Fishing lakes in Wisconsin

Wisconsin has 1,087 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 3432 km². The largest is Lake Winnebago at 534.17 km². Anglers can find Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Crappie across these waters.

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Top fish species in Wisconsin

Lake Trout585 lakes
Rainbow Trout585 lakes
Crappie585 lakes
Yellow Perch585 lakes
Flathead Catfish585 lakes
Northern Pike585 lakes
Muskellunge585 lakes
Smallmouth Bass585 lakes
Largemouth Bass585 lakes
Channel Catfish585 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish585 lakes
Brown Trout585 lakes

Top 300 largest lakes

Lake Winnebago
534.17 km² · 44.017, -88.410
Lake Pepin
103.17 km² · 44.494, -92.282
Petenwell Lake
93.15 km² · 44.137, -89.964
Lake Chippewa
60.17 km² · 45.930, -91.199
Lake Poygan
57.69 km² · 44.146, -88.839
Castle Rock Lake
52.57 km² · 43.932, -89.979
Turtle-Flambeau Flowage
52.42 km² · 46.075, -90.180
Lake Koshkonong
42.91 km² · 42.872, -88.961
Lake Onalaska
42.57 km² · 43.912, -91.311
Lake Mendota
39.61 km² · 43.105, -89.420
Lake Butte des Morts
34.81 km² · 44.070, -88.639
Lake Saint Croix
31.14 km² · 44.924, -92.770
Green Lake
30.96 km² · 43.811, -89.000
Lake Wisconsin
29.15 km² · 43.371, -89.603
Beaver Dam Lake
25.92 km² · 43.494, -88.888
Shawano Lake
25.17 km² · 44.807, -88.519
Portage Lake
23.38 km² · 47.066, -88.497
Michigamme Reservoir
22.03 km² · 46.178, -88.222
Lake Geneva
21.92 km² · 42.565, -88.504
Lac Courte Oreilles
20.81 km² · 45.895, -91.435
Puckaway Lake
20.30 km² · 43.757, -89.170
Willow Reservoir
19.75 km² · 45.719, -89.882
Lake Wissota
19.49 km² · 44.950, -91.317
Lake Winneconne
18.33 km² · 44.140, -88.733
Lac Vieux Desert
17.82 km² · 46.137, -89.113
Lake Michigamme
17.30 km² · 46.519, -88.058
Trout Lake
15.65 km² · 46.041, -89.671
Tomahawk Lake
14.48 km² · 45.824, -89.656
Pelican Lake
14.36 km² · 45.506, -89.199
North Twin Lake
14.17 km² · 46.049, -89.138
Fence Lake
14.11 km² · 45.951, -89.839
Long Lake
14.08 km² · 45.710, -91.690
Bridge Lake
13.65 km² · 45.557, -89.733
Lake Monona
13.60 km² · 43.068, -89.358
Round Lake
13.46 km² · 46.014, -91.317
Namekagon Lake
13.42 km² · 46.221, -91.095
Rainbow Flowage
13.29 km² · 45.858, -89.514
Lake Kegonsa
12.96 km² · 42.965, -89.254
Grindstone Lake
12.86 km² · 45.935, -91.415
Dead River Storage Basin
11.08 km² · 46.591, -87.670
Rush Lake
11.05 km² · 43.927, -88.800
Nelson Lake
11.00 km² · 46.093, -91.471
Torch Bay
10.90 km² · 47.095, -88.441
Fox Lake
10.80 km² · 43.585, -88.924
Shell Lake
10.17 km² · 45.734, -91.900
Peavy Pond
10.02 km² · 46.012, -88.203
