Minocqua Lake
By Minocqua. 1,339 acres, 60 feet at the deepest.
Ice on Minocqua Lake
No ice reports from Minocqua 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, largemouth bass and walleye
- Also there: smallmouth bass and northern pike
How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.
Boat landings
- Cedar StMap · DNR details
- Off Park St and Menominee St (School House)Map · DNR details
- Stack's Bay LandingMap · DNR details
- Boat Ramp, Park StMap · DNR details
Water and bottom
- Bottom: 65% sand, 15% gravel, 4% rock, 16% 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, hybrid Eurasian / northern water-milfoil, 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 1,339 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)
Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Minocqua Lake, checked October 26, 2026.