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Pickerel Lake

By Lake Tomahawk. 581 acres, 17 feet at the deepest.

581acres
17 ftdeepest
9 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Pickerel Lake

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

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 85% sand, 5% gravel, 10% 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 and curly-leaf pondweed 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 Pickerel Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped June 1969. 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 581 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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