Madison News. Madison News. Orpheum Theater Yelp. Dane County WI Lakes. Lake Mendota Lake Mendota Map Closest Town: Madison Lake Size: 9,842 Acres Lake Notes: Specializing in Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskie and Bluegill. Lake Monona Lake Monona Map Lake Size: 3,274 Acres Lake Notes: Specializing in Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskie and Bluegill. Lake Waubesa Lake Waubesa Map Closest Town: McFarland Lake Size: 2,080 Acres Lake Notes: Specializing in Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskie and Bluegill. Lake Kegonsa Lake Kegonsa Map Closest Town: Kegonsa Lake Size: 3,209 Acres Lake Notes: Specializing in Walleye, Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass. Koshkonong Lake Koshkonong Lake Map Closest Town: Albion Lake Size: 10,460 Acres Public Boat Launches: Many located along West shore off Hwy. 106 Lake Notes: Specializing in Walleye, Northern Pike and Largemouth Bass. Crystal Lake Closest Town: Roxbury Lake Size: 500 Acres Public Boat Launch: Located on Northwest shore of lake off Co.
Lake Notes: Specializing in Northern Pike, Bluegill and Largemouth Bass. Crystal Lake Map Fish Lake Fish Lake Map. Lake Monona. Lake Monona is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin and on the south side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the second-largest of a chain of four lakes along the Yahara River (also including Mendota, Kegonsa, and Waubesa) in the area and forms the south shore of the isthmus that forms downtown Madison. The name 'Monona' is a Chippewa word believed to mean 'beautiful', although the lake was originally named by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) 'Tchee-ho-bo-kee-xa-te-la' or 'Teepee Lake'. Lake Monona rests at WikiMiniAtlas 43°4′9″N 89°21′34″W / 43.06917°N 89.35944°W / 43.06917; -89.35944. It measures 3,274 acres (13.2 km²), has a mean depth of 27 ft (8 m) and a maximum depth of 64 ft (20 m).
View of Lake Monona from Monona Terrace Monona is home to many species of fish and is a popular lake for fishing. See also[edit] References[edit] U.S. Monona Terrace. Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Henry Vilas Zoo. Wisconsin.gov. UW–Madison. Map of Madison. Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Madison Civic Center.