Fishing in Sawyer County, Wisconsin

201 public waters in the Northwoods region — 151 lakes/reservoirs and 50 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Wisconsin licence.

Lakes & Reservoirs

• Chippewa Lake 11,512 acres · 10 species
• Lac Courte Oreilles Lake 5,140 acres · 10 species
• Lac Courte Oreilles 4,755 acres · 5 species
• Round Lake 3,295 acres · 10 species
• Grindstone Lake 3,177 acres · 10 species
• Nelson Lake 2,717 acres · 10 species
• Lake Chetac 2,400 acres · 10 species
• Moose Lake 1,560 acres · 10 species
• Lost Land Lake 1,264 acres · 10 species
• Spider Lake 1,195 acres · 10 species
• Teal Lake 1,025 acres · 10 species
• Sand Lake 950 acres · 10 species
• Tiger Cat Lake 832 acres · 10 species
• Sissabagama Lake 806 acres · 10 species
• Big Sissbagama Lake 774 acres · 7 species
• Lake Winter 734 acres · 10 species
• Callahan Lake 663 acres · 6 species
• Windigo Lake 503 acres · 10 species
• Stone Lake 490 acres · 10 species
• Mud Lake 464 acres · 10 species
• Totagatic Flowage Lake 453 acres · 9 species
• Scott Lake 414 acres · 10 species
• Connors Lake 410 acres · 10 species
• Ghost Lake 384 acres · 10 species
• Blaisdell Lake 341 acres · 10 species
• Smith Lake 326 acres · 10 species
• Little Sissabagama Lake 308 acres · 10 species
• Blueberry Lake 292 acres · 10 species
• Tiger Cat Flowage 288 acres · 9 species
• Little Sissbagama Lake 285 acres · 9 species
• Lake of the Pines 273 acres · 10 species
• Totagatic Flowage 244 acres · 9 species
• Lake Chippewa 235 acres · 10 species
• Little Lac Courte Oreilles 225 acres · 9 species
• Little Lac Courte Oreilles Lake 221 acres · 10 species
• Osprey Lake 214 acres · 10 species
• Barker Lake 213 acres · 10 species
• Tyner Lake 211 acres · 10 species
• Evergreen Lake 204 acres · 10 species
• Devils Lake / Manidoo-zaaga’igan 202 acres · 9 species
• Durphee Lake 198 acres · 10 species
• Mason Lake 197 acres · 10 species
• Hayward Lake 191 acres · 10 species
• Buffalo Lake 185 acres · 10 species
• Tiger Cat Flowage Lake 180 acres · 9 species
• Little Round Lake 179 acres · 10 species
• Lake Placid 178 acres · 10 species
• Phipps Flowage 155 acres · 9 species
• Pacwawong Lake 148 acres · 10 species
• Two Boys Lake 144 acres · 9 species
• Crane Creek Channel 140 acres · 9 species
• Barber Lake 138 acres · 10 species
• Phipps Flowage Lake 134 acres · 9 species
• Black Lake 133 acres · 10 species
• North Lake 132 acres · 10 species
• Loretta Lake 130 acres · 10 species
• Perch Lake 126 acres · 10 species
• Christy Lake 122 acres · 10 species
• Black Dan Lake 121 acres · 10 species
• Windfall Lake 104 acres · 10 species
• Moonshine Lake 99 acres · 10 species
• South Barber Lake 90 acres · 10 species
• Ole Lake 88 acres · 10 species
• East Fork Chippewa River Lake 84 acres · 10 species
• Gurno Lake 81 acres · 9 species
• Lovejoy Lake 77 acres · 10 species
• Ashegon Lake 75 acres · 10 species
• Ashegon Lake / Ashigani-zaaga’igan 73 acres · 9 species
• Reed Lake 72 acres · 10 species
• McLaren Lake 68 acres · 10 species
• Teal River Flowage Lake 66 acres · 9 species
• Indian School Lake 65 acres · 10 species
• McCloud Lake 65 acres · 10 species
• Knuteson Lake 64 acres · 10 species
• Holmes Lake 62 acres · 10 species
• Grimh Flowage Lake 62 acres · 9 species
• County Line Lake 59 acres · 10 species
• Hadley Lake 59 acres · 10 species
• Patsy Lake 55 acres · 10 species
• Lake Twenty-seven 55 acres · 10 species
• Skinner Creek Flowage Lake 55 acres · 9 species
• Hegmeister Lake 53 acres · 10 species
• Lewis Lake 52 acres · 10 species
• Schoolhouse Lake 52 acres · 9 species
• Hub Lake 51 acres · 9 species
• Lake Helane 49 acres · 10 species
• Lower Holly Lake 48 acres · 10 species
• Hungry Lake 47 acres · 9 species
• Partridge Crop Lake 46 acres · 10 species
• Two Axe Lake 45 acres · 10 species
• Tripp Lake 45 acres · 10 species
• Weirgor Lake 42 acres · 10 species
• Dead Lake 42 acres · 10 species
• Burns Lake 41 acres · 10 species
• Bennett Lake 39 acres · 10 species
• Red Ike Lake 38 acres · 10 species
• Boos Lake 37 acres · 10 species
• Christner Lake 36 acres · 10 species
• Colbroth Lake 36 acres · 9 species
• Thomas Lake 35 acres · 10 species
• Snoose Lake 33 acres · 10 species
• Upper Holly Lake 33 acres · 10 species
• Meadow Lake 32 acres · 10 species
• Little Pelican Lake 32 acres · 9 species
• Cub Lake 31 acres · 10 species
• Whiplash Lake 31 acres · 9 species
• Unnamed Lake 30 acres · 10 species
• Heron Lake 30 acres · 10 species
• Ring Lake 27 acres · 10 species
• Blue Gill Lake 27 acres · 10 species
• Glover Lake 25 acres · 10 species
• Minnemac Lake 24 acres · 9 species
• Buff Lake 24 acres · 10 species
• Crazy Horse Lake 24 acres · 9 species
• Cattail Lake 22 acres · 10 species
• Saddle Lake 22 acres · 9 species
• Bunker Lake 21 acres · 10 species
• Balsam Creek Flowage Lake 21 acres · 9 species
• Ike Lake 19 acres · 10 species
• Adina Lake 19 acres · 9 species
• Currier Lake 19 acres · 9 species
• Silverthorn Lake 18 acres · 10 species
• Evelyn Lake 18 acres · 10 species
• Petty Lake 18 acres · 9 species
• Sabin Lake 17 acres · 9 species
• Beverly Lake 17 acres · 10 species
• Telstar Lake 16 acres · 10 species
• Camp Four Lakes 16 acres · 10 species
• Pacwawong Spring Lake 15 acres · 10 species
• Camp Four Lake 15 acres · 10 species
• Delano Lake 14 acres · 10 species
• Little Spring Lake 14 acres · 10 species
• Goodman Lake 14 acres · 10 species
• Burd Lake 14 acres · 10 species
• Two Deer Lake 14 acres · 10 species
• Noble Lake 13 acres · 10 species
• Eagle Nest Lake 12 acres · 10 species
• Eddy Creek Pond 12 acres · 10 species
• Phipps Lake 10 acres · 10 species
• Goodwin Lake 10 acres · 10 species
• Pearce Lake 9 acres · 10 species
• Little Cranberry Lake 9 acres · 10 species
• Champagne Lake 7 acres · 10 species
• Mossback Lake 7 acres · 10 species
• Hope Lake 7 acres · 10 species
• Little Ole Lake 6 acres · 10 species
• Lynch Lake 6 acres · 10 species
• Bulldog Springs Lake 6 acres · 10 species
• McClaine Lake 6 acres · 10 species
• Constellation Lake 6 acres · 10 species
• Oxbo Lake 5 acres · 10 species

