Cisco
Coregonus artedi · Salmonidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- November and December
- Largest length
- up to 57.2 cm (23 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 31 years
- Matures at
- about 6 years old
Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).
USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.
179 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.
Lakes where it has been recorded
From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.
Showing 12 of 34 lakes
- Lake SuperiorWisconsinrecorded 1922 to 2025 (25 records)stocked, recorded
- Lake MichiganWisconsin0.4 acresrecorded 1919 to 2021 (55 records)stocked, recorded
- Long LakeWaushara County272 acres · 71 ft deeprecorded 2005 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Two Sisters LakeOneida County719 acres · 63 ft deeprecorded 2005 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Upper Eau Claire LakeBayfield County996 acres · 92 ft deeprecorded 2001 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Dead Pike LakeVilas County297 acres · 80 ft deeprecorded 1998 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- North Nokomis LakeOneida County476 acres · 73 ft deeprecorded 1996 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Big LakeVilas County835 acres · 61 ft deeprecorded 1982 to 1995 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Geneva LakeWalworth County5,262 acres · 135 ft deeprecorded 1860 to 1995 (5 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Red Cedar LakeWashburn County1,841 acres · 53 ft deeprecorded 1992 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Turtle Flambeau FlowageIron County13,545 acres · 50 ft deeprecorded 1991 (2 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Elkhart LakeSheboygan County286 acres · 119 ft deeprecorded 1909 to 1985 (6 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Bond LakeDouglas County292 acres · 67 ft deeprecorded 1967 to 1983 (5 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Atkins LakeBayfield County176 acres · 80 ft deeprecorded 1978 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Namekagon LakeBayfield County3,227 acres · 50 ft deeprecorded 1976 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Lake OwenBayfield County1,323 acres · 95 ft deeprecorded 1975 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Fish LakeDane County216 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded 1969 to 1973 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Lower Eau Claire LakeBayfield County802 acres · 41 ft deeprecorded 1972 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Tomahawk LakeBayfield County134 acres · 42 ft deeprecorded 1972 (2 records)Clearrecorded
- Cisco LakeBayfield County95 acres · 105 ft deeprecorded 1948 to 1969 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lower Pine LakePolk County90 acres · 102 ft deeprecorded 1948 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Sand LakeRusk County262 acres · 100 ft deeprecorded 1937 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake MendotaDane County9,842 acres · 82 ft deeprecorded 1914 to 1931 (2 records)Lowstocked, recorded
- Trout LakeVilas County3,816 acres · 117 ft deeprecorded 1929 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Shell LakeWashburn County2,580 acres · 36 ft deeprecorded 1928 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Sturgeon BayWisconsin4,945 acresrecorded 1914 (2 records)stocked, recorded
- Clear LakeOneida County846 acres · 95 ft deeprecorded 1909 (27 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- Green LakeGreen Lake County7,346 acres · 236 ft deeprecorded 1909 (1 record)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Okauchee LakeWaukesha County1,187 acres · 94 ft deeprecorded 1909 (4 records)Moderatestocked, recorded
- Tomahawk LakeOneida County3,392 acres · 84 ft deeprecorded 1909 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Little Trout LakeVilas County978 acres · 98 ft deeprecorded 1907 (2 records)Clearstocked, recorded
- North Twin LakeVilas County2,788 acres · 60 ft deeprecorded 1907 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Oconomowoc LakeWaukesha County767 acres · 62 ft deeprecorded (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Stone LakeWashburn County523 acres · 49 ft deeprecorded (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded