Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin · WBIC 88
The DNR lists this lake's watershed (Door Peninsula-Frontal Lake Michigan) as suspect or infected with VHS, a fish virus. The listing covers the watershed, not a test of this lake. About VHS
Size
4,945 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 1981), 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
- Muskellungelast stocked 2025 (fall yearling, large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 14 years since 2010
- Brown Troutlast stocked 2024 (large fingerling and yearling); stocked in 9 years since 2010
- Rainbow Troutlast stocked 2013 (yearling); stocked in 1 year since 2010
- Walleyelast stocked 2012 (small fingerling); 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
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus1962; 1 record
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus2017 to 2020; 2 records
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus1950; 1 record
- Bloater Coregonus hoyi1920; 1 record
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans2017; 1 record
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi2017; 1 record
- Cisco Coregonus artedi1914; 2 records
- Deepwater Cisco Coregonus johannae1920; 5 records
- Kiyi Coregonus kiyi1920; 1 record
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis1914; 1 record
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus1950; 1 record
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax1982; 1 record
- Shortjaw Cisco Coregonus zenithicus1 record
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
- 1Potawatomi State Park AccessBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · State(dnr)
Directions - 2Sunset Park Launching RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 3Sawyer Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · City
Directions - 4Olde Stone Quarry Park Boat RampBoat ramp · Concrete surface · State(dnr)
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Fishing from shore
- FISHING PIER AT POTAWATOMI PARK PICNIC AREADirections · DNR details
Wisconsin DNR shore fishing sites. Checked Oct 24, 2026.
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
- VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, checked Oct 24, 2026
- Shore fishing sitesWisconsin DNR shore fishing sites, 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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