North Sand Lake is a seepage lake covering 900 acres of Burnett County, Wisconsin. It has a maximum depth of 73 feet. As the name implies, the bottom is 85% sand.

DNR Contour Map (3 page PDF)

Combined Map (1 page PNG)

Source: Wisconsin DNR

For the health of the lake, the following recommendations should be followed:

-Catch and release ALL small mouth bass.
-Return all large mouth bass over 14" in length.
-Harvest all large mouth bass under 14" per the daily bag limit of 5.
-Harvest all panfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, sunfish, crappie and yellow perch) under 10”

Additional regulations can be reviewed at the Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Management site.

The lake currently has Chinese Mystery Snail and Purple Loosestrife.

The threat of Zebra Mussels is a major concern. The lake association, in cooperation with Burnett County and the Wisconsin DNR has installed a decontamination station and a camera at the boat landing and has used summer hires and volunteers to work at the landing during busy times to help educate lake users.

Please use good judgement for your cooking or social fires. The current fire risk for Burnett County can be found at the Wisconsin DNR site here.

The Polk-Burnett Electric Co-op Outage Center can be viewed here.

“Spending a week on North Sand Lake during the summer of 1945 became a gift that lasted forever…”

There are not many lakes that have a published history. At North Sand Lake, we are lucky to have the writing of Catherine Tripalin Murray in Up North: A Father’s Summer Legacy. The book provides lake and local history as well as memories (and recipes) from a family that has been on the lake for generations.

If you are interested in reading the book, see if a neighbor might loan you a copy or contact the association.