Lake Whitefish
Coregonus clupeaformis · Salmonidae
About this fish
- Spawning
- January and December
- Largest length
- up to 50 cm (20 inches)
- Lifespan
- up to 30 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.
43 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 5 of 5 lakes
- Lake SuperiorWisconsinrecorded 1922 to 2025 (13 records)stocked, recorded
- Lake OwenBayfield County1,323 acres · 95 ft deeprecorded 1975 (1 record)Clearstocked, recorded
- Lake MichiganWisconsin0.4 acresrecorded 1906 to 1920 (9 records)stocked, recorded
- Sturgeon BayWisconsin4,945 acresrecorded 1914 (1 record)stocked, recorded
- Lake LucerneForest County1,026 acres · 73 ft deeprecorded 1907 (16 records)Clearstocked, recorded