Lake Noquebay
9.89 km² · 45.257, -87.908
Pewaukee Lake 27.6
9.87 km² · 43.073, -88.307
Torch Lake
9.72 km² · 47.163, -88.423
Lake Chetac
9.72 km² · 45.711, -91.498
Lost Land Lake
9.49 km² · 46.094, -91.127
Lake Waubesa
9.31 km² · 43.014, -89.323
Yellow Lake
9.24 km² · 45.919, -92.399
Red Cedar Lake
9.22 km² · 45.602, -91.583
Saint Croix Flowage
9.10 km² · 46.256, -91.871
Muskego Lake
8.88 km² · 42.877, -88.113
Bond Falls Flowage
8.65 km² · 46.394, -89.102
Biron Flowage
8.36 km² · 44.449, -89.706
Lake Independence
8.32 km² · 46.806, -87.698
Metonga Lake
8.26 km² · 45.541, -88.904
Sinissippi Lake
8.11 km² · 43.372, -88.616
Boom Lake
7.78 km² · 45.675, -89.450
Delavan Lake
7.72 km² · 42.606, -88.609
Balsam Lake
7.69 km² · 45.465, -92.427
Dairyland Reservoir
7.58 km² · 45.509, -91.015
Thunder Lake
7.27 km² · 45.788, -89.217
Cranberry Lake
7.11 km² · 46.158, -91.926
Chequamegon Waters Flowage
6.91 km² · 45.212, -90.702
Pine Lake
6.77 km² · 45.677, -88.981
Big Marine Lake
6.76 km² · 45.220, -92.859
Grand Lake
6.75 km² · 46.875, -92.404
Bone Lake
6.74 km² · 45.535, -92.389
Sturgeon Lake
6.66 km² · 46.379, -92.757
Big Saint Germain Lake
6.57 km² · 45.934, -89.520
Holcombe Flowage
6.33 km² · 45.247, -91.148
Moose Lake 190
6.31 km² · 46.020, -91.039
Green Lake
6.04 km² · 45.341, -92.900
Crawling Stone Lake
6.01 km² · 45.938, -89.884
Cleveland Cliffs Basin
6.01 km² · 46.281, -86.862
High Falls Reservoir
5.96 km² · 45.304, -88.196
Spider Lake
5.95 km² · 46.097, -91.223
Van Vliet Lake
5.93 km² · 46.217, -89.776
Big Sand Lake
5.80 km² · 45.825, -92.220
Big Sand Lake
5.78 km² · 46.063, -88.982
Silver Lake Basin
5.77 km² · 46.659, -87.841
Ike Walton Lake
5.74 km² · 46.036, -89.806
Prairie Lake
5.70 km² · 45.359, -91.683
Tainter Lake
5.62 km² · 44.978, -91.856
Rock Lake
5.55 km² · 43.078, -88.930
Bear Lake
5.46 km² · 45.630, -91.822
Clam Lake
5.41 km² · 45.793, -92.325
Minocqua Lake
5.37 km² · 45.872, -89.697
Squirrel Lake
5.36 km² · 45.869, -89.895
Pickerel Lake
5.15 km² · 45.396, -88.909
North Lake
5.08 km² · 44.663, -92.687
Lake Owen
5.06 km² · 46.274, -91.233
Butternut Lake
5.05 km² · 45.912, -88.989
McCann Lake
5.02 km² · 45.305, -91.409
Okauchee Lake 85
4.95 km² · 43.126, -88.427
Star Lake
4.94 km² · 46.030, -89.485
Little Lake Butte Des Morts
4.86 km² · 44.213, -88.462
Little Rice Lake
4.85 km² · 45.604, -89.005
Legend Lake
4.84 km² · 44.901, -88.566
Wapogasset Lake
4.80 km² · 45.332, -92.429
White Sand Lake
4.78 km² · 46.006, -89.835
Flambeau Lake
4.72 km² · 45.966, -89.922
Partridge Lake
4.70 km² · 44.276, -88.890
Kangaroo Lake
4.68 km² · 45.035, -87.159
Lac La Belle
