Wisconsin Muskellunge Waters: Vilas County
Note that not all waters containing musky are classified as musky waters. For more information on the terms and abbreviations used here, or to view musky waters in other counties, use the following links:
For information on the musky season, length and bag limits on these waters, please refer to the current hook and line regulations.
For more information on the lake type and other fish species found in these lakes please see the Wisconsin Lakes directory.
For mercury consumption advice, please see Fish Consumption Advisories.
| Lake Name |
Access |
Acres |
Class |
Category |
| Adelade Lake |
Road |
60 |
B |
0 |
| Alder Lake |
Water |
274 |
A1 |
2 |
| Allequash Lake |
Ramp |
426 |
A2 |
2 |
| Alma Lake |
Road |
58 |
A2 |
3 |
| Amik Lake*(Rice, Pike) |
Water |
224 |
A2 |
2 |
| Annabelle Lake (Anna) |
Ramp |
213 |
A2 |
1 |
| Apeekwa Lake (Little Pine) |
None |
188 |
A2 |
0 |
| Armour Lake |
Comm |
320 |
A1 |
1 |
| Arrowhead Lake (Little Star) |
Ramp |
99 |
A2 |
3 |
| Averill Lake (Mud) |
Water |
71 |
A1 |
2 |
| Ballard Lake |
Ramp |
505 |
A2 |
2 |
| Bass Lake |
Comm |
266 |
B |
0 |
| Bear Lake |
None |
76 |
A2 |
0 |
| Belle Lake |
None |
53 |
A2 |
0 |
| Benson Lake |
Road |
28 |
A1 |
1 |
| Big Arbor Vitae Lake |
Ramp |
1090 |
A2 |
2 |
| Big Crooked Lake T41N R05E S15 (LdF) |
None |
384 |
B |
2 |
| Big Crooked Lake T42N R07E S06 |
None |
682 |
A2 |
2 |
| Big Gibson Lake |
Road |
116 |
B |
0 |
| Big Kitten Lake |
Water |
55 |
A2 |
2 |
| Big Lake T42N R06E S04 |
Ramp |
835 |
A1 |
2 |
| Big Lake T43N R08E S24 - (WI-MI) |
Ramp |
771 |
A1 |
2 |
| Big Muskellunge Lake |
Ramp |
930 |
A1 |
2 |
| Big Sand Lake |
Ramp |
1408 |
A1 |
2 |
| Big St Germain Lake |
Ramp |
1617 |
A1 |
2 |
| Birch Lake |
Ramp |
528 |
A2 |
1 |
| Bobs Lake |
None |
7 |
|
|
| Bolton Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
138 |
B |
1 |
| Boot Lake T40N R09E S02 |
Ramp |
284 |
A1 |
2 |
| Boot Lake T44N R06E S33 |
None |
29 |
|
|
| Boulder Lake |
Ramp |
524 |
A2 |
2 |
| Brandy Lake (Cecilia) |
Ramp |
110 |
B |
1 |
| Broken Bow (LdF) |
Comm |
134 |
C |
1 |
| Buckatabon Lake, Lower |
Water |
352 |
A1 |
2 |
| Buckatabon Lake, Upper |
Ramp |
494 |
A1 |
2 |
| Buckskin Lake* |
Ramp |
634 |
B |
2 |
| Carrol Lake* |
RampP |
352 |
A2 |
2 |
| Catfish Lake |
Ramp |
1012 |
A2 |
2 |
| Circle Lily Lake |
Ramp |
223 |
B |
1 |
| Clear Lake |
Ramp |
555 |
A1 |
2 |
| Clear Lake*T39N R04E S02(Near) |
Walk-in |
212 |
B |
1 |
| Clearwater Lake* |
None |
351 |
C |
0 |
| Cochran Lake |
None |
126 |
C |
0 |
| Content Lake |
Water |
244 |
A1 |
2 |
