Rolling Stone Lake

On the LakeGrade scale Rolling Stone Lake grades a B, with clarity at 18.9 ft and 33 µg/L of phosphorus placing it above the Wisconsin median. Phosphorus is the parameter holding the grade back — runoff from the surrounding watershed appears to keep nutrient levels elevated through the summer.

Mesotrophic conditions dominate at Rolling Stone Lake: enough nutrients for a healthy fishery, not so much that algal blooms become a chronic problem. At only 12 ft deep, Rolling Stone Lake is shallow — wind keeps the water column mixed and sediment resuspension drives phosphorus levels harder to manage. The lake's 682 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. Rolling Stone Lake ranks 26 of 32 in Langlade County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

Rolling Stone Lake has at least one documented invasive species (Banded Mystery Snail), so boaters and anglers should observe clean-drain-dry steps when leaving the lake. Walleye are documented at Rolling Stone Lake, one of 6 fish species on record for the lake. Public access is available — the lake is on the Wisconsin DNR public-access list. 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.