Pelican Lake
By Schoepke. 3,545 acres, 39 feet at the deepest.
Ice on Pelican Lake
No ice reports from Pelican 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, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye
How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.
Boat landings
- Boat Launch, near Cth QMap · DNR details
- Near Hwy 45Map · DNR details
- Keelers Landing, Cth QMap · DNR details
- State landing access at Near Cth GMap · DNR details
- Canoe Access, near Chicago Point DrMap · DNR details
Water and bottom
- Water: low
- Bottom: 40% sand, 20% gravel, 10% rock, 30% 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, ornamental water lilies (non-native nymphaea sp.), 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.
Depth map
Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped May 1940. 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 3,545 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)
Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Pelican Lake, checked October 26, 2026.