft	30 ft	5
Meta Lake	10.5 ft	25 ft	4
Forest Lake	22.2 ft	60 ft	5
Wildcat Lake	7 ft	38 ft	5
Sunset Lake	17.3 ft	30 ft	6
Black Oak Lake	29 ft	85 ft	6
Spring Lake	8.5 ft	16 ft	4
Fishtrap Lake	12.2 ft	34 ft	6
Lynx Lake	12.8 ft	20 ft	6
Beaver Lake	6.5 ft	20 ft	5
Snipe Lake	11 ft	15 ft	4
Moon Lake	13 ft	38 ft	6
Dead Pike Lake	8 ft	80 ft	6
Presque Isle Lake	18 ft	103 ft	6
Anvil Lake	12 ft	32 ft	4
Crawling Stone Lake	16 ft	87 ft	6
South Turtle Lake	8 ft	40 ft	6
Hiawatha Lake	4 ft	58 ft	3
Harris Lake	14.9 ft	57 ft	6
Alma Lake	12 ft	18 ft	5
Myrtle Lake	10.2 ft	29 ft	3
Irving Lake	11.3 ft	8 ft	4
Finger Lake	11.7 ft	30 ft	3
Red Bass Lake	3.4 ft	22 ft	3
Mccullough Lake	8 ft	27 ft	5
Escanaba Lake	9.5 ft	26 ft	5
Hunter Lake	12.6 ft	40 ft	4
Bobidosh Lake	14 ft	33 ft	2
Upper Gresham Lake	11.3 ft	32 ft	5
Moccasin Lake	11 ft	31 ft	5
Little Portage Lake	6.4 ft	11 ft	4
Stearns Lake	10 ft	16 ft	6
Lake Content	9 ft	14 ft	5
Sugarbush Lake	16 ft	29 ft	6
Pokegama Lake	-	65 ft	6
Little Trout Lake	-	98 ft	6
Day Lake	-	57 ft	2
Haskell Lake	-	50 ft	5
Rice Lake	3.5 ft	7 ft	5
Rock Lake	6.2 ft	18 ft	5
Lac Vieux Desert Lake	5.7 ft	38 ft	6
Cochran Lake	6 ft	12 ft	4
Mann Lake	6.8 ft	18 ft	2
Stella Lake	5 ft	9 ft	3
Watersmeet Lake	3.5 ft	12 ft	6
Baker Lake	4.5 ft	21 ft	3
Muskellunge Lake	4 ft	19 ft	5
Amik Lake	2.8 ft	8 ft	6
Otter Lake	5 ft	30 ft	6
Lost Lake	4.5 ft	20 ft	5
Scattering Rice Lake	4.4 ft	17 ft	6
Broken Bow Lake	8 ft	23 ft	3
Little Arbor Vitae Lake	5 ft	32 ft	4
East Bay Lake	3.2 ft	19 ft	5
Manitowish Lake	12.5 ft	61 ft	6
Whitefish Lake	14 ft	40 ft	4
Alder Lake	10.2 ft	30 ft	6
Razorback Lake	15.2 ft	35 ft	6
White Sand Lake Deep	18 ft	63 ft	6
Seventeen Lake	2.7 ft	8 ft	2
Stone Lake	10.5 ft	43 ft	6
Fawn Lake	9 ft	10 ft	5
Island Lake	9.9 ft	35 ft	6
North Twin Lake	14 ft	60 ft	5
Deer Lake	12 ft	24 ft	2
Duck Lake	4 ft	20 ft	6
Boot Lake	4 ft	15 ft	5
Boot Lake	-	19 ft	3
Loon Lake	14.5 ft	21 ft	3
Eagle Lake	5 ft	34 ft	6
Little Crawling Stone Deep Lake	14 ft	44 ft	6
Big Crawling Stone Deep Lake	17 ft	87 ft	6
Moss Lake West Deep	7 ft	29 ft	6
White Birch Lake	16 ft	27 ft	5
Yellow Birch Lake	4.4 ft	23 ft	6
Benson Lake	10.6 ft	15 ft	7
Wild Rice Lake Deep	8.5 ft	26 ft	6
Lynx Lake	4.4 ft	20 ft	6
Ike Walton Lake Deep	8.5 ft	61 ft	5
Little Crab Lake	11 ft	26 ft	3
Statehouse Lake	10.5 ft	18 ft	3
West Bay Lake	2.5 ft	57 ft	6
West Bay Lake	6 ft	23 ft	3
West Bay Lake	8.5 ft	19 ft	5
Katinka Lake	18 ft	60 ft	5
Spirit Lake	12.2 ft	20 ft	1
Long Interlaken Lake Deep	15 ft	65 ft	6
Roach Lake	24 ft	48 ft	2
White Sand Lake	20 ft	71 ft	6
Upper Sugarbush Lake Deep	15 ft	29 ft	6
Pokegema Lake Deep	12 ft	65 ft	6
Aldridge Lake	5 ft	12 ft	4
North Crab Lake	8 ft	35 ft	6
Fence Lake Deep	17 ft	86 ft	7
Flambeau Lake Deep	13 ft	78 ft	6
Middle Sugarbush Lake Deep	15 ft	57 ft	6
Shannon Lake	6.9 ft	30 ft	3
Dunn Lake	6.5 ft	9 ft	3
Mamie Lake	4.5 ft	15 ft	6
Dads Lake	10.8 ft	15 ft	3
Rest Lake	12.5 ft	53 ft	6
Frank Lake	12.8 ft	38 ft	4
Starrett Lake	14.5 ft	19 ft	5
Ne Bay Lake	4 ft	19 ft	5
Oberlin Lake	9.5 ft	25 ft	2
North Bay Lake	-	19 ft	5
Nebish Lake	16.3 ft	52 ft	2
Little Bass Lake	8.8 ft	35 ft	2
Crawford Lake	2.2 ft	11 ft	1
Seneca Lake	6.3 ft	10 ft	2
Kenu Lake	2.2 ft	13 ft	5
Big Hurst Lake	24 ft	44 ft	3
Catfish Lake	5.5 ft	30 ft	6
Stormy Lake	18 ft	63 ft	5
Adams Lake	100 ft	14 ft	2
Morton Lake	10.5 ft	29 ft	5
Prong Lake	13.5 ft	50 ft	2
Smith Lake	8.5 ft	18 ft	2
Range Line Lake	7.6 ft	13 ft	2
Brandy Lake	13 ft	44 ft	5
Bittersweet Lake	5.5 ft	31 ft	3
Elsie Lake	16 ft	22 ft	2
Little St Germain Lake-South Bay-Nr St Germain	-	53 ft	6
L St Germain Lake	-	53 ft	6
Mosslake_deep	-	29 ft	6
Sanborn Lake	-	13 ft	3
Tambling Lake	-	11 ft	4
Whitesandlake_deep	-	63 ft	6
Pokegemalake_deep	-	65 ft	6
Longinterlakenlake_deep	-	65 ft	6
Flambeaulake_deep	-	78 ft	6
Littletroutlake_deep	-	98 ft	6
Mosslake_east_deep	-	29 ft	6
Ikewaltonlake_deep	-	61 ft	5
Wildricelake_deep	-	26 ft	6
Littlecrawlingstine_deep Lake	-	44 ft	6
Bigcrawlingstone Deep Lake	-	87 ft	6
Laura Lake	-	43 ft	5

