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Lake Lucerne

By Crandon. 1,039 acres, 73 feet at the deepest.

1,039acres
73 ftdeepest
31 ftaverage depth
1public boat landing

Ice on Lake Lucerne

No ice reports from Lake Lucerne 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: smallmouth bass
  • Common: walleye
  • Also there: panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and trout

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

Boat landings

Water and bottom

  • Water: very clear
  • Bottom: 50% sand, 12% gravel, 36% rock, 2% muck
  • Kind of lake: what the DNR calls a drained lake

Invasive species

The DNR has found banded mystery snail, Eurasian water-milfoil, phragmites (non-native), rainbow smelt 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 Lake Lucerne, with depth lines in feet

Wisconsin DNR lake survey map, mapped December 1982. 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 1,039 acres today. The DNR's original (PDF)

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