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Horsehead Lake

By Lake Tomahawk. 377 acres, 11 feet at the deepest.

377acres
11 ftdeepest
8 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Horsehead Lake

No ice reports from Horsehead 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

  • Plenty of: panfish
  • Common: largemouth bass and northern pike

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 80% sand, 10% gravel, 10% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a spring lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Chinese mystery snail, curly-leaf pondweed and Eurasian water-milfoil 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 Horsehead Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped May 1968. 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 377 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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