Puckaway Lake

Puckaway Lake fishing

Fishing at Puckaway Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Walleye. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2010, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night as the active times.

Last stocked

January 1, 2024

Plants on record

14

Since 2010

Species recorded

1

Average size

0.3 in

Surface acres

5,027.7

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
Marquette, WI
Boat ramp
Yes
ADA accessible
No
Fee required
Yes
Facilities
dock

Puckaway Lake is a shallow, muck-bottomed 5,013-acre lake with several Village of Marquette ramps. None on file have restrooms, and the DNR marks their dock approaches as not ADA accessible; one asks a small suggested donation.

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How Puckaway Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of January. In 2024 it was January 1, 2024, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2020.

About 2,851 reported fish per acre, 2nd most of 3 lakes in Green Lake County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Green Lake (9.2 mi), Little Green Lake (9.4 mi), and Park Lake (15.6 mi) were stocked more recently. Green Lake is also stocked with Walleye, Little Green Lake is also stocked with Walleye, and Park Lake is also stocked with Walleye.

Fish at Puckaway Lake

Fishing Puckaway Lake is most likely to be for Walleye. All 14 plants on record are Walleye.

Walleye 14 plants
Plants
14 of 14
Last stocked
January 1, 2024
Average length
0.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Walleye guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 640,0002010
  • 1,851,8002011
  • 518,0002012
  • 1,216,0002013
  • 1,720,0002014
  • 2,212,8002015
  • 756,0002016
  • 2,050,0002017
  • 176,0002018
  • 97,9322019
  • 601,0002021
  • 979,9992022
  • 1,264,0002023
  • 249,0002024

Stocking history

Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
January 1, 2024 Walleye 249,000 0.5 in report
January 1, 2023 Walleye 1,264,000 – report
January 1, 2022 Walleye 979,999 1 in report
January 1, 2021 Walleye 601,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2019 Walleye 97,932 0.25 in report
January 1, 2018 Walleye 176,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2017 Walleye 2,050,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2016 Walleye 756,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2015 Walleye 2,212,800 0.25 in report
January 1, 2014 Walleye 1,720,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2013 Walleye 1,216,000 0.25 in report
January 1, 2012 Walleye 518,000 0.47 in report
January 1, 2011 Walleye 1,851,800 0.25 in report
January 1, 2010 Walleye 640,000 0.25 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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