Ripon Pond (Gothic)

Outline

Drawn from the DNR's 24K hydrography (surveyed 1980), so the shape is approximate and a landing can sit a little off the shore. Open the DNR lake map.

Today at the lake

Forecast: National Weather Service (no endorsement implied). Sunrise, sunset and moon phase are calculated. The moon phase can be a day off.

Stocking history

• Rainbow Troutlast stocked 2025 (yearling); stocked in 3 years since 2010

Stocking shows what was added to the lake, not what is in it now.

Wisconsin DNR annual fish stocking summary. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Fish recorded near this lake

• Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas1951 to 1989; 3 records
• Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus1988 to 1992; 2 records
• Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus1981 to 1992; 6 records
• Brown Trout Salmo trutta1951; 1 record
• Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus1951; 1 record
• Common Carp Cyprinus carpio1981 to 1992; 3 records
• Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus1925 to 1989; 2 records
• Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus1925; 1 record
• Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas1925; 1 record
• Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus1925; 1 record
• Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus1981 to 1989; 2 records
• Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile1925; 1 record
• Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides1988 to 1992; 5 records
• Northern Pike Esox lucius1981 to 1992; 5 records
• Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos1925; 1 record
• Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita1925; 2 records
• Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus1981 to 1992; 3 records
• White Bass Morone chrysops1981 to 1988; 2 records
• White Crappie Pomoxis annularis1989 to 1990; 2 records
• White Sucker Catostomus commersonii1925 to 1992; 6 records
• Yellow Perch Perca flavescens1925 to 1992; 5 records

Recorded in open fish survey and museum records (GBIF). A record shows a fish was found near this lake in that year, not that it is there now, and says nothing about how many. Most coordinates are rounded to about 1 km, so a record is attached only when one lake is the clear match.

Open fish survey and museum records from GBIF; datasets are listed on the sources page. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

More lakes in Fond du Lac County

• Rush Lake5.6 miles away
• Fairwater Pond7.3 miles away
• Raspberry Lake17 miles away
• DeNeveu Lake23 miles away
• Lake Winnebago23 miles away
• Twin Lakes26 miles away

All Fond du Lac County lakes

Where this comes from

• Size, depth and lake typeWisconsin DNR lake classifications, checked Oct 23, 2026
• OutlineWisconsin DNR 24K hydrography, checked Oct 23, 2026
• Stocking historyWisconsin DNR annual fish stocking summary, checked Oct 23, 2026
• Regulations linkWisconsin DNR fishing regulations (linked, not restated), checked Oct 23, 2026
• Fish recordedOpen fish survey and museum records, via GBIF, checked Oct 23, 2026
• VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, checked Oct 24, 2026

See data sources for what each source covers, and about for how the numbers are matched to lakes.