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Peshtigo Dam, Wisconsin
Peshtigo Dam is the top of the Peshtigo River run — 4 anadromous species stack below it out of Lake Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout45.0467, -87.745 · Marinette County · NID WI00756. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Peshtigo Dam is the anadromous ceiling for the Peshtigo River — the top of the run out of Lake Michigan. Fish moving up from the lake stop here, which is 9.4 miles of river below this structure.
| Species | In the river | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Chinook salmon | Aug–Oct | Stage off the harbour through August and run as the river cools; peak early to mid September, ahead of the Michigan shore. |
| Coho salmon | Sept–Oct | Behind the chinook and overlapping them; peak mid to late September. |
| Steelhead | Oct–May | Two runs on one calendar — a fall push from October that winters in the river, and the spring run peaking late March into April. |
| Lake-run brown trout | Oct–Nov | A moderate run with and behind the salmon; peak October. |
Curated calendar guidance from state run-timing prose, not regulation and not an observation of this river on any day. WDNR Great Lakes tributary run-timing guidance and stocking record, curated.
Ceiling cited as: USACE NID WI00756 'Peshtigo', River or Stream Name 'Peshtigo River', Source Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The structure
- Owner
- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Recreation
- Completed
- 1907
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 19 ft
- Length
- 358 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled, 105 ft wide
- Storage
- 2,000 acre-ft · 460 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1,086 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Low hazard potential
- Status
- Normal Operations
From the National Inventory of Dams (USACE). Hazard potential is a downstream-consequence classification, not a statement about the structure's condition.
The water above and below
No designated coldwater reach within a mile and a half of this structure.
Water right now
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peshtigo River at Peshtigo | 0.1 mi | 61.9 °F | 365 cfs |
| Oconto River near Oconto | 17.4 mi | 59.4 °F | 263 cfs |
| Menominee River at Hwy 41 at Marinette, WI | 6.9 mi | — | — |
Live from USGS. A gauge miles away is a gauge miles away — the distance column is there so you can discount it. A hydro dam's releases move the flow below it on a schedule the gauge sees and this page does not. 1 of the gauges above is not sending water temperature at all — a stopped gauge still answers with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say so, so those rows carry a modelled figure where one can be fitted, marked as modelled, and a dash where it cannot.
Getting to it
- East Side Boat Launch 0.0 mi · boat launch · Peshtigo River
- NW Front Street Boat Ramp 0.7 mi · boat launch · Peshtigo River
- Boat Landing #1 - Peshtigo 4.3 mi · boat launch · Peshtigo Flowage
- County BB (Klingsborns) Peshtigo River Access 5.6 mi · boat launch · Peshtigo River
- Bagley Flowage Access 5.7 mi · boat launch · Bagley Flowage
- Bagley Road Fishing Pier 5.7 mi · walk in · Bagley Flowage
Public access sites near the dam, straight-line distance. A dam itself is private property unless its owner says otherwise; these are the places the state lists as open.
Fly shops nearby
- Bob White Trout & Bait 14.7 mi · Coleman · +1-920-897-3812
- The Sports Shop 15.5 mi
- Popp's Resort 27.8 mi · Crivitz · +1-715-757-3511