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Lac Vieux Desert

By Phelps. 4,017 acres, 38 feet at the deepest.

4,017acres
38 ftdeepest
3public boat landings

Ice on Lac Vieux Desert

No ice reports from Lac Vieux Desert 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: musky, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 35% sand, 20% gravel, 10% rock, 35% 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, curly-leaf pondweed, 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 Lac Vieux Desert, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map. 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 4,017 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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