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Mid Lake

By Minocqua. 221 acres, 12 feet at the deepest.

221acres
12 ftdeepest
6 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Mid Lake

No ice reports from Mid 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: musky, panfish and northern pike
  • Also there: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 55% sand, 7% gravel, 3% rock, 35% 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, 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.

The DNR's boat and bait rules

Depth map

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

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped June 1976. 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 221 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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