river
Chippewa River
WI
8,975 acres · WBIC 2050000
Boat access · 18
- 730th Street Boat LaunchConcrete Plank ramp · TOWNSHIP715-875-4879
- Chippewa River AccessConcrete ramp · STATE(DOT)715-836-2807
- Chippewa River AccessConcrete Plank ramp · STATE(DNR)715-726-7884
- Chippewa River AccessConcrete Plank ramp · OTHER
- Chippewa River Access Moon's LandingConcrete ramp · TOWNSHIP715-532-3434
- Chippewa River Boat RampPaved ramp · COUNTY715-532-2100
- Chippewa River Carry-in AccessUnimproved ramp · COUNTY1-800-535-RUSK(7875)
- Chippewa River Tiffany Wildlife AreaConcrete ramp · STATE(DNR)(608) 685-6222
- Fletcher Road Boat RampPaved ramp · TOWNSHIP715-532-3434
- Hatch Road Boat AccessPaved ramp · COUNTY715-532-2100
- Hobbs LandingConcrete Plank ramp · CITY(715) 839-5039
- Holcombe Flowage AccessConcrete Panels ramp · OTHER
- Holte's LandingConcrete Plank ramp · OTHER
- Morsbach Shoo-Fly LandingConcrete Panels ramp · TOWNSHIP715-442-2685
- River Street Boat LaunchConcrete Panels ramp · CITY(715) 672-5944
- Spring Brook LandingGravel ramp · TOWNSHIP715-664-8545
- Tyrone Canoe LandingGravel ramp · OTHER
- West Madison Street Boat LaunchPaved ramp · CITY(715) 672-5944
Do you know this water?
The state lists these landings nearby but doesn’t say which water they belong to. If you fish Chippewa River, you’ll know better than we do.
Radisson Flowage Access
listed as "Radisson Flowage" · 62 m away
How the state manages it
- musky · Natural reproduction plus stocking (Cat. 2)
- smallmouth · Non-Wadable Coarse Substrate; Non-Wadable Fine Substrate; Wadable Cool Water; Wadable Nursery Waters; Wadable Warm Water
- sturgeon · Naturally Reproducing - ANSRI
- walleye · Natural Reproduction Only
Wisconsin DNR fisheries designations. These describe how the water is managed, not what is in it on any given day.
About Chippewa River
The Chippewa runs 113 miles through six counties — Rusk, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Buffalo and Pepin — on its way to the Mississippi. The survey puts 8,975 acres of surface and 397 miles of bank on it, which makes it the second largest river system in the state after the Wisconsin.
Eighteen public landings are on record, from Lake Holcombe and Thornapple in the north down through Eau Claire and Durand to Nelson near the mouth. Several are simply named Chippewa River Access, which is the kind of thing that happens when a river crosses this many townships.
All four of the state's warmwater management programmes apply here. Walleye are classified as natural reproduction only, which is worth noting — the state is not stocking that population. Musky are natural reproduction plus stocking, lake sturgeon are naturally reproducing, and smallmouth habitat spans nursery water through non-wadable coarse substrate.
The lower river below Eau Claire is a different water from the flowages above it, and the last stretch into Lake Pepin is different again. Check current DNR regulations for the reach being fished.
Written from Wisconsin DNR hydrography and fisheries data.
What the water is doing
- Flow
- 1,440 cfs
- Stage
- 4.11 ft
Chippewa River below Dells Dam at Eau Claire, WI · USGS · as of 4:00 AM CDT — no newer reading yet
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