Fishing in Vilas County, Wisconsin
442 public waters in the Northwoods region — 411 lakes/reservoirs and 31 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Wisconsin licence.
Lakes & Reservoirs
- Lac Vieux Desert Lake
4,402 acres · 11 species
- Trout Lake
3,866 acres · 11 species
- Fence Lake
3,485 acres · 10 species
- North Twin Lake
2,872 acres · 10 species
- Big Saint Germain Lake
1,623 acres · 10 species
- Crawling Stone Lake
1,484 acres · 10 species
- Ike Walton Lake
1,417 acres · 10 species
- Squirrel Lake
1,310 acres · 10 species
- Star Lake
1,220 acres · 10 species
- White Sand Lake
1,182 acres · 10 species
- Flambeau Lake
1,166 acres · 10 species
- Presque Isle Lake
1,166 acres · 10 species
- Big Arbor Vitae Lake
1,071 acres · 10 species
- Plum Lake
1,058 acres · 10 species
- Pokegama Lake
1,042 acres · 10 species
- Little Trout Lake
1,007 acres · 11 species
- Catfish Lake
1,006 acres · 10 species
- Kentuck Lake
1,002 acres · 10 species
- Little St Germain Lake
972 acres · 10 species
- Cranberry Lake
925 acres · 10 species
- Crab Lake
909 acres · 10 species
- Big Muskellunge Lake
898 acres · 10 species
- Island Lake
866 acres · 10 species
- Lower Ninemile Lake
773 acres · 10 species
- High Lake
741 acres · 10 species
- Amber Lake
736 acres · 10 species
- Shishebogama Lake
700 acres · 10 species
- Big Crooked Lake
666 acres · 10 species
- Rest Lake
655 acres · 10 species
- Palmer Lake
644 acres · 10 species
- Buckskin Lake
642 acres · 10 species
- Twin Lakes
628 acres · 10 species
- Lake Laura
628 acres · 10 species
- Smoky Lake
613 acres · 10 species
- Big Portage Lake
587 acres · 10 species
- Eagle Lake
575 acres · 10 species
- Little Saint Germain Lake
571 acres · 6 species
- Black Oak Lake
564 acres · 10 species
- Little Arbor Vitae Lake
541 acres · 10 species
- Lost Lake
539 acres · 10 species
- Harris Lake
534 acres · 10 species
- Oxbow Lake
524 acres · 10 species
- Stormy Lake
523 acres · 10 species
- Boulder Lake
516 acres · 10 species
- Birch Lake
507 acres · 10 species
- Ballard Lake
503 acres · 10 species
- Manitowish Lake
496 acres · 10 species
- Upper Buckatabon Lake
493 acres · 10 species
- Forest Lake
468 acres · 10 species
- South Turtle Lake
466 acres · 10 species
- Tenderfoot Lake
453 acres · 10 species
- Lac du Lune Lake
442 acres · 10 species
- Pioneer Lake
430 acres · 10 species
- Papoose Lake
423 acres · 10 species
- Irving Lake
419 acres · 10 species
- West Bay Lake
417 acres · 10 species
- Allequash Lake
406 acres · 10 species
- Lac du Lune
405 acres · 6 species
- Wolf Lake
403 acres · 10 species
- Wild Rice Lake
384 acres · 10 species
- Razorback Lake
382 acres · 10 species
- Long Interlaken Lake
380 acres · 10 species
- Lower Buckatabon Lake
378 acres · 10 species
- Anvil Lake
377 acres · 10 species
- Upper Gresham Lake
362 acres · 10 species
- Clearwater Lake
361 acres · 10 species
- North Turtle Lake
359 acres · 10 species
- Carpenter Lake
339 acres · 10 species
- Fishtrap Lake
339 acres · 10 species
- Mamie Lake
337 acres · 10 species
- Found Lake
337 acres · 10 species
- Carrol Lake
331 acres · 10 species
- Armour Lake
328 acres · 10 species
- Dead Pike Lake
309 acres · 10 species
- Lynx Lake
307 acres · 10 species
- Escanaba Lake
303 acres · 10 species
- Deerskin Lake
301 acres · 10 species
- Wildcat Lake
293 acres · 10 species
- Boot Lake
