Trout Bog Lake, also known as Bog 12-15, is a small

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is located near the south basin of the much larger Trout Lake. The lake is entirely surrounded by vegetation, except for a logging road that provides access to it. Being a bog, the pH is extremely low; on average it is 4.8.

Limnology and Trout Bog

Trout Bog Lake is one of seven lakes studied at the North Temperate Lakes

Long Term Ecological Research Network The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales. Twenty-eight LTER sites cover a diverse set of ecosystems. It is par ...

(LTER) site. The lake also houses a sensor buoy, which feeds data to the

Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) is an international grass-roots, voluntary network of researchers, educators, and community groups interested in making and utilizing time series of high-frequency observations made on and in lakes ...

(GLEON).

Fish species

Very few fish species call Trout Bog home. The most common species by far in the lake is the

central mudminnow The central mudminnow (''Umbra limi'') is a small fish in the family Umbridae of the order Esociformes. It is found in central and eastern North America in productive waters. It is fairly tolerant of low oxygen concentration In chemistry, c ...

Bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...

and black bullhead have also been recorded.

Notes

{{authority control Lakes of Wisconsin Lakes of Vilas County, Wisconsin