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Buckskin Lake

By Lac du Flambeau. Shared with Oneida County. 642 acres, 22 feet at the deepest.

642acres
22 ftdeepest
1public boat landing

Ice on Buckskin Lake

No ice reports from Buckskin Lake in the last two weeks.

What folks saw out there, not the DNR. No ice is safe ice; check it yourself.

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Fish

  • Common: panfish, northern pike and walleye
  • Also there: musky and largemouth bass

How the DNR lists them. It doesn't say how the fishing is.

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 65% sand, 20% gravel, 15% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a spring lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found Chinese mystery snail here.

State law: before you leave the landing, pull off any plants and critters, drain all the water out of your boat, motor, livewell and buckets, and never move live fish away from the lake.

The DNR's boat and bait rules

Depth map

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map of Buckskin Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped August 1941. Mind the north arrow; some of these old maps are turned sideways. It's old and not for navigation; shorelines and depths change. The DNR lists the lake at 642 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Buckskin Lake, checked October 24, 2026.