Bass Lake (Burnett County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2451100 — permanent page /lakes/2451100/.
Bass Lake is in Burnett County; records show 31 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 31 acres
- Lake type
- SEEPAGE
- Max depth
- 27 ft
- 2 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Satellite clarity estimate 13.03 ft (2015)
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.
Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 2 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Present; Panfish—Present; not population counts.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 17 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 17 published rows for 17 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 13.03 ft (2015) — 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): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Burnett County Forest (Burnett County); ≈14.5% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈8.5% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.7% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈37 m; ≈1.1 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)
- 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.