Vandercook Lake (Vilas County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1176400 — permanent page /lakes/1176400/.
Vandercook Lake is in Vilas County; records show 97 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 97 acres
- Lake type
- SEEPAGE
- Max depth
- 22 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2015 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 10.04 ft (2017)
- Official DNR depth map available (PDF)
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Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — Yes
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — Yes
- DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
- DNR public-access inventory: documented carry-in access
- 1 site qualify for per-site Directions through the reviewed lake association (load the site details below)
Each statement is bounded to its named source; absence of a record is never evidence of no access. The DNR access database may lag reality; posted signs at the landing are authoritative.
Verify at the DNR public boat access program page.
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Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Common; Northern Pike—Common; Panfish—Common; not population counts.
Stocking records: 21 documented events through 2015, 68,737 fish total. Species: Walleye (Rare), Northern Pike (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 19 normalized rows across 19 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 19 published rows for 19 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 10.04 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.
Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2024-05-26
Occurrence records come from a non-exhaustive DNR inventory; a record documents presence at observation time and a missing record is never evidence of absence.
- Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Northern Highland State Forest (Wisconsin DNR); ≈60.3% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈6% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.7% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈24 m; ≈2.5 km of road per km² within 1 km
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Data & sources
Published data families
- Fish species and abundance (DNR lake pages)
- Fish stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- Aquatic invasive species occurrences
Original records: Wisconsin DNR lake page.
Missing values are unpublished, never zero; each fact above is bounded to its named source and date. Full sourcing detail: Data & methods.