Lake Montello (Marquette County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 164300 — permanent page /lakes/164300/.

Lake Montello is in Marquette County; records show 341 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.

Size

341 acres

Lake type

DRAINAGE

Max depth

17 ft

• 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
• 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
• Fish stocking documented through 1998 (DNR stocking records)
• Satellite clarity estimate 9.22 ft (2017)

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Plan your visit

• Lake directory: public landing — Yes
• Lake directory: public beach — No
• Lake directory: public park — No
• DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
• DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
• 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.

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: 13 documented events through 1998, 784,443 fish total. Species: Largemouth Bass (Historic), Northern Pike (Historic), Walleye (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.

2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 19 published rows for 19 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.

Water and setting

• Satellite clarity estimate: 9.22 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements

No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.

Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.

• AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-12-31
• AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 1993-12-31
• AIS record: Eurasian watermilfoil — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 1976-09-05
• AIS record: Hybrid Eurasian / northern watermilfoil — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 1993-01-01

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: Andrew Krakow Public Access And Fishery Area (Wisconsin DNR); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
• Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈41.7% developed land within 300 m, ≈13.4% impervious
• Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈0 m; ≈5.2 km of road per km² within 1 km

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.