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Lake Nokomis

By Nokomis. Shared with Lincoln County. 2,274 acres, 33 feet at the deepest.

2,274acres
33 ftdeepest
11 ftaverage depth
3public boat landings

Ice on Lake Nokomis

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

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 65% sand, 15% gravel, 15% 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, purple loosestrife and rusty crayfish 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 Lake Nokomis, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1974. 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 2,274 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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