Otter Lake, Wisconsin

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Otter LakeChippewa County, WI

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Fishing forecast

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Water temperature

Otter Lake water temperature today

Modeled surface-temperature estimate built from seasonal climate, lake depth, and live National Weather Service air temperatures near this lake.

75°FPeak summer

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Warmest water of the year. Fish hold deeper or feed in low light; swimming and watersports are at their best.

Warmest monthAugust · ~75°F

Freezing surfaceDecember – March

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Estimates are modeled, not measured. Actual temperatures vary with depth, wind mixing, and recent weather — verify conditions before swimming, boating, or heading onto ice.

Wisconsin DNR fisheries survey

Fish population survey

Structured LakeList extraction from the 2023 DNR fisheries survey. Population estimates, density, and catch-rate indices use different units, methods, and scopes, so each value is presented in its original form rather than normalized against a different measure.

Source PDF

Adult walleye estimateNot reportedPopulation model unavailable

Walleye densityNot reportedManagement target unavailable

Species indexed646 extracted survey metrics

Survey indicatorsValues keep their source unit and method; unlike measures are not scaled or compared.

Black crappie13 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Source-reported primary survey gear

Bluegill166 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Source-reported primary survey gear

Largemouth bass37 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Source-reported primary survey gear

Northern pike1.3 fish/net-nightSurvey CPUE · Source-reported primary survey gear

Yellow perch6.7 fish/netSurvey CPUE · Source-reported primary survey gear

Management contextLake-specific 2023 tier-1 spring fyke-netting and electrofishing assessment. The exact LakeList target has no stored WBIC, so insertion is gated by its reviewed UUID, WI/name/county, while source WBIC 2157000 remains provenance.

DNR estimated 1,523 adult walleyes, documented a stocked walleye fishery, quality northern-pike and largemouth-bass size structure, high bluegill abundance, and lower black-crappie/yellow-perch catch rates.

The LakeList target row has no stateWaterbodyId; migration matching therefore requires the exact queued UUID plus WI/name/county and does not create or overwrite a WBIC.
Only 2023 values are promoted; historical comparisons and stocking-table rows remain context.
Yellow-perch CPUE retains the report's printed fish-per-net unit rather than assuming net-night.

Black crappie

1,915 fishTotal captured · p. 1313 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 102.6 inchesminimum captured length · p. 1012.1 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 10

Bluegill

9,241 fishTotal captured · p. 13166 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 92.8 inchesminimum captured length · p. 910.2 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 9

Largemouth bass

463 fishTotal captured · p. 1337 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 65.2 inchesminimum captured length · p. 621 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 6

Northern pike

86 fishTotal captured · p. 131.3 fish/net-nightSurvey CPUE · p. 810.8 inchesminimum captured length · p. 842.8 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 8

Walleye

1,523 adult fishAdult population estimate · p. 51,175 adult fishAdult population estimate lower 95% bound · p. 52,062 adult fishAdult population estimate upper 95% bound · p. 52.3 adult fish/acreAdult density estimate · p. 5

Yellow perch

353 fishTotal captured · p. 136.7 fish/netSurvey CPUE · p. 123.6 inchesminimum captured length · p. 1210.5 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 12

Otter Lake Fisheries Survey Report, Chippewa County, Wisconsin 2023Matched by exact existing uuid state name county and source wbic identity · WBICs 2157000 · verified 2026-07-19Wisconsin DNR fisheries survey report; LakeList operator documented permission to leverage this report with source attribution.

Unknownsurface acres

Unknownmax depth feet

1public access points

45.0905, -90.9532latitude, longitude

Access

Public access points

Boat launchOtter Lake Park Access 445.08936, -90.95735Managed by COUNTYTOWN OF COLBURNRamp surface: Concrete PlankADA-accessible feature: NoVerified 2026-07-12

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Fishery

Notable species

Species data pending

Depth FAQ

How deep is Otter Lake?

No verified maximum depth is on record for Otter Lake yet, and no public depth map source is linked.

Is there a free depth map of Otter Lake?

Not yet. No public depth map source is linked for Otter Lake. LakeList adds converted DNR depth maps as new sources pass review.

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Where this lake data comes from

USGS GNIS Domestic Namesname, coordinates, county, source identifiers

LakeList record updated 2026-05-23

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