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Crane Lake

By Mole Lake. 355 acres, 25 feet at the deepest.

355acres
25 ftdeepest
12 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Crane Lake

No ice reports from Crane 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: largemouth bass and northern pike
  • Also there: walleye

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 50% sand, 18% gravel, 7% rock, 25% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a spring lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Chinese mystery snail, Eurasian water-milfoil, hybrid Eurasian / northern water-milfoil and purple loosestrife 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 Crane Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped August 1967. 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 355 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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