Johnson Lake (Vilas County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2342800 — permanent page /lakes/2342800/.
Johnson Lake is in Vilas County; records show 26 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 26 acres
- Lake type
- SPRING
- Max depth
- 12 ft
- 1 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2021 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 9.64 ft (2017)
Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — Yes
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 1 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Panfish—Common; not population counts.
Stocking records: 34 documented events through 2021, 41,520 fish total. Species: Muskellunge And Hybrids (Occasional), Walleye (Rare). 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: 9.64 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: Banded mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2006-06-22
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); ≈100% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈1.3% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.1% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈226 m; ≈1.4 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: lake under 50 acres
Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.
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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)
- 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.