286 acres · 10 species
- Lost Canoe Lake
280 acres · 10 species
- Bass Lake
272 acres · 10 species
- Alder Lake
264 acres · 10 species
- Gunlock Lake
264 acres · 10 species
- Scattering Rice Lake
263 acres · 10 species
- Little Star Lake
260 acres · 10 species
- Middle Sugarbush Lake
254 acres · 10 species
- Mann Lake
253 acres · 10 species
- Sanborn Lake
243 acres · 10 species
- Lake Content
239 acres · 10 species
- Big Bateau Lake
236 acres · 10 species
- Little Tamarack Flowage Lake
236 acres · 9 species
- Partridge Lake
235 acres · 10 species
- Stearns Lake
233 acres · 10 species
- Van Vliet Lake
230 acres · 10 species
- No Mans Lake
230 acres · 10 species
- Whitney Lake
226 acres · 10 species
- Little Spider Lake
223 acres · 10 species
- McCullough Lake
221 acres · 10 species
- Plummer Lake
219 acres · 10 species
- Circle Lily Lake
218 acres · 10 species
- Snipe Lake
216 acres · 10 species
- Pardee Lake
207 acres · 10 species
- Sunset Lake
207 acres · 10 species
- Spring Lake
207 acres · 10 species
- Apeekwa Lake
206 acres · 10 species
- Statenaker Lake
205 acres · 10 species
- Stateline Lake
205 acres · 10 species
- Booth Lake
204 acres · 10 species
- Landing Lake
203 acres · 10 species
- Twin Island Lake
203 acres · 10 species
- Annabelle Lake
197 acres · 10 species
- Yellow Birch Lake
192 acres · 10 species
- Jute Lake
191 acres · 10 species
- Pallette Lake
180 acres · 10 species
- Lower Sugarbush Lake
180 acres · 10 species
- Tambling Lake
177 acres · 9 species
- Hunter Lake
175 acres · 10 species
- Meta Lake
175 acres · 10 species
- Otter Lake
174 acres · 10 species
- Madeline Lake
172 acres · 10 species
- Katinka Lake
170 acres · 10 species
- Spectacle Lake
166 acres · 10 species
- Morton Lake
165 acres · 10 species
- Jag Lake
162 acres · 10 species
- Turner Lake
159 acres · 10 species
- Sparkling Lake
157 acres · 10 species
- Little Portage Lake
155 acres · 9 species
- Carlin Lake
154 acres · 9 species
- Little Crooked Lake
154 acres · 10 species
- Voyageur Lake
152 acres · 10 species
- Little John Lake
151 acres · 10 species
- Lower Gresham Lake
149 acres · 10 species
- Ross Lake
149 acres · 10 species
- Rainbow Lake
148 acres · 10 species
- Frank Lake
147 acres · 10 species
- Little Presque Isle Lake
144 acres · 10 species
- Aldridge Lake
142 acres · 10 species
- Sugar Maple Lake
141 acres · 10 species
- Amik Lake
141 acres · 10 species
- Upper Sugarbush Lake
141 acres · 10 species
- Tippecanoe Lake
140 acres · 9 species
- Towanda Lake
139 acres · 10 species
- Lone Pine Lake
137 acres · 10 species
- East Ellerson Lake
136 acres · 10 species
- Cochran Lake
133 acres · 10 species
- Moon Lake
131 acres · 10 species
- Lone Tree Lake
130 acres · 10 species
- Upper Gesham Lake
128 acres · 9 species
- Sherman Lake
126 acres · 10 species
- Mill Lake
125 acres · 10 species
- Lac Vieux Desert
124 acres · 9 species
- Broken Bow Lake
123 acres · 9 species
- Big Gibson Lake
121 acres · 10 species
- Rock Lake
120 acres · 10 species
- Norwood Lake
116 acres · 10 species
- Nixon Lake
116 acres · 10 species
- Little Crawling Stone Lake
113 acres · 10 species
- White Birch Lake
113 acres · 10 species
- Brandy Lake
113 acres · 10 species
- Muskesin Lake
111 acres · 9 species
- Little Tamarack Flowage
111 acres · 9 species
- Erickson Lake
110 acres · 10 species
- Upper Ninemile Lake
