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Escanaba Lake

By Boulder Junction. 303 acres, 26 feet at the deepest.

303acres
26 ftdeepest
14 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Escanaba Lake

No ice reports from Escanaba 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, panfish and largemouth bass
  • Also there: northern pike

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 10% sand, 30% gravel, 40% rock, 20% muck
  • Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR hasn't listed any invasive species 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 Escanaba Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1972. 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 303 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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