WI · ranked by public data
Choose from the evidence-led ranking categories currently published for this state.
Catch rates are compared only inside the same species, protocol, gear, unit, survey phase, and sampled population. Every peer-backed system restarts at #1. Scores weight lake-scale opportunity 55%, survey rate 30%, and recency 10%, plus 5% for a species report. Documented acreage and public access are eligibility gates; unsupported survey evidence stays visible but unranked.
Published rankings
Compare Wisconsin lakes by measured clarity, documented size or depth, verified public access, or DNR fishery evidence.
Statewide evidence audit complete. Every official DNR public-beach lake was reviewed; incomplete or adverse health evidence remains an explicit exclusion.
24 numerically ranked · 368 evidence-qualified
adult population density system preview
88 numerically ranked · 621 evidence-qualified
adult population density system preview
32 numerically ranked · 359 evidence-qualified
adult population density system preview
107 numerically ranked · 942 evidence-qualified
late spring electrofishing catch per effort (fish/mile) · Bluegill system preview
93 numerically ranked · 918 evidence-qualified
adult population density system preview
88 numerically ranked · 838 evidence-qualified
adult population density system preview
Records
Ranked from DNR depth records
Ranked by documented acreage
Ranked by measured Secchi clarity
Ranked by verified public landings
Catch-per-effort ranks compare only exact compatible systems, and every system with eligible peers restarts at #1. Scores weight lake-scale opportunity 55%, survey rate 30%, and recency 10%, plus species fishing reports at 5%. Unsupported species and methods remain documented but unranked. Lakes without documented acreage and verified public or shore access are excluded.