4.67 km² · 43.130, -88.519
Tichigan and Buena Lakes 359
4.63 km² · 42.804, -88.217
Spooner Lake
4.58 km² · 45.840, -91.825
McKenzie Lake
4.57 km² · 45.918, -92.039
Thousand Island Lake
4.54 km² · 46.231, -89.407
Catfish Lake
4.53 km² · 45.906, -89.192
Cedar Lake
4.53 km² · 45.214, -92.572
Upper Eau Claire Lake
4.45 km² · 46.311, -91.478
Long Lake
4.41 km² · 45.251, -91.402
Chicagon Lake
4.38 km² · 46.060, -88.503
Big Arbor Vitae Lake
4.33 km² · 45.930, -89.650
Robinson Lake
4.32 km² · 44.363, -91.996
White Lake
4.31 km² · 44.366, -88.933
Caldron Falls Reservoir
4.30 km² · 45.357, -88.261
Plum Lake
4.28 km² · 46.003, -89.519
Chisago Lake
4.23 km² · 45.360, -92.871
Pokegama Lake
4.22 km² · 45.992, -89.888
Lake Lucerne
4.21 km² · 45.527, -88.846
Perch Lake
4.20 km² · 46.362, -88.662
Greenwood Reservoir
4.17 km² · 46.456, -87.829
Planting Ground Lake
4.15 km² · 45.833, -89.155
White Potato Lake
4.14 km² · 45.144, -88.211
Big Round Lake
4.10 km² · 45.524, -92.301
Lake Menomin
4.08 km² · 44.892, -91.913
Little Trout Lake
4.08 km² · 46.065, -89.853
Kentuck Lake
4.05 km² · 45.985, -89.000
Lake Eau Claire
3.99 km² · 44.761, -91.102
Butternut Lake
3.98 km² · 45.968, -90.519
Nagawicka Lake
3.97 km² · 43.075, -88.389
Devils Lake
3.95 km² · 45.909, -92.338
Lake Como
3.87 km² · 42.600, -88.492
Sand Lake
3.84 km² · 45.852, -91.496
Cedar Lake
3.79 km² · 43.384, -88.263
Phantom Lake
3.77 km² · 45.824, -92.649
Cranberry Lake
3.75 km² · 45.902, -89.164
Lake Chetek
3.74 km² · 45.316, -91.629
Wind Lake
3.72 km² · 42.824, -88.141
Deer Lake
3.72 km² · 46.525, -87.683
Crab Lake
3.70 km² · 46.195, -89.719
South Center Lake
3.68 km² · 45.379, -92.822
Sand Lake
3.64 km² · 45.918, -92.173
Otter Lake
3.64 km² · 46.913, -88.574
Big Muskellunge Lake
3.63 km² · 46.017, -89.615
Sturgeon Lake
3.62 km² · 44.638, -92.638
Long and Big Sand Lakes 15
3.59 km² · 46.064, -89.022
Clear Lake
3.54 km² · 45.870, -89.625
Dam Lake
3.51 km² · 45.867, -89.399
Island Lake
3.50 km² · 46.117, -89.792
Clark Lake
3.50 km² · 44.937, -87.203
Rice Lake 230
3.48 km² · 45.507, -91.725
Solberg Lake
3.44 km² · 45.754, -90.372
Whitefish Lake
3.43 km² · 46.214, -91.872
Mason Lake
3.43 km² · 43.658, -89.608
Big Lake
3.42 km² · 45.760, -89.120
Au Train Lake
3.42 km² · 46.402, -86.840
Lower Ninemile Lake
3.41 km² · 45.898, -89.096
Franklin Lake
3.40 km² · 45.936, -89.001
Mountain Lake
3.38 km² · 46.857, -87.917
Clark Lake
3.38 km² · 46.225, -89.320
Beaver Dam Lake
3.36 km² · 45.554, -92.046
Middle Eau Claire Lake
3.36 km² · 46.296, -91.521
Upper Saint Croix Lake
3.35 km² · 46.357, -91.804
Big Lake
3.35 km² · 46.155, -89.770
Mud Lake
