22 public waters in the Fox Valley & Lakeshore region — 8 lakes/reservoirs and 14 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Wisconsin licence.
See every public fishing venue in Wisconsin on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
Lake Winnebago, a 132,059-acre lake in Winnebago, Calumet and Fond du Lac Counties, Wisconsin, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
Winnebago and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin — Lake Poygan is a 14,035-acre lake, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing): Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
Lake Butte des Morts, a 8,579-acre lake in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing): Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
In Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Lake Winneconne is a 4,552-acre lake, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing). Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
In Winnebago and Fond du Lac Counties, Wisconsin, Rush Lake is a 2,731-acre lake, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing). A small Wisconsin spring pond or seepage lake stocked with Trout — brook, brown or rainbow, often self-sustaining in the coldest ones, plus resident Largemouth Bass and Bluegill. Many are electric-motor-only or shore-fishing-only.
Little Lake Butte Des Morts (1,201 acres) sits in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing). Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
Pages Slough is a 114-acre shallow lake in Winnebago County's Fox Valley & Lakeshore region, managed by Wisconsin DNR. Largemouth bass and panfish dominate this small water, making it an accessible option for anglers targeting shallow-water species in northeast Wisconsin.
Lake Butte Des Morts, a 7-acre lake in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (public boat landing): Lake Winnebago (137,700 ac) — Wisconsin's largest inland lake and home of the world's largest self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population (a famous February spearing season). Walleye, Sauger, White Bass, jumbo Yellow Perch, Freshwater Drum and Channel Catfish; the Upriver and Fox River lakes (Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan) share the fishery.
Langlade, Outagamie, Waupaca and 3 more counties in Wisconsin — Wolf River is a 301 km stream: The Wolf or Fox River — the Wolf's spring white-bass and Walleye run up from Lake Winnebago is legendary, and both rivers hold Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Lake Sturgeon and Freshwater Drum. The lower Fox at De Pere and Green Bay is one of the best spring Walleye runs in the Midwest.
The lower Fox River from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay — one of the best spring Walleye runs in the Midwest at the De Pere dam, plus Sauger, White Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Lake Sturgeon and Freshwater Drum. Highly urbanised (Appleton, Neenah, Green Bay) but a genuinely great fishery.
In Waushara and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin, Willow Creek is a 18 km river or creek. A Driftless Area spring creek in southwest Wisconsin (Timber Coulee, Black Earth Creek, the Kickapoo tributaries) — cold, clear, spring-fed limestone water with wild brown and Brook Trout, restored through decades of habitat work. Classic technical dry-fly and nymph fishing in rolling, unglaciated coulee country.
In Waushara and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin, Pine River is a 57 km river or creek. A northern-Wisconsin Trout stream (the Bois Brule, Namekagon, Prairie, Pine, Popple, Pike) — wild Brook Trout in the headwaters, stocked and wild browns and rainbows lower down, and a fall Steelhead and Chinook run on the Lake Superior tributaries (the Brule especially). Remote, tannin-tinted, forested water.
In Winnebago and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin, Rat River is a 33 km river or creek. A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Waushara and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin — Alder Creek is a 22 km stream: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Winnebago County, Wisconsin — Sawyer Creek is a 2 km stream: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
In Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Arrowhead River is a 7 km river or creek. A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Winnebago County, Wisconsin — Daggets Creek is a 12 km stream: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Eightmile Creek runs 12 km through Winnebago County, Wisconsin: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Pumpkinseed Creek runs 12 km through Winnebago and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Fond du Lac and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin — Van Dyne Creek is a 10 km stream: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Winnebago County, Wisconsin — Waukau Creek is a 8 km stream: A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Neenah Slough (0 km) flows through Winnebago County, Wisconsin. A warmwater Wisconsin river (the Rock, Sugar, Pecatonica, Crawfish, Bark, Milwaukee, Root, La Crosse, Baraboo, Eau Claire) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass and Bluegill, Channel Catfish, and Carp. Wade or paddle; access at DNR landings, county parks and bridges.
Across its mapped waters, Winnebago County holds 23 species on PiscaMaps, including Walleye, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Flathead Catfish and Rock Bass.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
Open the Wisconsin map Join PiscaMapsOne 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.