108 acres · 10 species
- Finley Lake
108 acres · 10 species
- Grassy Lake
107 acres · 10 species
- Bittersweet Lake
104 acres · 10 species
- Helen Lake
102 acres · 10 species
- Minonk Lake
100 acres · 9 species
- Middle Gresham Lake
98 acres · 10 species
- Vandercook Lake
97 acres · 10 species
- Trilby Lake
97 acres · 10 species
- Arrowhead Lake
96 acres · 10 species
- Mitten Lake
95 acres · 9 species
- Nebish Lake
93 acres · 10 species
- Moraine Lake
90 acres · 10 species
- Marshall Lake
90 acres · 10 species
- Sanford Lake
90 acres · 9 species
- Minette Lake
89 acres · 9 species
- 72 Reservoir
88 acres · 9 species
- Bolton Lake
87 acres · 9 species
- Murphy Lake
85 acres · 10 species
- Roach Lake
84 acres · 10 species
- West Ellerson Lake
84 acres · 10 species
- Rudolph Lake
84 acres · 10 species
- Aurora Lake
83 acres · 10 species
- Wishow Lake
82 acres · 9 species
- Little Muskie Lake
79 acres · 10 species
- Dorothy Dunn Lake
78 acres · 10 species
- Manuel Lake
77 acres · 10 species
- Harmony Lake
77 acres · 10 species
- Devine Lake
74 acres · 10 species
- Little Crab Lake
73 acres · 10 species
- Verna Lake
73 acres · 10 species
- Big Donahue Lake
73 acres · 9 species
- Pine Island Lake
71 acres · 10 species
- Bills Lake
70 acres · 10 species
- Fawn Lake
70 acres · 10 species
- Averill Lake
68 acres · 10 species
- Oswego Lake
68 acres · 10 species
- Kenu Lake
68 acres · 9 species
- Toulish Lake
68 acres · 9 species
- Starrett Lake
67 acres · 10 species
- Bolin Lake
67 acres · 9 species
- Crampton Lake
66 acres · 10 species
- Hardin Lake
66 acres · 9 species
- Heart Lake
65 acres · 10 species
- Jenny Lake
63 acres · 10 species
- Tepee Lake
63 acres · 9 species
- Ross Allen Lake
62 acres · 10 species
- West Plum Lake
62 acres · 9 species
- Mermaid Lake
61 acres · 9 species
- Lake of the Hills
61 acres · 10 species
- Imogene Lake
61 acres · 10 species
- Edith Lake
60 acres · 10 species
- North Crab Lake
59 acres · 10 species
- Middle Ellerson Lake
59 acres · 10 species
- Alma Lake
58 acres · 10 species
- Lake Adelaide
58 acres · 9 species
- Belle Lake
57 acres · 10 species
- Lake Adelade
57 acres · 10 species
- Sumach Lake
57 acres · 9 species
- Little Horsehead Lake
56 acres · 10 species
- Signal Lake
55 acres · 9 species
- Tamarak Lake
55 acres · 9 species
- Constance Lake
54 acres · 9 species
- McLeod Lake
54 acres · 10 species
- Kildare Lake
54 acres · 10 species
- Wabasso Lake
52 acres · 10 species
- Dads Lake
52 acres · 10 species
- Clair Lake
51 acres · 10 species
- Fallison Lake
51 acres · 10 species
- Poupart Lake
50 acres · 9 species
- Big Kitten Lake
50 acres · 10 species
- Lac des Fleurs
50 acres · 9 species
- Lake Salsich
49 acres · 10 species
- Dewey Lake
48 acres · 9 species
- Big Hurst Lake
47 acres · 10 species
- Bobidosh Lake
47 acres · 9 species
- Little Sugarbush Lake
46 acres · 10 species
- Street Lake
46 acres · 10 species
- Russet Lake
46 acres · 9 species
- Elsie Lake
45 acres · 9 species
- Little Papoose Lake
45 acres · 10 species
- Rush Lake
43 acres · 10 species
- Rosalind Lake
43 acres · 10 species
- Pinkeye Lake
43 acres · 9 species
- Oberlin Lake
42 acres · 10 species
- Favil Lake
42 acres · 10 species
- McDonald Lake
41 acres · 10 species
- Stewart Lake
40 acres · 10 species
- Dry Lake
40 acres · 10 species
- Rade Lake
39 acres · 10 species
- Torch Lake
