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Papoose Lake

By Winchester. 422 acres, 65 feet at the deepest.

422acres
65 ftdeepest
1public boat landing

Ice on Papoose Lake

No ice reports from Papoose 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 and walleye
  • Also there: panfish, 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: very clear
  • Bottom: 50% sand, 25% gravel, 20% rock, 5% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a spring lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found rusty crayfish and yellow iris 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 Papoose Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped August 1941. 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 422 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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