Manson Lake
By Nokomis. 236 acres, 54 feet at the deepest.
Ice on Manson Lake
No ice reports from Manson Lake in the last two weeks.
What folks saw out there, not the DNR. No ice is safe ice; check it yourself.
Fish
- Common: musky, panfish and walleye
- Also there: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and northern pike
How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.
Boat landings
- Public landingMap · DNR details
Water and bottom
- Bottom: 55% sand, 10% gravel, 30% rock, 5% 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 and purple loosestrife 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 May 1939. 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 236 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)
Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Manson Lake, checked October 26, 2026.