Vilas County water quality

Vilas County Lake Water Quality

Water-quality measurements for every lake in Vilas County

DNR Survey Reports

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

2025
Catfish Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Cranberry Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Dead Pike Lake comprehensive survey, 2025
Comprehensive Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Duck Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Eagle Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Johnson Lake spring bass panfish survey, 2025
Panfish Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Little Saint Germain spring walleye/musky netting survey, 2025
Netting Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Lynx Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Muskellunge Lake spring bass panfish survey, 2025
Musky Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Otter Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Razorback Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Scattering Rice Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Trout Lake spring summary report, 2025
Trout Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Upper and Lower Buckatabon spring musky netting survey, 2025
Netting Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2025
Yellow Birch Lake spring summary report, 2025
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2025 (PDF)
2024
Boot Lake spring shocking survey, 2024
Spring Shocking Survey · WI DNR · 2024 (PDF)
2024
Crab Lake spring survey, 2024
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2024 (PDF)
2024
Plum Lake spring survey, 2024
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2024 (PDF)
2024
Presque Isle Chain spring survey, 2024
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2024 (PDF)
2024
Snipe Lake spring survey, 2024
Fisheries Survey · WI DNR · 2024 (PDF)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What fish are in Vilas County lakes?

Vilas County, Wisconsin has 8 documented fish species across 168 lakes, including Panfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Musky, Northern Pike.

Which Vilas County fishing lake has the cleanest water?

Boulder Lake ranks highest on nutrient and algae readings among Vilas County lakes with a documented fishery.

Game Fish

Panfish

Trout, Salmon & Coldwater

Other Species