39 acres · 10 species
- Little Rock Lake
39 acres · 10 species
- Haskell Lake
39 acres · 9 species
- Tinsel Lake
38 acres · 9 species
- Deerfoot Lake
38 acres · 10 species
- Nineweb Lake
37 acres · 9 species
- Honeysuckle Lake
37 acres · 10 species
- Nichols Lake
37 acres · 10 species
- Sime Lake
37 acres · 10 species
- Benny Lake
37 acres · 9 species
- Chewelah Lake
37 acres · 9 species
- Placid Twin Lakes
36 acres · 10 species
- Hiawatha Lake
36 acres · 10 species
- Battine Lake
36 acres · 10 species
- Cathaline Lake
36 acres · 9 species
- Moss Lake
36 acres · 9 species
- South Placid Twin Lake
36 acres · 9 species
- Great Corn Lake
35 acres · 9 species
- Raven Lake
35 acres · 9 species
- Shannon Lake
35 acres · 10 species
- Anderson Lake
35 acres · 10 species
- Brazell Lake
34 acres · 10 species
- Upper Aimer Lake
34 acres · 10 species
- Anne Lake
34 acres · 10 species
- Cleveland Lake
33 acres · 9 species
- Camp Ten Lake
33 acres · 10 species
- Firefly Lake
33 acres · 10 species
- Camp 10 Lake
33 acres · 9 species
- Wharton Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Afterglow Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Little Gibson Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- East Witches Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Wool Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Lower Aimer Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Camp Twelve Lake
32 acres · 10 species
- Corrine Lake
31 acres · 9 species
- Prong Lake
31 acres · 10 species
- Frost Lake
31 acres · 10 species
- North Placid Twin Lake
31 acres · 9 species
- Chickaree Lake
30 acres · 9 species
- Tower Lake
30 acres · 10 species
- Wyandock Lake
29 acres · 9 species
- Sturgeon Lake
29 acres · 10 species
- Emil Lake
29 acres · 10 species
- Boygan Lake
29 acres · 10 species
- Reservoir Lake
29 acres · 10 species
- Nudist Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Little Bateau Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Witches Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Joyce Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- Benson Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- West Witches Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- Myrtle Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- Vance Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- Emerald Lake
28 acres · 10 species
- Warrior Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Lawler Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Eleanore Lake
28 acres · 9 species
- Little Corn Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Mielke Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Benedict Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Denton Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Red Bass Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Jean Lake
27 acres · 10 species
- Crawford Lake
27 acres · 9 species
- Korth Lake
26 acres · 10 species
- Nell Lake
26 acres · 10 species
- Knife Lake
26 acres · 10 species
- Camp 5 Lake
26 acres · 10 species
- Zee Lake
26 acres · 9 species
- Gene Lake
25 acres · 10 species
- Dalzell Lake
25 acres · 10 species
- Goodall Lake
24 acres · 10 species
- Deadwood Lake
24 acres · 10 species
- Merrill Lake
24 acres · 10 species
- Snort Lake
24 acres · 10 species
- Headflyer Lake