| Crab Lake |
Ramp |
949 |
A1 |
2 |
| Crab Lake, North |
Water |
56 |
A1 |
2 |
| Cranberry Lake |
Ramp |
956 |
A2 |
2 |
| Crawling Stone Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
1466 |
A1 |
2 |
| Dead Pike Lake |
Ramp |
297 |
B |
1 |
| Deer (T42 R10 S30) |
None |
65 |
C |
0 |
| Deer (T43 R05 S10) |
None |
37 |
C |
0 |
| Deerskin Lake |
Ramp |
309 |
A2 |
3 |
| Diamond Lake |
Ramp |
122 |
A2 |
1 |
| Dorothy Dunn Lake |
Walk-in |
70 |
B |
0 |
| Duck Lake |
Water |
108 |
A2 |
2 |
| Eagle Lake T40N R10E S22 |
Ramp |
572 |
A2 |
2 |
| Ellerson Lake, West (LdF) |
None |
80 |
C |
0 |
| Escanaba Lake (Rock) |
Ramp |
293 |
A2 |
1 |
| Favil Lake |
Ramp |
42 |
C |
0 |
| Fawn Lake T40N R08E S30 |
Water |
22 |
A1 |
2 |
| Fawn Lake T42N R05E S11 (Mud) |
Water |
74 |
A1 |
2 |
| Fence Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
3555 |
A1 |
2 |
| Fishtrap Lake |
Ramp |
329 |
A2 |
2 |
| Flambeau Lake (Lac Du Flambeau) (LdF) |
Comm |
1176 |
A1 |
2 |
| Found Lake |
Ramp |
326 |
A2 |
2 |
| George Lake |
None |
92 |
C |
0 |
| Grassy Lake |
Road |
220 |
C |
0 |
| Gresham Lake, Lower |
Road |
149 |
B |
2 |
| Gresham Lake, Middle |
Water |
53 |
A2 |
2 |
| Gresham Lake, Upper |
Ramp |
366 |
A2 |
2 |
| Gunlock Lake (LdF) |
Ramp |
250 |
B |
2 |
| Harris Lake |
Road |
507 |
A2 |
1 |
| Haskell Lake (LdF) |
None |
97 |
B |
1 |
| Helen Lake T43N R09E S30 |
Water |
111 |
C |
0 |
| High Lake |
Ramp |
734 |
A2 |
2 |
| Horsehead Lake |
Road |
234 |
A1 |
1 |
| Ike Walton Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
1424 |
B |
2 |
| Indian Lake |
None |
68 |
C |
0 |
| Irving Lake |
Ramp |
403 |
A2 |
2 |
| Island Lake |
Ramp |
1023 |
A1 |
2 |
| Jag Lake |
Ramp |
158 |
B |
0 |
| Johnson Lake T40N R06E S34 |
Ramp |
78 |
A2 |
2 |
| Jute Lake |
Ramp |
199 |
B |
0 |
| Kasomo Lake |
None |
26 |
|
|
| Katinka Lake |
Comm |
172 |
B |
0 |
| Kentuck Lake |
Ramp |
957 |
A1 |
1 |
| Kenu Lake (Alice) |
None |
73 |
B |
0 |
| Kildare Lake (Pine) |
Comm |
54 |
C |
0 |
| Lac Vieux Desert (WI-2,780 AC) (WI-MI) |
Ramp |
2853 |
A2 |
2 |
| Laura Lake |
Ramp |
599 |
A1 |
2 |
| Little Arbor Vitae Lake |
Ramp |
534 |
A2 |
2 |
| Little Crab Lake |
Road |
76 |
A2 |
2 |
| Little Crawling Stone Lake (LdF) |
Ramp |
107 |
A1 |
1 |
| Little Crooked Lake |
Ramp |
153 |
A2 |
0 |
| Little Gibson Lake |
Road |
31 |
B |
0 |
| Little Horsehead Lake |
Road |
52 |
A1 |
0 |
| Little John Lake |
Ramp |
166 |
A2 |
2 |
| Little Jute Lake |
Water |
10 |
|
|
| Little Papoose Lake |
Road |
46 |
A1 |
0 |
| Little Pine Lake |
None |
18 |
|
|
| Little Portage Lake |
Comm |
170 |
C |
0 |
| Little Presque Isle Lake (WI-MI) |
