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Catfish Lake

By Eagle River. 1,012 acres, 30 feet at the deepest.

1,012acres
30 ftdeepest
12 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Catfish Lake

No ice reports from Catfish 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: walleye
  • Common: musky and panfish
  • Also there: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and northern pike

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 55% sand, 20% gravel, 10% rock, 15% muck
  • Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR has found Chinese mystery snail, Eurasian water-milfoil 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 Catfish Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped June 1969. 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 1,012 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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