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Butternut Lake

WI · Price

  • Stocked
  • 984 acres mapped (USGS NHD)
  • 12.7 miles of shoreline
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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
984 acres
Shoreline
12.7 miles of shoreline
County
Price County
Last stocked
2025
Species
BLACK CRAPPIE
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
BLACK CRAPPIE199962025
BLACK CRAPPIE92062024
BLACK CRAPPIE100062023

Gear for the fish stocked here

Crappie

Rod: Light or ultralight rod, 4.5 to 8 feet or longer. Longer rods are gentler on their soft mouths.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament; 6 lb is a good default.

Baits: small minnows, waxworms, pieces of nightcrawler

Lures: 1/32 to 1/8 oz jigs with small plastic bodies, small spinners and spinnerbaits, small crankbaits

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Likely species (watershed)

Bigmouth Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, 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, Largescale Stoneroller, Logperch, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Mud Darter, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rainbow Darter, Rosyface Shiner, Silver Redhorse, Slenderhead Darter, Smallmouth Buffalo, Southern Redbelly Dace

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.