Comm |
85 |
A1 |
0 |
| Little Rice Lake |
Road |
59 |
C |
0 |
| Little Sand Lake (LdF) |
Water |
107 |
C |
0 |
| Little Spider Lake (Gaffrey) |
Ramp |
235 |
B |
3 |
| Little St Germain Lake |
Ramp |
980 |
A2 |
2 |
| Little Star Lake T41N R08E S10 |
Road |
93 |
C |
0 |
| Little Star Lake T42N R05E S15 |
Ramp |
245 |
A1 |
2 |
| Little Sugarbush Lake (Deer) (LdF) |
Water |
43 |
A2 |
0 |
| Little Tamarack Lake |
Ramp |
200 |
C |
0 |
| Little Trout Lake (LdF) |
Ramp |
978 |
A1 |
2 |
| Lone Pine Lake |
None |
142 |
C |
0 |
| Long Interlaken Lake (Long) (LdF) |
Comm |
368 |
A1 |
2 |
| Long Lake |
Ramp |
872 |
A1 |
2 |
| Lost Canoe Lake |
Walk-in |
249 |
C |
0 |
| Lost Lake |
Ramp |
544 |
A2 |
2 |
| Lynx Lake T40N R10E S15 |
Ramp |
22 |
A2 |
2 |
| Lynx Lake T43N R07E S18 |
Ramp |
339 |
A2 |
2 |
| Madeline Lake*(Mud) |
Ramp |
159 |
A2 |
2 |
| Mamie Lake (WI-376 Acres) (WI-MI) |
Ramp |
400 |
A1 |
2 |
| Manitowish Lake |
Water |
496 |
A1 |
2 |
| Marshall Lake |
Water |
87 |
C |
0 |
| McCullough Lake |
None |
216 |
|
|
| Minnette (LdF) |
Comm |
90 |
C |
0 |
| Moccasin Lake |
Comm |
83 |
B |
0 |
| Moon Lake |
Water |
131 |
A2 |
3 |
| Morton Lake |
None |
163 |
|
|
| Moss Lake (Little Mud) (LdF) |
Water |
196 |
A1 |
1 |
| Murphy Lake |
Ramp |
81 |
C |
0 |
| Muskellunge Lake |
Ramp |
272 |
A2 |
2 |
| Muskesin Lake (Big Bass) (LdF) |
Comm |
115 |
C |
1 |
| Nelson Lake T40N R09E S22 |
Comm |
104 |
C |
0 |
| Nelson Lake T42N R06E S31 |
Walk-in |
27 |
B |
0 |
| Ninemile Lake, Lower* |
Ramp |
646 |
C |
0 |
| Nixon Lake |
Water |
110 |
A2 |
0 |
| No Mans Lake |
Water |
225 |
C |
0 |
| Otter Lake |
Water |
217 |
A2 |
2 |
| Oxbow Lake |
Ramp |
511 |
A2 |
1 |
| Palmer Lake |
Ramp |
635 |
A1 |
2 |
| Papoose Lake |
Ramp |
428 |
A1 |
2 |
| Pardee Lake* |
None |
206 |
A2 |
1 |
| Partridge Lake |
Road |
234 |
A2 |
0 |
| Pickerel Lake |
Ramp |
293 |
A2 |
2 |
| Pickerel Lake*T39N R08E S07 |
Ramp |
736 |
B |
1 |
| Pine Island Lake (Bass) |
None |
79 |
B |
0 |
| Pioneer Lake |
Ramp |
427 |
A2 |
1 |
| Placid Twin Lake, North (LdF) |
Comm |
32 |
B |
2 |
| Placid Twin Lake, South (LdF) |
Comm |
35 |
B |
2 |
| Plum Lake |
Ramp |
1108 |
A1 |
2 |
| Plummer Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
213 |
B |
1 |
| Pokegama Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
1052 |
A1 |
2 |
| Poupart Lake (LdF) |
Comm |
49 |
B |
1 |
| Presque Isle Lake |
Ramp |
1280 |
A1 |
2 |
| Punch Lake |
|
21 |
|
|
| Rainbow Lake |
None |
146 |
A2 |
0 |
| Razorback Lake |
Ramp |
362 |
A1 |
1 |
| Rest Lake |
Ramp |
808 |
A1 |
2 |
| Rice Lake T40N R09E S14 |
Road |
