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Wisconsin Lakes With Sturgeon

39 counted Wisconsin lakes list Sturgeon in Wisconsin DNR records. The largest is Lake Winnebago at 131,939 acres. The deepest of them is Lake Chippewa at 92 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	Turtle Flambeau Flowage	Iron	12,942 acres	50 ft
7	Lake Mendota	Dane	9,781 acres	83 ft
8	Lake Butte des Morts	Winnebago	8,581 acres	9 ft
9	Lake Saint Croix	Pierce, St. Croix	7,696 acres	60 ft
10	Shawano Lake	Shawano	6,215 acres	39.5 ft
11	Lake Wissota	Chippewa	6,148 acres	64.4 ft
12	Lake Winneconne	Winnebago	4,553 acres	9 ft
13	Lake Monona	Dane	3,359 acres	74 ft
14	Holcombe Flowage	Rusk, Chippewa	2,881 acres	62 ft
15	Wisconsin R Fl C3-Stevens Pt	Portage	2,489 acres	25 ft
16	Yellow Lake	Burnett	2,283 acres	31 ft
17	Biron Flowage	Wood, Portage	2,187 acres	23 ft
18	Dairyland Reservoir (Flambeau)	Rusk	1,870 acres	70 ft
19	Clam Lake	Burnett	1,338 acres	11 ft
20	Little Lake Butte Des Morts	Winnebago	1,200 acres	18 ft
21	McKenzie Lake	Burnett, Washburn	1,129 acres	71 ft
22	Butternut Lake	Ashland, Price	983 acres	32 ft
23	Chippewa Falls Flowage 5555	Chippewa, Eau Claire	954 acres	29 ft
24	Cornell Flowage	Chippewa	897 acres	55.7 ft
25	Round Lake	Price	748 acres	24 ft
26	Old Abe Lake	Chippewa	470 acres	36 ft
27	Trego Lake	Washburn	383 acres	36 ft
28	Lower Clam Lake	Burnett	366 acres	14 ft
29	Clam River Flowage	Burnett	359 acres	29 ft
30	Crowley Flowage 802	Price	354 acres	23 ft
31	Little Yellow Lake	Burnett	332 acres	21 ft
32	Upper Park Falls Flowage 760	Price, Ashland	310 acres	17 ft
33	Big Falls Flowage	Rusk	281 acres	45 ft
34	Ladysmith Flowage	Rusk	268 acres	19 ft
35	Thornapple Flowage	Rusk	266 acres	19 ft
36	Danbury Flowage	Burnett	242 acres	10 ft
37	Pixley Flowage	Price	182 acres	23 ft
38	Mercer Lake	Iron	181 acres	24 ft
39	Radisson Flowage	Sawyer	178 acres	12 ft

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