There are plenty of lakes in Forest County that are home to some very good muskie fishing. Most of these lakes will be action lakes with some big fish potential, however, a low to mid 40 inch fish would be considered good for many of these lakes in this area. There are some bigger muskie here too, but plan on running into a lot of smaller ones while fishing this area.
Julia Lake
Julia Lake is a 404 acre lake located in Forest, Oneida Counties. It has a maximum depth of 45 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, trout and walleye. According to the DNR, muskie are common in the lake. All other species of fish are listed as present.
Kentuck Lake
Kentuck Lake is a 1001 acre lake located in Vilas, Forest Counties. It has a maximum depth of 40 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye. According to the DNR, muskie, panfish, smallmouth bass and walleye are common in the lake. Largemouth bass are considered present.
Riley Lake
Riley Lake is a 220 acre lake located in Forest County. It has a maximum depth of 20 feet. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, muskie are abundant in the lake. Panfish and northern pike are listed as common. Largemouth bass are listed as present.
Roberts Lake
Roberts Lake is a 435 acre lake located in Forest County. It has a maximum depth of 31 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, muskie and walleye are abundant in the lake. Panfish are listed as common and all of the other species of fish are listed as present.
Sevenmile Lake
Sevenmile Lake is a 518 acre lake located in Oneida, Forest Counties. It has a maximum depth of 43 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, walleye are common in the lake. All of the other species of fish are listed as present.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a 317 acre lake located in Forest County. It has a maximum depth of 20 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in this lake. Muskie, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are listed as common in the lake. Walleye and northern pike are listed as present.
Wabikon Lake
Wabikon Lake is a 513 acre lake located in Forest County. It has a maximum depth of 15 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the DNR, muskie are abundant in the lake. Panfish are listed as common. Largemouth bass and northern pike are considered present.
