Kawaguesaga Lake
By Minocqua. 700 acres, 44 feet at the deepest.
Ice on Kawaguesaga Lake
No ice reports from Kawaguesaga Lake in the last two weeks.
What folks saw out there, not the DNR. No ice is safe ice; check it yourself.
Fish
- Plenty of: panfish
- Common: musky, smallmouth bass and walleye
- Also there: largemouth bass and northern pike
How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.
Boat landings
- Dam Road, Boat LandingMap · DNR details
Water and bottom
- Bottom: 50% sand, 32% gravel, 3% rock, 15% muck
- Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out
Invasive species
The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Chinese mystery snail, curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian water-milfoil, flowering rush, purple loosestrife, rusty crayfish and yellow iris 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.
Depth map
Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1972. 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 700 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)
Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Kawaguesaga Lake, checked October 26, 2026.