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Big Carr Lake

By Lake Tomahawk. 209 acres, 75 feet at the deepest.

209acres
75 ftdeepest
1public boat landing

Ice on Big Carr Lake

No ice reports from Big Carr Lake in the last two weeks.

What folks saw out there, not the DNR. No ice is safe ice; check it yourself.

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Fish

  • Common: largemouth bass and smallmouth bass
  • Also there: musky, panfish, trout and walleye

How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 45% sand, 15% gravel, 25% rock, 15% muck
  • Kind of lake: a seepage lake: no stream in or out, it's fed by rain and groundwater

Invasive species

The DNR has found Chinese mystery snail, purple loosestrife and rusty crayfish here.

State law: before you leave the landing, pull off any plants and critters, drain all the water out of your boat, motor, livewell and buckets, and never move live fish away from the lake.

The DNR's boat and bait rules

Depth map

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map of Big Carr Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1940. Mind the north arrow; some of these old maps are turned sideways. It's old and not for navigation; shorelines and depths change. The DNR lists the lake at 209 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Big Carr Lake, checked October 26, 2026.