An unusual feature of this lake is muskellunge fishing. Unlike other lakes where they are found only in certain spots, it is not uncommon to raise this fish almost any place on the lake . The name of this lake always causes speculation. One version of the naming involves two Indians that were confused as to their whereabouts while hunting in the area. Water exits from the lake by dam control either directly into the Rainbow Flowage, or at times when the flowage is higher, is by-passed into Dog Lake , Gilmore Lake, and into the Wisconsin River.
Pickerel Lake contains musky, northern, walleye, bass, and pan fish.
Plum Lake has great structure with depths up to 70 feet and is seven miles in length, two miles in width. Dotted with three islands, it is a picturesque and historically interesting body of water.