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Bishop Lake

By Mole Lake. 288 acres, 12 feet at the deepest.

288acres
12 ftdeepest
7 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Bishop Lake

No ice reports from Bishop 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: northern pike
  • Also there: largemouth bass

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Bottom: 35% sand, 10% gravel, 55% muck
  • Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail and Chinese mystery snail 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 Bishop Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped July 1969. 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 288 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

Lake facts from the Wisconsin DNR's page for Bishop Lake, checked October 19, 2026.