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Upper Buckatabon Lake

By Conover. 493 acres, 47 feet at the deepest.

493acres
47 ftdeepest
20 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Upper Buckatabon Lake

No ice reports from Upper Buckatabon 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: panfish
  • Common: musky, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye
  • Also there: smallmouth bass

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 50% sand, 15% gravel, 15% rock, 20% 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, 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 Upper Buckatabon Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped August 1968. 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 493 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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