Rivers

• Chippewa River 183 mi in WI · 8 species
• Flambeau River 128 mi in WI · 8 species
• Namekagon River 101 mi in WI · 5 species
• East Fork Chippewa River 68 mi in WI · 8 species
• Totagatic River 75 mi in WI · 10 species
• Thornapple River 57 mi in WI · 10 species
• South Fork Flambeau River 69 mi in WI · 8 species
• Brunet River 3 mi in WI · 10 species
• West Fork Chippewa River 19 mi in WI · 8 species
• Moose River 20 mi in WI · 10 species
• Big Weirgor Creek 15 mi in WI · 10 species
• Couderay River 21 mi in WI · 10 species
• Little Thornapple River 14 mi in WI · 10 species
• Bean Brook River 14 mi in WI · 10 species
• Kenyon Creek 13 mi in WI · 10 species
• Fishtrap Creek 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• Price Creek 12 mi in WI · 10 species
• Pine Creek 11 mi in WI · 3 species
• Little Weirgor Creek 11 mi in WI · 10 species
• Tupper Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Sucker Creek 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• North Fork Skinner Creek 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• Log Creek 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• Beaver Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Ghost Creek 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• Maple Creek 8 mi in WI · 10 species
• Wilson Creek 8 mi in WI · 3 species
• Torch River 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• George Ladd Creek 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• Swan Creek 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• Nail Creek 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• Little Moose River 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• Venison Creek 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• North Fork Chief River 9 mi in WI · 10 species
• Thirty-three Creek 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• North Branch Tupper Creek 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• Swift Creek 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• Spring Lake Creek 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• Pipestone Creek 7 mi in WI · 10 species
• King Creek 6 mi in WI · 10 species
• Lynch Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Red Ike Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Yankee Joe Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Fortyone Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Hackett Creek 5 mi in WI · 10 species
• Badger Creek 4 mi in WI · 10 species
• Mosquito Brook River 4 mi in WI · 10 species
• Knuteson Creek 4 mi in WI · 10 species
• Tag-Alder Creek 4 mi in WI · 10 species
• Smith Lake Creek 4 mi in WI · 10 species

Wisconsin Fishing Licence

One Wisconsin DNR fishing licence covers every public water in the state, inland trout streams and the Great Lakes included — the resident annual is about $20, the non-resident annual about $65, with non-resident 1-day, 4-day and 15-day licences sold. Wisconsin residents 65 and older can buy a low-cost licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy at GoWild.wi.gov.

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