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Whitefish Dunes State Park is a 867-acre (351 ha) [2] state park of Wisconsin on the eastern shore of the Door Peninsula. This day-use park preserves the most substantial sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan .
List of fishing records in the state of Wisconsin. All records are fish caught by use of hook and line and are handled by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. They are up to date as of May 20, 2021. All fish caught were in the waters of the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin currently has 51 state park units, covering more than 60,570 acres (245.1 km 2) in state parks and state recreation areas. Each unit was created by an act of the Wisconsin Legislature and is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation.
In 1965, strong restrictions from the Wisconsin DNR forced some commercial fishermen to change careers. Prior to that, fish were flown out to Midwestern metro areas the same day they were caught. [95] Today, lake whitefish and yellow perch are caught commercially, [96] and lake whitefish are also caught commercially by ice fishing. [97]
Vilas County has more lakes than any other county in Wisconsin, [1] with 563 named and 755 unnamed lakes covering 93,889 acres. Lac Vieux Desert near Phelps, at 4017 acres, is the largest. Lac Vieux Desert near Phelps, at 4017 acres, is the largest.
Trout Lake's contributing watershed comprises an area of 43.44 sq mi (112.52 km 2). [1] The lake has a maximum width of 1.36 mi (2.19 km) and a surface elevation of 1,614 ft (492 m). [1] [3] Trout Lake is part of Vilas County which is highly interconnected with bodies of water, with lakes and ponds covering more than 15% of its total area. [4]
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
The lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) is a species of freshwater whitefish from North America. Lake whitefish are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States, including all of the Great Lakes. The lake whitefish is sometimes referred to as a "humpback" fish due to the small size of the head in relation to the ...