301acres
18 ftdeepest
6 ftaverage depth
2public boat landings

Ice on Deerskin Lake

No ice reports from Deerskin 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, largemouth bass and walleye
  • Also there: smallmouth bass and northern pike

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 30% sand, 25% gravel, 10% rock, 35% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a spring lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found Eurasian water-milfoil 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

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