Lake Wisconsin - Columbia County, Wisconsin Details

Lake Wisconsin Details

Location: Columbia County, Wisconsin

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Current Weather Conditions

Fair
Temperature:
49.0°F / 9.6°C

Wind: South at 4.6 MPH
Visibility: 10.00 mi
DewPoint: 31.1°F
Humidity: 50
Pressure: 30.04

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Lake Wisconsin Snapshot

Always Thirsty
Sauger: 22.5"

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Lake Wisconsin Stats:

County:		Columbia County
Printable County Map:		County Map (PDF format)
State:		Wisconsin
Acres:		9,000 square acres
Max Depth:		24 feet
Lake Type:		Drainage Lake
Topographic Map:		Yes

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Fishing Forecast For Lake Wisconsin:

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Lake Wisconsin Area Services

Bait & Tackle:

Moon Valley Resort

Sauk Prairie Live Bait & Tackle

Boat/Marine Dealers:

Don's Marine

Chamber Of Commerce/Tourism:

Lake Wisconsin Chamber Of Commerce

Lodging/Resorts:

Bridge Motel

Capt. Long John's Family Resort

Lodi Valley Suites

Moon Valley Resort

Piers & Boat Lifts & Accessories :

Manke Enterprises

Sunrise & Sunset Info:
Below is the Sunrise and Sunset information for Lake Wisconsin. All times are local for this body of water.

	SUNRISE	SUNSET
Today:	6:24:12 AM	7:30:23 PM
Tomorrow:	6:25:18 AM	7:28:37 PM

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Special Fishing Regulations
Below are special fishing regulations for Lake Wisconsin as regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. For complete fishing regulations for Wisconsin click here.

Below the Prairie du Sac Dam, the minimum length limit on walleye is 18" and on sauger or hubrids is 15" with a daily bag limit of 3 in total
From the Wisconsin Dells Dam upstream, the minimum length limit on northern pike is 32" and the daily bag limit is 1.
Motor trolling is permitted.
The daily bag limit for catfish is 10. The season for catfish is open all year except from the Prairie du Sac Dam downstream to the railroad bridge at Sauk City where the open season is May 1 through November 30.
The open season includes tributaries upstream to the first highway bridge.
Upstream from the Prairie du Sac Dam, the minimum length limit on walleye and sauger is 15", but fish from 20" through 28" may not be kept and only one fish over 28" is allowed.
Hook and line fishing is open all year for all fish species except muskellunge, lake sturgeon, trout, paddlefish and threatened or endangered fish.

Please note that the special regulations above my be revised at any time by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources without notice. For complete fishing regulations check with your local DNR.

Did You Know...

The Wisconsin state record Carp was caught out of Lake Wisconsin on August 28, 1966 weighing in at 57 lbs 2 ozs.
The Wisconsin state record Sauger was caught out of Lake Wisconsin on November 08, 1988 weighing in at 5 lbs 13 ozs and 23.5" in length.

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