Little Long Lake

Little Long Lake comes in at a B on the grading rubric — a respectable showing for a Wisconsin lake of its size and depth.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Little Long Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. Little Long Lake reaches 30 ft at its deepest point — typical for Wisconsin mid-sized lakes, with seasonal stratification but limited cold-water refuge. The lake's 101 acres and partial shoreline records put it in the mid-range bucket — large enough for varied use, small enough that watershed inputs reach the whole basin. Little Long Lake sits at rank 22 of 34 in Forest County, in the lower half of the local distribution.

An invasive species record — Chinese Mystery Snail — has been logged at Little Long Lake; Wisconsin DNR maintains the official infested-waters list. The fishery is bass-led, with 3 documented species across the lake's records. Monitoring depth is thin here: the LakeGrade rubric is applied to a small number of sample years, and the grade will be revised as more data accumulates.