Urban Fishing

Certain ponds are designated as urban fishing waters to make fishing opportunities more readily available and encourage more people, especially youngsters, to go fishing.

Urban Fishing
A young angler participates in the Spring Fishing Clinic at Scout Lake, one of the designated urban waters in Milwaukee County.

Southeast Wisconsin

  • Kenosha County: Anderson Park, Bong Children’s Pond, Poerio Park
  • Milwaukee County: Brown Deer Park, Dineen Park, Estabrook Park, Franklin High School, Greenfield Park, Holler Park, Humboldt Park, Jackson Park, Juneau Park, Kosciuszko Park, McCarty Park, McGovern Park, Miller Park, Mitchell Park, Oak Creek Parkway, Saveland Park, Shoetz Park, Scout Lake, Sheridan Park, Washington Park, Wilson Park;
  • Ozaukee County: Harrington Beach Quarry, Mequon Rotary Park East and West, Pucketts Pond, Schowalter Park, Willow Brooke Park;
  • Racine County: Gorney Park, Johnson Park, Lockwood Park, Pritchard Park, Quarry Lake, Reservoir Park;
  • Sheboygan County: Sheboygan Quarry, Memorial Park, River Park Lagoon;
  • Walworth County: Ceylon Lagoon, Congdon Park, Millpond Park Pond;
  • Washington County: Boot Lake, Hartford Millpond, Homestead Hollow Park, Kewaskum Millpond, Sandy Knoll Park, Wells Lake;
  • Waukesha County: Calhoun Park, Heyer Park North and South, Lepper Dam Millpond, Lions Park-Overland, Menomonee Park, Minooka Park, Muskego Park, Nixon Park, Regal Park, and Woodfield North and South

»More information on the Southeast Region Urban Fishing Program

Northern Wisconsin

  • Langlade County: Remington Lake
  • Lincoln County: Mirror Lake

Northeast Wisconsin

  • Brown County: Manger Lagoon

For more information on the Urban Fishing Program, please contact:

Matt Coffaro (414) 263-8614 or Travis Motl (414) 333-1183

Last Revised: Wednesday April 29 2009