Taylor Lake-Deep Hole

Taylor Lake-Deep Hole earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Bayfield County. Sub-grades cluster within a single letter of each other, which usually means the lake is in stable trophic balance rather than fighting one specific stressor.

A TSI near 41 places Taylor Lake-Deep Hole in the mesotrophic band — moderate productivity, with seasonal swings between clearer spring water and richer late-summer conditions. The lake bottoms out at 15 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. The lake is compact at 85 acres, with partial shoreline records and little volume to buffer nutrient inputs. Within Bayfield County's 55 graded lakes, Taylor Lake-Deep Hole ranks 35 — below the local median, though not at the bottom.

Taylor Lake-Deep Hole has no invasive species recorded in Wisconsin state databases as of 2025, though prevention practices still apply at all access points. The fishery includes walleye alongside the lake's other 5 documented species — a notable draw for Wisconsin anglers. 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.