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Pier Lake

By Lynne. 262 acres, 15 feet at the deepest.

262acres
15 ftdeepest
1public boat landing

Ice on Pier Lake

No ice reports from Pier 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 and northern pike
  • Also there: largemouth 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: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR has found Chinese mystery snail and Eurasian water-milfoil 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 Pier Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped January 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 262 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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