3.31 km² · 43.412, -89.291
Oconomowoc Lake 87
3.29 km² · 43.099, -88.454
Ned Lake
3.27 km² · 46.450, -88.332
Sissabagama Lake
3.26 km² · 45.791, -91.518
Lake Beulah
3.26 km² · 42.822, -88.389
Whitefish Lake
3.24 km² · 45.863, -91.445
Prairie Lake
3.22 km² · 46.791, -92.905
Trude Lake
3.18 km² · 46.114, -90.155
Deer Lake
3.18 km² · 45.403, -92.523
Lower Eau Claire Lake
3.18 km² · 46.273, -91.551
Big Lake
3.16 km² · 46.200, -89.447
Lake Arbutus
3.13 km² · 44.424, -90.708
Birch Island Lake
3.11 km² · 45.950, -92.147
Prickett Lake
3.10 km² · 46.705, -88.684
Upper Post Lake
3.10 km² · 45.460, -89.085
North Center Lake
3.09 km² · 45.407, -92.830
Sunrise Lake
3.09 km² · 45.427, -92.865
Lake Nancy
3.06 km² · 46.093, -91.985
Webb Lake
3.06 km² · 46.038, -92.135
McClaine Lake
3.04 km² · 46.057, -91.277
Round Lake
3.03 km² · 45.928, -90.068
White Sand Lake
3.02 km² · 46.089, -89.594
Lake Antoine
3.00 km² · 45.837, -88.032
High Lake
3.00 km² · 46.156, -89.549
Pike Lake
3.00 km² · 45.900, -90.067
Amber Lake
2.98 km² · 45.884, -89.995
Hardwood Impoundment
2.96 km² · 45.991, -87.682
Lauderdale Lakes
2.96 km² · 42.771, -88.568
Lake Gribben
2.95 km² · 46.422, -87.540
Dead Slough Lake
2.91 km² · 44.576, -92.509
Two Sisters Lake
2.91 km² · 45.771, -89.527
Pine Lake
2.88 km² · 43.119, -88.384
Shishebogama Lake
2.83 km² · 45.898, -89.820
Kawaguesaga Lake
2.83 km² · 45.868, -89.738
Zumbro Lake
2.83 km² · 44.189, -92.476
Big Stone Lake
2.82 km² · 45.804, -89.103
Boney Falls Basin
2.81 km² · 46.076, -87.342
Rolling Stone Lake
2.76 km² · 45.435, -88.947
Perch Lake
2.75 km² · 46.689, -92.671
Columbus Lake
2.74 km² · 45.837, -89.253
Lawrence Lake
2.74 km² · 43.734, -91.268
Big Crooked Lake
2.70 km² · 46.141, -89.671
Big Fork Lake
2.68 km² · 45.830, -89.098
Gene Pond
2.67 km² · 46.067, -87.859
Rest Lake
2.65 km² · 46.141, -89.875
Rice Lake
2.65 km² · 47.163, -88.284
Sheboygan Lake
2.61 km² · 43.839, -88.071
Palmer Lake
2.61 km² · 46.200, -89.500
Big Pine Lake
2.60 km² · 45.984, -90.064
Buckskin Lake
2.60 km² · 45.894, -89.937
Worm Lake
2.59 km² · 46.541, -88.495
Lake Winter
2.58 km² · 45.817, -90.986
Lake Laura
2.54 km² · 46.057, -89.438
Whitewater Lake 70
2.53 km² · 42.762, -88.696
Crooked Lake
2.52 km² · 46.231, -89.285
Target Lake
2.51 km² · 43.796, -91.280
Crescent Lake
2.50 km² · 45.603, -89.518
Duck Lake
2.49 km² · 46.204, -89.218
Neshonoc Lake
2.46 km² · 43.909, -91.057
Long Lake
2.45 km² · 45.869, -89.143
Lake Redstone
2.45 km² · 43.607, -90.093
Apple River Flowage 134
2.45 km² · 45.346, -92.353
Mud Lake
2.44 km² · 45.995, -91.246
Otter Lake 27
2.44 km² · 45.071, -90.943
Lac Sault Dore
2.43 km² · 45.703, -90.562
