Lake Superior
Wisconsin · WBIC 2751220
The DNR lists this lake's watershed (Lake Superior) as suspect or infected with VHS, a fish virus. The listing covers the watershed, not a test of this lake. About VHS
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 20169.3 ft (676 satellite pixels)
- Summer 20178.7 ft (521 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 and yearling); stocked in 16 years since 2010
- Lake Troutlast stocked 2025 (large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 16 years since 2010
- Splake (i22 X I23)last stocked 2025 (large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 15 years since 2010
- Walleyelast stocked 2025 (large fingerling, small fingerling and yearling); stocked in 13 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
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus1 record
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata1965; 1 record
- Blackfin Cisco Coregonus nigripinnis1922; 3 records
- Bloater Coregonus hoyi1922 to 2025; 229 records
- Blotchside Darter Percina burtoni1908; 1 record
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta1950; 1 record
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi1965; 1 record
- Cisco Coregonus artedi1922 to 2025; 25 records
- Common Carp Cyprinus carpio1965; 1 record
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus1926; 1 record
- Deepwater Cisco Coregonus johannae1 record
- Deepwater Sculpin Myoxocephalus thompsonii1963 to 2004; 7 records
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides2002; 1 record
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum1922 to 2025; 3 records
- Kiyi Coregonus kiyi1922 to 1966; 7 records
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus1908 to 1946; 4 records
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens2 records
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush2025; 4 records
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis1922 to 2025; 13 records
- Logperch Percina caprodes1922 to 2002; 3 records
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae1922 to 1926; 2 records
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus1922 to 2019; 3 records
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii1974; 5 records
- Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius1922 to 2025; 9 records
- Pygmy Whitefish Prosopium coulterii1953 to 2025; 18 records
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax1953 to 2025; 6 records
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus2002; 1 record
- Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum1922 to 2004; 44 records
- Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua1989 to 2025; 4 records
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum1926; 1 record
- Shortjaw Cisco Coregonus zenithicus1908 to 1974; 237 records
- Shortnose Cisco Coregonus reighardi1922 to 1966; 3 records
- Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis1926; 1 record
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus1922 to 2025; 5 records
- Spoonhead Sculpin Cottus ricei1963 to 2004; 5 records
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius1922 to 2002; 3 records
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus1926 to 2025; 4 records
- White Bass Morone chrysops1964; 1 record
- White Perch Morone americana2002; 1 record
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii1965; 1 record
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens1926 to 2002; 3 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
- 1Bois Brule River Mouth AccessBoat ramp · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 2Barkers Island MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 3Loons Foot LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 4Thompsons West End Park Boat LaunchBoat ramp · Concrete Panels surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 5Washburn MarinaBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · Local & State
Directions - 6Sioux River AccessCarry-in access · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 7Long Bridge AccessBoat ramp · State(dnr)
Directions - 8Red CliffBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Other
Directions - 9Port Wing Marina Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete Panels surface · Accessible features · Local & State
Directions - 10Onion River AccessCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 11Short Bridge AccessBoat ramp · Gravel surface · Accessible features · State(dnr)
Directions - 12Little Sand Bay AccessBoat ramp · Paved surface · Township
Directions - 13Saxon Harbor Access 2Boat ramp · Concrete surface · County
Directions - 14Squaw Bay AccessCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · Federal
Directions - 15Iron River AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 16Herbster LandingCarry-in access · Township
Directions - 17Lost Creek 1 Canoe LaunchCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · State(dnr)
Directions - 18Boat ramp · Concrete surface · State(dot)
Directions - 19Bayfield City Boat LaunchBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 20Bell Marina - Cornucopia AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 21Bark Point Boat LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Township
Directions - 22Hot Pond Overlook Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 23Kreher Park Boat LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · City
Directions - 24Lake Superior AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · County
Directions - 25Alan Tomczak Park Public Boat LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 26Saxon Harbor Access 1Boat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · County
Directions - 27Mouth of the Middle River Access SiteCarry-in access · Other
Directions - 28Bark Bay Slough AccessBoat ramp · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Water level and flow
- ASHLAND BREAKWATER LIGHTHOUSE CHEQUAMEGON BAY, WIGage height, Lake or reservoir elevation (NAVD 1988)
- BAD RIVER AT THE MOUTH NEAR ODANAH, 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
- VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, 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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