Crooked Lake fishing

Fishing at Crooked Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Largemouth Bass and Fathead Minnow. It is stocked about 0.3 times a year since 2016, most often in January. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

January 1, 2024

Plants on record

3

Since 2016

Species recorded

2

Average size

3.5 in

Surface acres

4.3

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake

Sources: water_type

How Crooked Lake is stocked

No plants recorded in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

About 27,930 reported fish per acre, the most of 7 lakes in Marinette County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Caldron Falls Reservoir* (15.3 mi), High Falls Reservoir (19.2 mi), Sand Lake (19.8 mi), and Trump Lake (20.1 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Crooked Lake

Fishing Crooked Lake is most likely to be for Fathead Minnow. Fathead Minnow accounts for 2 of 3 plants on record, ahead of Largemouth Bass.

Fathead Minnow 2 plants
Plants
2 of 3
Last stocked
January 1, 2024
Average length
2 in
Largemouth Bass 1 plant
Plants
1 of 3
Last stocked
January 1, 2016
Average length
5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Largemouth Bass guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1002016
  • 120,0002024

Stocking history

Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2024 Fathead Minnow 120,000 2 in report
January 1, 2019 Fathead Minnow report
January 1, 2016 Largemouth Bass 100 5 in report

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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