If you are looking at Tippecanoe Lake, you are looking at a Vilas County lake with the latest inventory showing about 143 acres and a maximum depth of 34 feet.
Size, depth, and the lay of the lake
| County | Vilas County, WI |
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| Water type | Lake |
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| Surface area | 143 acres |
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| Maximum depth | 34 feet |
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| Recorded fish | 8 |
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The first trip does not need a giant tackle plan by spending the early part of the day on shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank and I would pay more attention to where the first bite comes from than what lure caught it.
The fishery on paper
Recorded species at Tippecanoe Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, and Yellow Perch; and that gives me a simple starting point with weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and points, breaks, and wind-pushed edges for walleye, and leave room to adjust if the first idea is wrong.
My game plan
If I had a few hours to figure out Tippecanoe Lake, I would start with a simple plan and only add complexity if the fish make me, then I would read the current Wisconsin DNR rules so nothing about the trip is based on an old limit.
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