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North Bass Lake

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North Bass LakeIron County, WI

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Water temperature

North Bass Lake water temperature today

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

74°FWarm

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Comfortable summer pattern. Bass and panfish are active; early and late hours beat the midday heat.

Warmest monthAugust · ~74°F
Freezing surfaceDecember – March
Model depth inputDepth unknown
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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 2024 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 indexed420 extracted survey metrics
Survey indicatorsValues keep their source unit and method; unlike measures are not scaled or compared.
Bluegill17.2 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Late-spring electrofishing
Largemouth bass22 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Late-spring electrofishing
Pumpkinseed4.4 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Late-spring electrofishing
Yellow perch14 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · Late-spring electrofishing
Management contextLake-specific late-spring electrofishing; yellow perch retain nontarget scope.

DNR documented moderate largemouth-bass abundance, low bluegill and pumpkinseed catch rates, and a nontarget yellow-perch sample.

  • The target LakeList row has no WBIC; exact existing UUID, state, name and county gate the migration.
  • Rock bass and yellow bullhead are listed without exact counts and are excluded.

Bluegill

43 fishTotal captured · p. 117.2 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 14.2 inchesminimum captured length · p. 18.1 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 1

Largemouth bass

55 fishTotal captured · p. 122 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 16.4 inchesminimum captured length · p. 119.9 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 1

Pumpkinseed

11 fishTotal captured · p. 24.4 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 23.6 inchesminimum captured length · p. 26.7 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 2

Yellow perch

35 fishTotal captured · p. 214 fish/mileSurvey CPUE · p. 24.1 inchesminimum captured length · p. 27.5 inchesmaximum captured length · p. 2
2024 Fisheries Information Sheet: North Bass Lake, Iron CountyMatched by exact lakelist id name county state · WBICs · 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
46.1948, -89.9620latitude, longitude

Access

Public access points

Boat launchNorth Bass Lake Access46.19051, -89.95841Managed by STATE(DNR)TOWN OF MERCERRamp surface: PavedADA-accessible feature: NoVerified 2026-07-12
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Depth FAQ

How deep is North Bass Lake?

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

Is there a free depth map of North Bass Lake?

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

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USGS GNIS Domestic Namesname, coordinates, county, source identifiers
LakeList record updated 2026-05-23

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