2016 Wild Rice Date-regulated Lakes Opening/Closure Update
Wisconsin wild rice update as of 8/25/2016
2016 Date-regulated Lake Openings
Burnett County
- Mud Hen Lake: opens August 28th
- Mud Lake (Swiss): opens August 26th
- Long Lake: opens August 26th, closes August 27, opens August 29th
- Clam Lake: opens August 29th
- Briggs Lake: opens August 26th
Polk County
- Big Round Lake: opens August 26th
- White Ash Lake: opens August 28th
Barron/Washburn Counties
- Bear Lake: opens August 26th
2016 Date-regulated Lake Closures
Barron County
- Beaver Dam Lake
- Red Cedar Lake
Bayfield County
- Totagatic Lake
Burnett County
- Bashaw Lake
- Big Sand Lake
- Gaslyn Lake
- Mud Lake (Oakland)
- Spencer Lake
- Trade Lake
Douglas County
- Allouez Bay
- Mulligan Lake
Forest County
- Atkins Lake
- Riley Lake
Oneida County
- Little Rice Lake
- Rice Lake
- Spur Lake
Polk County
- Balsam Branch
- East-Lotus Lake
- Glenton Lake
- Little Butternut Lake
- Rice Lake
Vilas County
- Devine Lake
- Little Rice lake
- Mickeys Mud Lake
- Nixon Lake
- Lye Lake
- Sand Lake
- West Plum Lake
Washburn County
- Gilmore Lake
- Little Mud Lake
- Long Lake
- Mud Lake
- Nancy Lake
- Rice Lake
- Spring Lake
For further information on harvesting wild rice, licensing, rules and regulations, common questions and answers, or a short video on the tools and techniques of wild rice harvesting, visit the Wisconsin DNR's wild rice webpage by clicking here, or by searching the DNR homepage using keywords "wild rice." Future date-regulated lake opening and closure information notifications will be sent as it becomes available.