Little Presque Isle Lake (Vilas County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2959700 — permanent page /lakes/2959700/.
Little Presque Isle Lake is in Vilas County; records show 144 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 144 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 18 ft
- 4 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2024 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 8.67 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 4 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Present; Musky—Present; Northern Pike—Present; not population counts.
Stocking records: 22 documented events through 2024, 5,056 fish total. Species: Walleye (Frequent), Muskellunge And Hybrids (Frequent). 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): Reproduction UNK, stocking occurs (Cat. 0)
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 89 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: 89 published rows for 19 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 8.67 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: Purple loosestrife — Verified, latest documented 2021-09-21
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: Nicolet National Forest (USDA FOREST SERVICE); ≈9.6% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈6.7% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.8% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈13 m; ≈1.4 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: musky area
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.