Amnicon River
A river in Wisconsin
About Amnicon River
The Amnicon runs 19 miles through Douglas County to Lake Superior, east of Superior itself, and passes through Amnicon Falls on the way — a series of falls and rapids over ancient rock, and the reason most people know the river's name. The survey puts 239 acres of surface and 61 miles of bank on it.
For a Lake Superior tributary of this size, the designations are unusually broad. Musky are managed as natural reproduction plus stocking, walleye as stocking plus natural reproduction, and smallmouth habitat is classified as nursery and wadable warm water.
Two public accesses are on record. Like most north-shore rivers, what runs up it seasonally matters as much as what lives in it, and the falls are a natural limit on how far that can go.
Lake Superior tributary rules can differ from inland regulations. Check the current DNR rules for the reach being fished.
Written from Wisconsin DNR hydrography and fisheries data. State water ID WBIC 2848900.
How the state manages it
- musky · Natural reproduction plus stocking (Cat. 2)
- smallmouth · Wadable Nursery Waters; Wadable Warm Water
- walleye · Stocking plus Natural Reproduction
Wisconsin DNR fisheries designations. These describe how the water is managed, not what is in it on any given day.
Fishing license
Wisconsin sells them online. Buy one from the state. We don’t know whether you need one — that depends on your age, where you live, the water, and what your guide’s own license covers.