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Little Arbor Vitae Lake

By Arbor Vitae. 480 acres, 32 feet at the deepest.

480acres
32 ftdeepest
11 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Little Arbor Vitae Lake

No ice reports from Little Arbor Vitae 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

  • Common: musky, panfish, largemouth bass and walleye

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 30% sand, 30% gravel, 10% rock, 30% 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 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 Little Arbor Vitae Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped June 1976. 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 480 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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