23 acres · 9 species
- Keego Lake
23 acres · 10 species
- Canteen Lake
23 acres · 10 species
- Beatrice Lake
23 acres · 10 species
- Punch Lake
23 acres · 10 species
- Lake Alva
23 acres · 10 species
- Whispering Lake
23 acres · 10 species
- Pincherry Lake
22 acres · 10 species
- Kasomo Lake
22 acres · 10 species
- Hurrah Lake
22 acres · 10 species
- South Pipke Park Pond
22 acres · 9 species
- Bear Springs Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Homestead Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Aspen Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Little John Junior Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Statehouse Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Bug Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Scaffold Lake
21 acres · 10 species
- Gretchen Lake
20 acres · 9 species
- Ila Lake
20 acres · 9 species
- John Junior Lake
20 acres · 9 species
- Jerms Lake
20 acres · 9 species
- Trostel Lake
20 acres · 10 species
- Noseeum Lake
20 acres · 10 species
- Mabel Lake
20 acres · 9 species
- Spread Lake
19 acres · 9 species
- Snyder Lake
19 acres · 10 species
- Tellefson Lake
19 acres · 10 species
- Warvet Lake
19 acres · 10 species
- Ewald Lake
19 acres · 10 species
- Potfish Lake
19 acres · 10 species
- Ambleside Lake
19 acres · 9 species
- Little Donahue Lake
19 acres · 9 species
- Bayer Lake
19 acres · 9 species
- Three Stepping Stones Lakes
18 acres · 10 species
- Gem Lake
18 acres · 10 species
- Pauto Lake
18 acres · 10 species
- Chamberlain Lake
18 acres · 10 species
- Ethel Lake
18 acres · 9 species
- Caspian Lake
17 acres · 9 species
- Little Mamie Lake
17 acres · 9 species
- Monahan Lake
17 acres · 10 species
- Stevenson Creek Lake
17 acres · 10 species
- White Spruce Lake
17 acres · 10 species
- Eloise Lake
17 acres · 10 species
- Brown Beaver Lake
17 acres · 10 species
- Seneca Lake
17 acres · 9 species
- David Lake
17 acres · 9 species
- Spruce Lake
16 acres · 10 species
- Lake Helen
16 acres · 10 species
- Bullfrog Lake
16 acres · 10 species
- Klondike Lake
16 acres · 10 species
- L Bass Lake
16 acres · 10 species
- Decker Lake
16 acres · 10 species
- Etna Lake
16 acres · 9 species
- Stepping Stone Lake Number 1
15 acres · 9 species
- Geneveive Lake
15 acres · 9 species
- Scat Lake
15 acres · 10 species
- Moving Cloud Lake
15 acres · 10 species
- Little Hurst Lake
15 acres · 10 species
- Ellen Lake
15 acres · 10 species
- Lake Pleasant
14 acres · 10 species
- Secret Lake
14 acres · 10 species
- Siphon Lake
13 acres · 10 species
- Chub Lake
13 acres · 10 species
- Nellie Lake
13 acres · 10 species
- Reiter Lake
13 acres · 10 species
- McKinney Lake
13 acres · 10 species
- Williams Lake
11 acres · 10 species
- Cooks Lake
10 acres · 10 species
- Little Cloud Lake
10 acres · 10 species
- Lake O Pines
10 acres · 10 species
- Minnie Lake
10 acres · 10 species
- Vista Lake
10 acres · 10 species
- Adams Lake
9 acres · 10 species
- Lake Franchian
9 acres · 10 species
- Allequash Springs Lake
8 acres · 10 species
- Bobs Lake
8 acres · 10 species
- Basin Lake
7 acres · 10 species
- Bambi Lake
7 acres · 10 species
- Muskeg Lake
5 acres · 10 species
- Gateway Lake
5 acres · 10 species
- Deerpath Lake
5 acres · 10 species
Rivers
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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