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Wisconsin Lakes With Catfish

59 counted Wisconsin lakes list Catfish in Wisconsin DNR records. The largest is Lake Winnebago at 131,939 acres. The deepest of them is Green Lake at 236 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake Winnebago	Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Calumet	131,939 acres	21 ft
2	Petenwell Lake	Adams, Wood, Juneau	23,173 acres	44 ft
3	Lake Chippewa	Sawyer	14,593 acres	92 ft
4	Lake Poygan	Winnebago, Waushara	14,024 acres	11 ft
5	Castle Rock Lake	Adams, Juneau	13,955 acres	35 ft
6	Lake Koshkonong	Jefferson, Dane, Rock	10,595 acres	7 ft
7	Lake Mendota	Dane	9,781 acres	83 ft
8	Lake Butte des Morts	Winnebago	8,581 acres	9 ft
9	Green Lake	Green Lake	7,920 acres	236 ft
10	Lake Saint Croix	Pierce, St. Croix	7,696 acres	60 ft
11	Lake Wisconsin	Columbia, Sauk	7,197 acres	24 ft
12	Lake Wissota	Chippewa	6,148 acres	64.4 ft
13	Puckaway Lake	Marquette, Green Lake	5,013 acres	5 ft
14	Lake Winneconne	Winnebago	4,553 acres	9 ft
15	Lake Monona	Dane	3,359 acres	74 ft
16	Lake Kegonsa	Dane	3,200 acres	32 ft
17	Holcombe Flowage	Rusk, Chippewa	2,881 acres	62 ft
18	Wisconsin R Fl C3-Stevens Pt	Portage	2,489 acres	25 ft
19	Yellow Lake	Burnett	2,283 acres	31 ft
20	Biron Flowage	Wood, Portage	2,187 acres	23 ft
21	Buffalo Lake	Marquette	2,179 acres	8 ft
22	Lake Waubesa	Dane	2,074 acres	38 ft
23	Dairyland Reservoir (Flambeau)	Rusk	1,870 acres	70 ft
24	Clam Lake	Burnett	1,338 acres	11 ft
25	Little Lake Butte Des Morts	Winnebago	1,200 acres	18 ft
26	Partridge Lake	Waupaca	1,185 acres	4 ft
27	White Lake	Waupaca	1,064 acres	10 ft
28	Chippewa Falls Flowage 5555	Chippewa, Eau Claire	954 acres	29 ft
29	Wind Lake	Racine	919 acres	47 ft
30	Cornell Flowage	Chippewa	897 acres	55.7 ft
31	Mason Lake	Adams, Marquette	882 acres	9 ft
32	Arbutus Lake*	Jackson, Clark	774 acres	50 ft
33	Dells Pond	Eau Claire	622 acres	30 ft
34	Neshonoc Lake	La Crosse	606 acres	11 ft
35	Silver Lake	Kenosha	516 acres	44 ft
36	Wisconsin Rapids Flowage	Wood	504 acres	22 ft
37	Nekoosa Flowage	Wood	486 acres	17 ft
38	Old Abe Lake	Chippewa	470 acres	36 ft
39	Camp Lake	Kenosha	439 acres	19 ft
40	Lower Clam Lake	Burnett	366 acres	14 ft
41	Clam River Flowage	Burnett	359 acres	29 ft
42	Little Yellow Lake	Burnett	332 acres	21 ft
43	Amacoy Lake	Rusk	283 acres	20 ft
44	Big Falls Flowage	Rusk	281 acres	45 ft
45	Tichigan Lake	Racine	279 acres	63 ft
46	Partridge Crop Lake	Waupaca	276 acres	8 ft
47	Centralia Flowage	Wood	274 acres	19 ft
48	Ladysmith Flowage	Rusk	268 acres	19 ft
49	Thornapple Flowage	Rusk	266 acres	19 ft
50	Delton Lake	Sauk	249 acres	16 ft
51	Danbury Flowage	Burnett	242 acres	10 ft
52	Wisconsin River Flowage Number 2 49	Portage	228 acres	25 ft
53	Upper Mud Lake	Dane	218 acres	8 ft
54	Black River Flowage 1610	Jackson	190 acres	34 ft
55	Mud Lake	Dane	185 acres	15 ft
56	Radisson Flowage	Sawyer	178 acres	12 ft
57	Silver Birch Lake	Pepin	145 acres	8 ft
58	Port Edwards Flowage	Wood	131 acres	16 ft
59	Decatur Lake	Green	109 acres	10 ft

Source: Wisconsin DNR lake data. Verified October 28, 2026.