Tippecanoe Lake (Vilas County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1886000 — permanent page /lakes/1886000/.

Tippecanoe Lake is in Vilas County; records show 143 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.

Size

143 acres

Lake type

SEEPAGE

Max depth

34 ft

• 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
• Fish stocking documented through 1975 (DNR stocking records)
• Satellite clarity estimate 12.04 ft (2017)

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Plan your visit

• Lake directory: public landing — No
• Lake directory: public beach — No
• Lake directory: public park — No

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.

Nearby facilities

• WABASSO LAKE BL — Boating site; ≈5.4 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
• EMILY LAKE — Campground; ≈5.5 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
• MEMORIAL GROVE — Interpretive site; ≈9.2 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
• TWIN LAKES — Campground; ≈9.6 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
• ROUND LAKE BL — Boating site; ≈9.7 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
• 1 more inventoried site within 15 km.

USFS Chequamegon-Nicolet constructed recreation sites only; straight-line distance is geographic context, not a travel route.

Fishing

The DNR lake page publishes 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.

DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Present; Musky—Present; Panfish—Present; not population counts.

Stocking records: 1 documented event through 1975, 27,000 fish total. Species: Muskellunge And Hybrids (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.

No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.

• Musky reproductive status (DNR mapped): Self-sustaining via natural reproduction (Cat. 1)
• Musky angling class — 2018 historical publication, not current status: Musky A1 — DNR trophy-water class

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: 12.04 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.

No public aquatic invasive species occurrence record was found for this lake. The DNR inventory is non-exhaustive; absence of a record is never evidence of absence.

• Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): none mapped within the search cap; ≈0% of shoreline buffer
• Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈6% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.9% impervious
• Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈16 m; ≈2 km of road per km² within 1 km

• Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: musky area, walleye area

Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.

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)
• Satellite water clarity estimate

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.