Spooner Lake
Washburn County, Wisconsin · WBIC 2685200
Size
1,092 acres
Max depth
17 ft
DNR lake type
Simple, Warm, clear water color
Water clarity
10 ft
Clear, measured Aug 2025
A warm-water lake type: the DNR groups it with lakes that warm up through summer. This describes the lake type in general, not this lake in particular.
Outline
Numbered dots are boat landings; tap one for directions. The list below has the same numbers. Drawn from the DNR's 24K hydrography (surveyed 1982), so the shape is approximate and a landing can sit a little off the shore. Open the DNR lake map.
Water clarity
10 ft Secchi depthClear
Last measured Aug 25, 2025. 131 readings on record, 1948 to 2025.
Typical summer clarity (June to September): 6.5 ft, moderate, from 19 readings (2012 to 2025).
Secchi depth is how far down a white disk stays visible. A bigger number means clearer water. Clear means a Secchi depth of 10 feet or more, moderate 5 to 10 feet, low under 5 feet.
Wisconsin DNR water monitoring (volunteer and staff), via the Water Quality Portal; station Spooner Lake - Deep Hole. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Water temperature
Last measured Aug 25, 2025, too long ago to show as the current temperature.
A typical year Modeled estimate
- Ice goes outabout Apr 16 (Apr 8 to Apr 26)
- Surface reaches 48°Fabout Apr 26 (Apr 19 to May 2)
- Surface reaches 64°Fabout May 27 (May 22 to May 31)
- June surface71°F, usually 69 to 72°F
- July surface77°F, usually 75 to 78°F
- August surface73°F, usually 71 to 75°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 15 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.
Measured: Wisconsin DNR via the Water Quality Portal (checked Oct 23, 2026). Modeled: U.S. Geological Survey lake temperature data release (doi:10.5066/P9CA6XP8).
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.
Fish recorded near this lake
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas1984 to 2003; 3 records
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus1977 to 2003; 12 records
- Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon1928; 1 record
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus1977 to 2003; 13 records
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus1928 to 1991; 3 records
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus1928 to 2003; 4 records
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi2003; 1 record
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus1928; 1 record
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus1928; 1 record
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas1928 to 1989; 2 records
- Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi1928; 2 records
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus1928; 1 record
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum1928 to 2003; 3 records
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides1928 to 2003; 13 records
- Northern Pike Esox lucius1928 to 2003; 16 records
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus1977 to 2003; 15 records
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris1977 to 2003; 8 records
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum1928; 1 record
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus2003; 1 record
- Walleye Sander vitreus1977 to 1991; 6 records
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii1928 to 1984; 2 records
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis1928 to 2003; 4 records
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens1928 to 2003; 15 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.
Boat landings
- 1Spooner Lake Access - Golf CourseBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 2Spooner Lake Public AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
More lakes in Washburn County
- Evergreen Lake1.1 miles away
- Little Spooner Lake1.5 miles away
- Holmes Lake2.9 miles away
- Yellow River Flowage3.2 miles away
- Schullenberger Lake3.3 miles away
- Harrison Lake3.9 miles away
Where this comes from
- Size, depth and lake typeWisconsin DNR lake classifications, checked Oct 23, 2026
- OutlineWisconsin DNR 24K hydrography, 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
- Water clarityWisconsin DNR water monitoring, via the Water Quality Portal, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Typical-year temperatureU.S. Geological Survey lake temperature model (modeled estimate), 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
- Depth map linkWisconsin DNR lake maps list, 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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