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Carrol Lake

By Arbor Vitae. Shared with Oneida County. 330 acres, 27 feet at the deepest.

330acres
27 ftdeepest
16 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Carrol Lake

No ice reports from Carrol 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

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

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 65% sand, 15% gravel, 15% rock, 5% muck
  • Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Chinese mystery snail, Eurasian water-milfoil, purple loosestrife and rusty crayfish 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 Carrol Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1977. 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 330 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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