Lake Profile

Supporting healthy populations of largemouth bass and bluegills, and supplemented by a stocked walleye fishery, Oakland County’s Big Seven Lake provides variable angling opportunities.
If you’re seeking good fishing in southeast Michigan in close

Lake Templene is known for its healthy panfish fishery, but the bass population is pretty good, too.
With bluegills growing at a rate of an inch above the state average, it’s not tough to

If you’ve got muskies on your mind, consider a stop at Lenawee County’s Lake Hudson. While most inland lakes in southern Michigan are not well known for muskie fishing, Lake Hudson is an exception.

The impressively large and ever popular Lac Vieux Desert straddles the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where it sits steeped in history in Michigan’s Gogebic County and Wisconsin’s Vilas County.
Most people

Barry County’s Algonquin Lake is a sleeper for Michigan’s anglers. Although it’s not known for producing trophy-sized fish, it does have healthy bass, pike, and panfish populations and – for a couple of reasons –

With robust walleye and smallmouth bass populations, a good northern pike fishery, and an on-and-off perch fishery, Walloon Lake has a good bit of diversity for anglers upon which to test their skills.
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Lincoln Lake in northeastern Kent County has the prestigious honor of producing the state record black crappie. The fish was caught way back in 1947 by Frank Lee. It weighed an impressive 4.12 pounds. No

Gladwin County’s Wiggins Lake is often overlooked by anglers, but certainly deserves a second peek. A state-sponsored walleye stocking program coupled with a healthy panfish fishery, keeps anglers plying the waters of this 345-acre impoundment

Sugarloaf is a relatively oval-shaped lake nestled in west-central Washtenaw County inside the Waterloo Recreation Area. It features 205 acres of surface area. The maximum depth is 20 feet, in a hole in the middle