Lake Profile

Imagine a Northwoods lake with crystal-clear water, almost 15 miles of undeveloped shoreline and a varied fishery that includes everything from smallmouth bass to walleyes to muskies to brown and lake trout.
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As the largest lake in a metropolitan area of more than 400,000 people, Madison’s Lake Mendota draws plenty of anglers year-round.
There are a number of reasons for that, including a diverse fishery that

The Park Falls DNR fish management team ran fyke netting and electro-fishing surveys in fall 2011 and spring 2012 to assess the abundance and size structure of fish populations in Cranberry Lake.
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During seven days of fyke (trap) netting that spring, the team caught 1,191 adult walleyes that were marked with a fin clip. Two crews then sampled at night with electro-fishing boats and captured 588 adult

In May 2021, the Woodruff DNR fisheries team conducted a fyke netting and electrofishing survey on Amber Lake (recently renamed from Squaw Lake) west of Minocqua off Hwy. 70 to assess bass and panfish. Six

Smallmouth populations in the Sturgeon Bay/Little Sturgeon Bay areas of Door County were evaluated during the pre-spawn period in the spring of 2017 and 2021. The size and numbers of fish were in good condition,

Bear Lake was surveyed by the local DNR fisheries team during 2022 to determine the abundance and population demographics of walleyes as part of the treaty assessment protocol for lakes within the Ceded Territory. In

The DNR Hayward area fisheries team ran a quick two-day fyke netting survey on the Tiger Cat Chain last May to primarily target muskies, but useful data also was gathered on northern pike, black crappies,

Diamond Lake supports a diverse fish community and popular sport fishery. Natural reproduction supports all species, except for walleyes. That population is supported by primarily by stocking. Regulations aimed at protecting adult walleye have been