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Puckaway Lake

Marquette County, Wisconsin · WBIC 158700

Official regulationsDNR lake mapDepth map (PDF)

The DNR lists this lake's watershed (Puckaway Lake-Fox River) as suspect or infected with VHS, a fish virus. The listing covers the watershed, not a test of this lake. About VHS

This lake has fishing rules that differ from the standard ones for its area. Check the official rules before you fish. Official regulations

Size

5,039 acres

Max depth

5 ft

DNR lake type

Complex, Riverine

A river-like water type, with flow instead of a still basin. This describes the lake type in general, not this lake in particular.

Outline

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Numbered dots are boat landings; tap one for directions. The list below has the same numbers. 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.

Water clarity (satellite estimate)

  • Summer 20162.5 ft (18,900 satellite pixels)
  • Summer 20173.9 ft (17,414 satellite pixels)

No one has measured this lake's clarity in the monitoring data. These are estimates from satellite images of two summers only, so they may not match the lake today.

Secchi depth is how far down a white disk stays visible. A bigger number means clearer water. The estimate tops out at 16 feet.

Landsat satellite estimates published by the Wisconsin DNR (summers 2016 and 2017), averaged over the lake's outline. Informational use only.

Water temperature

A typical year Modeled estimate

  • Ice goes outabout Apr 4 (Mar 29 to Apr 12)
  • Surface reaches 48°Fabout Apr 13 (Apr 4 to Apr 23)
  • Surface reaches 64°Fabout May 10 (May 3 to May 14)
  • June surface74°F, usually 73 to 75°F
  • July surface80°F, usually 78 to 80°F
  • August surface75°F, usually 73 to 77°F

Mixes regularly through the summer instead of forming a warm top layer.

A computer model of this lake's typical weather and water, built from 13 years, 2005 to 2019. Ranges show the middle half of years. The model was not calibrated against measured temperatures for this lake. It is an estimate, not a measurement.

Modeled: U.S. Geological Survey lake temperature data release (doi:10.5066/P9CA6XP8).

Today at the lake

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

Stocking history

  • Walleyelast stocked 2024 (fry); stocked in 14 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.

Boat landings

Some landings are matched to this lake by name only, because the DNR list gives no location for them. They have no pin.

Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

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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
  • Boat landingsWisconsin DNR public boat access sites, checked Oct 23, 2026
  • Typical-year temperatureU.S. Geological Survey lake temperature model (modeled estimate), checked Oct 23, 2026
  • VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, checked Oct 24, 2026
  • Depth map linkWisconsin DNR lake maps list, checked Oct 24, 2026
  • Satellite clarity estimateLandsat summer clarity estimates published by the Wisconsin DNR (2016, 2017), checked Oct 24, 2026

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

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