Smoky Lake
2.40 km² · 46.096, -88.942
Spirit Lake
2.40 km² · 45.714, -92.551
Big Portage Lake
2.38 km² · 46.126, -89.285
Pickerel Lake
2.36 km² · 45.886, -89.530
Day Lake
2.34 km² · 46.187, -90.906
Eagle Lake
2.33 km² · 45.932, -89.208
Mud Hen Lake
2.30 km² · 45.777, -92.482
Black Oak Lake
2.28 km² · 46.163, -89.316
Hagerman Lake
2.28 km² · 46.060, -88.779
Lake Maria
2.28 km² · 43.647, -89.002
Rynearson Flowage 1
2.25 km² · 44.059, -90.158
Island Lake
2.23 km² · 46.406, -92.749
Laurel Lake
2.23 km² · 45.812, -89.125
Half Moon Lake
2.23 km² · 45.495, -92.421
Sand Lake
2.22 km² · 45.849, -89.391
Little Arbor Vitae Lake
2.19 km² · 45.912, -89.621
Lost Lake
2.18 km² · 45.966, -89.483
Totagatic Lake
2.18 km² · 46.168, -91.403
Old Abe Lake
2.17 km² · 45.069, -91.256
Caribou Lake
2.17 km² · 46.899, -92.310
Harris Lake
2.16 km² · 46.261, -89.834
Sunset Lake
2.15 km² · 46.135, -88.591
Ottawa Lake
2.14 km² · 46.084, -88.763
Eagle Lake
2.14 km² · 42.703, -88.125
Middle McKenzie Lake
2.13 km² · 45.943, -92.041
Crystal Lake
2.13 km² · 43.290, -89.623
Katherine Lake
2.12 km² · 45.805, -89.712
Oxbow Lake
2.12 km² · 46.241, -89.683
Stormy Lake
2.12 km² · 46.055, -89.322
Wood Lake
2.11 km² · 45.741, -92.582
Sugar Camp Lake
2.10 km² · 45.800, -89.308
Gull Lake
2.10 km² · 45.995, -91.752
Sevenmile Lake
2.10 km² · 45.880, -89.052
Silver Lake
2.09 km² · 42.551, -88.154
Boulder Lake
2.09 km² · 46.125, -89.661
Clear Lake
2.09 km² · 46.147, -89.812
Big Lake
2.08 km² · 46.700, -92.630
Upper Buckatabon Lake
2.08 km² · 46.016, -89.348
Wabikon Lake
2.08 km² · 45.559, -88.778
Monroe County Flowage
2.08 km² · 44.077, -90.370
Enterprise Lake
2.06 km² · 45.455, -89.239
Birch Lake
2.05 km² · 46.218, -89.838
Halsey Lake
2.05 km² · 45.848, -88.633
Musser Lake
2.04 km² · 45.735, -90.269
Windigo Lake
2.04 km² · 45.931, -91.472
King Lake
2.04 km² · 46.520, -88.409
Ballard Lake
2.04 km² · 46.061, -89.499
Manitowish Lake
2.01 km² · 46.108, -89.841
Chaney Lake
2.01 km² · 46.320, -89.912
Sand Lake
2.00 km² · 46.414, -92.776
Fumee Lake
2.00 km² · 45.826, -87.975
Whitefish Lake
1.97 km² · 46.206, -89.349
Sprague-Mather Flowage
1.96 km² · 44.148, -90.160
Teal Lake
1.96 km² · 46.513, -87.628
Pike Lake
1.95 km² · 46.866, -92.300
Reservoir Pond
1.95 km² · 45.312, -88.639
Langford Lake
1.95 km² · 46.275, -89.480
South Lindstrom Lake
1.91 km² · 45.383, -92.856
Little Muskego Lake
1.91 km² · 42.914, -88.143
Ives Lake
1.91 km² · 46.847, -87.849
North Nokomis Lake
1.90 km² · 45.852, -89.451
Cranberry Lake
1.90 km² · 45.619, -90.353
Beaufort Lake
1.89 km² · 46.538, -88.188
South Turtle Lake
1.89 km² · 46.211, -89.895