Wilke Lake — Attraction in Town of Schleswig

Another fine little lake in Manitowoc County. Wilke Lake is about 93 acres. It averages about 9 feet with a maximum depth of 22 feet. Water quality is rated as "good". The bottom is either gravel (60%) or muck (40%) with ample vegetative cover. There is no real park here. There is a parking area for maybe 10 vehicles and a picnic area with table and grill. There is a cement block bathroom. The lake is known for copious amounts of panfish and a good population of large mouth bass. You can also catch northern pike, walleyes, and the occasional muskie. There is a launch ramp and a small fishing pier. The pier is not ADA compliant because the slope is too steep. A day permit is $5 and a seasonal one is $20. Motor boats are allowed. Operating restrictions on motorboats and water skiing are posted. Ordinance regulating littering, motorboat prohibition, noise levels, rafts, piers, ski jumps, slow-no-wake areas, slow-no-wake hours, Bottom line, this is a nice lake with clear water and full of fish. Just another good place to wet a hook...

I am a 67 yr old senior citizen and my fondest memories are the times my family spent at Wilke Lake. My grandfather owned a cottage and the lake was just a few feet from his back door. We spent a week every summer with him at the cottage and enjoyed boating, swimming, taking nature hikes and every night we all sat outside near the pier around the fire pit and enjoyed the lakes beauty and calm quiet serenity all without cellphones, televisions or radios, just enjoying each others company. These memories I will...

Many good memories of spending time with family there at their cottage throughout my younger years. Loved to fish and catch all the small pan fish from early memory, swim and ski in the wonderful warm water and come 6pm? The Pontoon Come Awake! Most all who are in the mood climb aboard with refreshments and what's really fun? Is when everyone meet-n-greet throughout as...