Little Lake Butte Des Morts fishing: Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Flathead Catfish

Target species: Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Flathead Catfish
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fritse Park Boat Ramp.

The lake

Little Lake Butte Des Morts covers 1,231 acres in Wisconsin, across Winnebago County. It is a lake: 95.7% of it is 8 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 18.7 feet (5.7 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Stocking: 370,264 fish, 1974–2024

Wisconsin DNR records list 370,264 fish released into this water from 1974 to 2024.

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  • Northern Pike: 234,400 in 1974–2007
  • Muskellunge: 134,872 in 1998–2024

One more species on the stocking list.

Depth: down to 18.7 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 18.7 ft (5.7 m). 95.7% of the water is 8 feet or shallower. We hold 84 depth contours for this water, drawn from 144 soundings.

  • 0–1 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 1–2 ft: 13.5% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 16.1% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 17.1% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 13.5% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 10.6% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 0.6% of the water

3 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp, Alewife.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.

  • Fritse Park Boat Ramp — Town Of Menasha, Parks & Recreation. phone (920) 720-7108
  • Ninth Street Boat Launch — City Of Menasha, Parks & Recreation Department. phone (920) 967-3640

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.9. These readings span 2024–2025.

What is hard here

With 95.7% of the water 8 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. Only 2 public ramps are 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.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • 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.