Lake Michigan
Wisconsin · WBIC 20
Size
0.4 acres
approximate, from the outline
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 2000), 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 20163.2 ft (1,452 satellite pixels)
- Summer 20173.8 ft (1,656 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.
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
- Brown Troutlast stocked 2025 (large fingerling, small fingerling and yearling); stocked in 16 years since 2010
- Chinook Salmonlast stocked 2025 (small fingerling); stocked in 16 years since 2010
- Coho Salmonlast stocked 2025 (large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 16 years since 2010
- Muskellungelast stocked 2025 (large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 6 years since 2010
- Rainbow Troutlast stocked 2025 (adult, large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 15 years since 2010
- Black Crappielast stocked 2023 (adult); stocked in 1 year since 2010
- Lake Sturgeonlast stocked 2022 (adult (broodstock-age-3yr), large fingerling, small fingerling and yearling); stocked in 9 years since 2010
- Brook Troutlast stocked 2010 (yearling); stocked in 1 year 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
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus1952 to 2026; 33 records
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata1963; 1 record
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus2018 to 2020; 8 records
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas1957 to 2004; 3 records
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus1 record
- Blackfin Cisco Coregonus nigripinnis1906 to 1922; 16 records
- Bloater Coregonus hoyi1919 to 2008; 22 records
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus1947 to 2004; 15 records
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus1964 to 2015; 8 records
- Bowfin Amia calva1958 to 2004; 9 records
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans1964 to 2016; 7 records
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis2022; 1 record
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus1957; 1 record
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta2016 to 2023; 5 records
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus1965; 1 record
- Burbot Lota lota1920 to 2024; 3 records
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi2015 to 2016; 4 records
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus1957; 1 record
- Chestnut Lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus1 record
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha2012 to 2025; 10 records
- Cisco Coregonus artedi1919 to 2021; 55 records
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch1981 to 2025; 10 records
- Common Carp Cyprinus carpio1964 to 2026; 12 records
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus1967 to 2016; 8 records
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus2008 to 2023; 6 records
- Deepwater Cisco Coregonus johannae1894 to 1922; 18 records
- Deepwater Sculpin Myoxocephalus thompsonii1920 to 2008; 17 records
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides1932 to 2016; 6 records
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas1964 to 2023; 7 records
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens1957; 1 record
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus2016 to 2023; 3 records
- Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus1 record
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum1932 to 2016; 6 records
- Kiyi Coregonus kiyi1919 to 1950; 37 records
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus1935 to 1971; 4 records
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens1950 to 1952; 3 records
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush1920 to 2012; 2 records
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis1906 to 1920; 9 records
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides1958 to 2004; 13 records
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae1951 to 2023; 9 records
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus1950 to 2004; 5 records
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus1957 to 2004; 3 records
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus2004; 3 records
- Mooneye Hiodon tergisus1922; 2 records
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii1951 to 2016; 3 records
- Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius1938 to 2008; 3 records
- Northern Pearl Dace Margariscus nachtriebi2015; 1 record
- Northern Pike Esox lucius1957 to 2015; 22 records
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos2015; 1 record
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus1947 to 2021; 9 records
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax1931 to 1999; 6 records
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss1906 to 2020; 9 records
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris1947 to 2021; 19 records
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus2015 to 2025; 20 records
- Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum1906 to 1920; 4 records
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus1936 to 1990; 4 records
- Shortjaw Cisco Coregonus zenithicus1919 to 1950; 46 records
- Shortnose Cisco Coregonus reighardi1906 to 1950; 27 records
- Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis1920 to 1935; 3 records
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus1931 to 2008; 13 records
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu1947 to 2022; 21 records
- Spoonhead Sculpin Cottus ricei1931 to 1952; 10 records
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius1967; 1 record
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus1950; 1 record
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus1988 to 2023; 3 records
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus1931 to 1957; 4 records
- Walleye Sander vitreus1895 to 2004; 20 records
- White Bass Morone chrysops1 record
- White Perch Morone americana2025; 1 record
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii1957 to 2023; 20 records
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis2004; 3 records
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens1920 to 2004; 22 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
- 1Simmon's Island Boat HarborBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 2Lake Michigan Access (Pershing Park)Boat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 3McKinley Park MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 4South Shore Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · County
Directions - 5Port Washington - Lake MichiganBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 6Deland Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 7Lake Michigan AccessBoat ramp · Unimproved surface · City
Directions - 8Peshtigo Harbor Access - End of Harbor RoadBoat ramp · State(dnr)
Directions - 9Little River Boat LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 10Red Arrow Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 11D.E. Hall ParkBoat ramp · Gravel surface · County
Directions - 12North Bay Shore Recreation Area Boat RampBoat ramp · Accessible features · County
Directions - 13Breakwater Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 14Peter's LandingBoat ramp · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 15Green Bay Metropoltan Boat LaunchBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 16Cecil Depeau Bay Shore Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 17Algoma MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete Plank surface · City
Directions - 18Steele Street Point LaunchBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 19Red River ParkBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 20Ern-JoysBoat ramp · Paved surface · Township
Directions - 21Lily Bay Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 22Chaudiors Dock Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · County
Directions - 23Olde Stone Quarry Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 24Whitefish Bay RampBoat ramp · Paved surface · Township
Directions - 25Shauer Park RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 26Fish Creek RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 27Frank E. Murphy County Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Paved surface · County
Directions - 28Egg Harbor Municipal MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · Village
Directions - 29Nicolet Bay AccessBoat ramp · Concrete Panels surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 30Ephraim Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Village
Directions - 31Sister Bay MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · Village
Directions - 32Liberty Grove Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 33Blues Point RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 34Baileys Harbor AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 35Jackson Harbor AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 36Green Bay AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 37Red Arrow Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 38Hika Park AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Village
Directions - 39Two Creeks AccessBoat ramp · Grate surface · Township
Directions - 40Pensaukee Wildlife Area AccessCarry-in access · State(dnr)
Directions - 41Lake Michigan AccessCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 42Bender Park Boat LaunchBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · County
Directions - 43Harbor Lights RoadBoat ramp · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 44North Bay/Lake Michigan Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete Plank surface · Township
Directions - 45Tennison Bay Carry-in RampCarry-in access · Concrete Panels surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 46SUGAR CREEK PARK BOAT RAMPBoat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Fishing from shore
- CUPERTINO PIER (RUSSELL AVENUE PIER)Directions · DNR details
- Quarry Lake fishing PierDirections · DNR details
- RACINE HARBOR FISHING PIERDirections · DNR details
- SUMMERFEST SHORE FISHINGDirections · DNR details
- WEBORG PIER/PENINSULA STATE PARKDirections · DNR details
Wisconsin DNR shore fishing sites. Checked Oct 24, 2026.
Water level and flow
- MENOMINEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MARINETTE, WIDischarge
- MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MILWAUKEE, WIGage height, Discharge
U.S. Geological Survey gauges at or beside this lake. Readings are provisional and fetched when you open the page.
Where this comes from
- OutlineWisconsin DNR 24K hydrography, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Stocking historyWisconsin DNR annual fish stocking summary, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Boat landingsWisconsin DNR public boat access sites, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Fish recordedOpen fish survey and museum records, via GBIF, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Water level and flowU.S. Geological Survey gauges (readings are live), checked Oct 23, 2026
- Shore fishing sitesWisconsin DNR shore fishing sites, 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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