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Snipe Lake

By Eagle River. 216 acres, 15 feet at the deepest.

216acres
15 ftdeepest
10 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Snipe Lake

No ice reports from Snipe 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 and walleye
  • Also there: largemouth bass

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 50% sand, 10% gravel, 30% rock, 10% muck
  • Kind of lake: a seepage lake: no stream in or out, it's fed by rain and groundwater

Invasive species

The DNR has found Chinese mystery snail 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 Snipe Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped December 1977. 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 216 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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