Finley Lake (Vilas County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 984800 — permanent page /lakes/984800/.

Finley Lake is in Vilas County; records show 108 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.

Size: 108 acres
Lake type: SEEPAGE
Max depth: 26 ft

2 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
Satellite clarity estimate 12.48 ft (2017)
Official DNR depth map available (PDF)

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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.

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—Common; Panfish—Common; not population counts.

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: 12.48 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.

Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.

AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2011-09-01

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): none mapped within 1,000 ft; nearest: Vilas County Forest (Vilas County); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈17.2% developed land within 300 m, ≈2.3% impervious
Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈39 m; ≈3.2 km of road per km² within 1 km

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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
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.