Shay Lake (Oconto County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 456765 — permanent page /lakes/456765/.
Shay Lake is in Oconto County; records show 68 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 68 acres
- Lake type
- SPRING
- Max depth
- 36 ft
- Mean depth
- 13 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- Summer Secchi clarity median 13.3 ft (field measurements)
- Official DNR depth map available (PDF)
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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
- No site qualifies for per-site Directions: the reviewed association or a published coordinate is missing, which is a data state, never evidence about access.
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
- FARR LAKE CA — Camping area; ≈5.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
- NELLIGAN BL — Boating site; ≈7.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- BEAR PAW BL — Boating site; ≈7.2 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- WAUPEE DAM BL — Boating site; ≈9.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- GREEN LAKE BEACH AND PICNIC — Swimming site; ≈11.7 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
- 3 more inventoried sites within 15 km.
USFS Chequamegon-Nicolet constructed recreation sites only; straight-line distance is geographic context, not a travel route.
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Fishing
No fish species/abundance table is published for this lake. Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.
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.
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Water and setting
- Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 13.3 ft from 24 samples, latest sample 2025-08-12
- Satellite clarity estimate: 13.53 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2013-08-29
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: Oconto County Forest (Oconto County); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈12.6% developed land within 300 m, ≈1.6% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest service drive ≈0 m; ≈2.7 km of road per km² within 1 km
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Data & sources
Published data families
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- Field-measured Secchi clarity
- 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.