Trout Lake (Wisconsin)

Trout Lake

South basin of Trout Lake, with Haunted Island, Easter Island, and Fisk Island in view
Location Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 46°02′35″N 89°40′15″W / 46.04306°N 89.67083°W / 46.04306; -89.67083
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1607.9 hectares
Max. depth 35.7 m (117 ft)
Islands 4 (Miller Island, Haunted Island, Easter Island, Fisk Island)

Trout Lake is one of the largest lakes in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is located near the town of Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. It is known in the area for having good fishing,[1] and a relatively large amount of undeveloped shoreline. Trout Lake is one of the few inland lakes in Wisconsin to host lake trout. The lake has a serious problem with the invasive rusty crayfish however, which has destroyed a lot of fish habitat.[2][3]

Limnology and Trout Lake

Trout Lake is one of seven lakes studied at the North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) site.[4] The lake also houses a sensor buoy, which feeds data to the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON).

Trout Lake is home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Trout Lake research station, where research on lakes and streams in the area is carried out.

Fish species

According to LTER surveys,[5] 42 species have been found in Trout Lake including:
Bowfin
Trout-perch
Lake Trout
Lake Whitefish
Cisco (fish)
Northern Pike
Muskellunge
Burbot
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Rock Bass
Bluegill
Yellow Perch
Walleye

Notes

  1. ↑ Archived September 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Rusty Crayfish: A Nasty Invader | Minnesota Sea Grant". Seagrant.umn.edu. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  3. ↑ Archived August 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The Long Term Ecological Research Network. "The Long Term Ecological Research Network | Long-term, broad-scale research to understand our world". Lternet.edu. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20080705114542/http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/species.html. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help). Archived page at https://web.archive.org/web/20100610052054/http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/species.html#TR
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