71 |
C |
0 |
| Rock Lake |
Water |
122 |
A2 |
0 |
| Rosalind Lake (Mary, Bass) |
Comm |
43 |
C |
0 |
| Round Lake |
Ramp |
116 |
A2 |
2 |
| Rudolph Lake T43N R07E S17 |
None |
79 |
A2 |
0 |
| Rush Lake (Clear, Bass) |
Water |
44 |
A2 |
2 |
| Sanford Lake |
None |
88 |
B |
1 |
| Scattering Rice Lake |
Water |
267 |
A2 |
2 |
| Sherman Lake (Lost) |
Walk-in |
123 |
|
|
| Shishebogama Lake* |
Water |
716 |
A2 |
3 |
| Silver Lake |
Ramp |
61 |
C |
0 |
| Smoky Lake (WI-MI) |
Ramp |
610 |
B |
0 |
| Snipe Lake |
Ramp |
239 |
A2 |
1 |
| Sparkling Lake (Silver) |
Ramp |
127 |
A1 |
1 |
| Spider Lake |
Water |
272 |
A1 |
2 |
| Squaw Lake |
Ramp |
785 |
A2 |
2 |
| Squirrel Lake* |
Ramp |
1317 |
A2 |
2 |
| Star Lake |
Ramp |
1206 |
A1 |
2 |
| Statenaker Lake (LdF) |
None |
210 |
B |
1 |
| Stearns Lake (LdF) |
Road |
217 |
B |
2 |
| Stella Lake |
Ramp |
91 |
B |
0 |
| Stone Lake |
Water |
139 |
A1 |
2 |
| Sturgeon Lake |
Water |
32 |
C |
0 |
| Sugarbush Lake, Lower (LdF) |
Comm |
182 |
A2 |
0 |
| Sugarbush Lake, Middle (LdF) |
Comm |
269 |
A2 |
0 |
| Sugarbush Lake, Upper (LdF) |
Comm |
162 |
A2 |
0 |
| Sumach Lake (Long) |
None |
60 |
|
|
| Sunfish Lake (LdF) |
None |
55 |
C |
0 |
| Sunset Lake (Round) |
Comm |
213 |
C |
0 |
| Tamarack Lake |
Water |
14 |
C |
0 |
| Tenderfoot Lake (WI-383 Acres) (WI-MI) |
Water |
437 |
A1 |
2 |
| Tippecanoe Lake (Island) (LdF) |
None |
155 |
C |
1 |
| Towanda Lake (Bass) |
Ramp |
146 |
A2 |
1 |
| Trout Lake |
Ramp |
3816 |
A1 |
2 |
| Turner Lake* |
Water |
149 |
A2 |
2 |
| Turtle Lake, North |
Water |
369 |
A2 |
2 |
| Turtle Lake, South |
Ramp |
454 |
A2 |
2 |
| Twin Island Lake |
Water |
205 |
|
|
| Twin Lake, North |
Ramp |
2788 |
A2 |
2 |
| Twin Lake, South |
Ramp |
642 |
A2 |
2 |
| Van Vliet Lake |
Ramp |
220 |
A1 |
2 |
| Vance Lake (Dam, Dan) |
Water |
30 |
C |
0 |
| Verna Lake |
Ramp |
77 |
B |
3 |
| Voyageur Lake (Smile-A-While) |
Water |
130 |
A2 |
2 |
| Watersmeet Lake |
Ramp |
100 |
A2 |
2 |
| West Bay Lake (WI-174 Acres) (WI-MI) |
Water |
368 |
A1 |
2 |
| White Birch Lake |
Water |
117 |
A2 |
2 |
| White Sand Lake T41N R05E S22 (LdF) |
Comm |
1229 |
A1 |
2 |
| White Sand Lake T42N R07E S26 |
Ramp |
734 |
A1 |
2 |
| Whitefish Lake (LdF) |
Road |
196 |
B |
1 |
| Wild Rice Lake (Half Way) |
Ramp |
379 |
A2 |
2 |
| Wildcat Lake |
Ramp |
305 |
A2 |
2 |
| Wolf Lake T43N R07E S31 |
None |
393 |
A2 |
2 |
| Yellow Birch Lake |
Ramp |
202 |
A2 |
2 |
For more information, please contact:
Tim Simonson, Staff Specialist
(608) 267-7498
Last Revised: Tuesday February 19 2008
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