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Kentuck Lake

By Eagle River. Shared with Vilas County. 1,001 acres, 40 feet at the deepest.

1,001acres
40 ftdeepest
13 ftaverage depth
2public boat landings

Ice on Kentuck Lake

No ice reports from Kentuck 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

  • Common: musky, panfish, smallmouth bass and walleye
  • Also there: largemouth bass

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: low
  • Bottom: 65% sand, 15% gravel, 20% rock
  • Kind of lake: a drainage lake: a stream runs in and out

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Chinese mystery snail, curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian water-milfoil, purple loosestrife and rusty crayfish 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 Kentuck Lake, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped June 1971. 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 1,001 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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