Tom Doyle Lake

Tom Doyle Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Oneida County. Clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate similarly, so there is no obvious single lever to pull on watershed management.

A TSI value of 37 puts Tom Doyle Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. The lake bottoms out at 30 ft — a moderate depth that supports a warm-water fishery without the year-round cold refuge a deeper basin provides. At 108 acres, Tom Doyle Lake fits the Wisconsin median for monitored lakes, with partial shoreline records. Tom Doyle Lake ranks 34 of 140 in Oneida County, putting it in the upper tier of locally monitored lakes.

Tom Doyle Lake has at least one documented invasive species (Chinese Mystery Snail), so boaters and anglers should observe clean-drain-dry steps when leaving the lake. Walleye are documented at Tom Doyle Lake, one of 6 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Tom Doyle Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. 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.