Lake Mendota Fishing Map
Lake Mendota is the largest of the four Yahara River lakes, and the busiest water in Dane County. Sailboats run off the University of Wisconsin shoreline all summer, walleye and musky anglers work the weed edges and rock humps, and by January the ice shanties are out past Governor’s Island. This Lake Mendota map from Mapping Specialists shows what is happening under all of it.
Instead of flat contour bands, the lake bottom is rendered as a shaded 3D surface, so drop-offs, holes, and mid-lake structure read at a glance.
- 3D visual representation of the lake bottom
- Boat launches marked around the shoreline
- Rock areas and vegetation beds identified, the structure fish relate to
- Land area shown in high-resolution aerial imagery, from Maple Bluff to Middleton
- Published by Mapping Specialists, a Wisconsin cartography firm
Map Shop finishes it your way: paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, wood rails in black or walnut, or framed. A natural fit for a lake house wall, a boathouse, or a Badger alum’s office.

