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Lake Waubesa

WI · Dane

  • Stocked
  • 2,300 acres mapped (USGS NHD)
  • 14.1 miles of shoreline
  • USGS gauge
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The pin marks the middle of the water, for directions. The shoreline on the map comes from USGS NHD.

At a glance

Acres
2,300 acres
Shoreline
14.1 miles of shoreline
County
Dane County
Last stocked
2025
Species
MUSKELLUNGE, WALLEYE
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
MUSKELLUNGE1037122025
MUSKELLUNGE103711.742024
WALLEYE737141.52024

Gear for the fish stocked here

Muskellunge and Tiger Muskie

Rod: Stout, heavy casting rod, 7 to 9 feet. Trolling rods: 8 to 10 feet, medium-heavy, rated 20 to 40 lb.

Line: From 20 to 35 lb line up to 50 to 80 lb braid. Heavy braid is now the common choice.

Baits: live suckers about 10 to 14 inches

Lures: bucktail and inline spinners, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits

Full Muskellunge and Tiger Muskie gear guide

Walleye

Rod: Medium action spinning rod, 6 to 7.5 feet, for jigs and live bait. Medium to medium-heavy, 6.5 to 9 feet, for crankbaits and trolling.

Line: 6 to 10 lb for jigs and bait, 10 to 12 lb for crankbaits and trolling. Mono, fluorocarbon or braid all work.

Baits: minnows, nightcrawlers, leeches

Lures: lead-head jigs with 3 to 4 inch curly tail grub or shad plastics, blade baits, deep diving crankbaits

Full Walleye gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

American Brook Lamprey, Bigmouth Buffalo, Bigmouth Shiner, Black Buffalo, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Blackstripe Topminnow, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Brown Trout, Carmine Shiner, Creek Chub, Emerald Shiner, Fantail Darter, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Iowa Darter, Johnny Darter, Lake Chubsucker, Largescale Stoneroller, Logperch, Mimic Shiner, Mississippi Silvery Minnow, Mottled Sculpin, Mud Darter, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, Pugnose Minnow

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.