Clark Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Clark Lake Access.
The lake
Clark Lake covers 869 acres in Wisconsin, across Door County. It is a lake: the deepest figure on record is 25 feet (7.6 m), as published by Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI), a figure without a map of the bottom. Our records hold 7 species for this water.
5 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Also recorded here: Brown Trout, Common Carp.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 9–14.3 feet on our readings, averaging 11.9 feet, from 47 readings. Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 40°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2017–2026.
Stocking: 141,473 fish, 1972–2004
Wisconsin DNR records list 141,473 fish released into this water from 1972 to 2004. The latest stocking on record is from 2004, more than three years ago.
- Largemouth Bass: 70,500 in 1972–1975
- Yellow Perch: 55,075 in 2002–2004
- Bluegill: 11,648 in 1972–1974
- Northern Pike: 4,250 in 1972–1975
Depth and bottom
Deepest figure on record: 25 ft (7.6 m), as published by Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI). We hold no survey map of this bottom, so we show no depth bands. We hold 10 depth contour lines for this water.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Clark Lake Access — Town Of Jacksonport, Town of Jacksonport. phone 920-823-8136
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Wisconsin DNR — Wisconsin DNR: reported depths: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
