Lake Profile

A regulation aimed at increasing the size of bass and panfish in Grand Traverse County’s Arbutus Lake appears to be paying dividends.

Roscommon County’s Houghton Lake is Michigan’s largest inland lake, with over 20,000 acres of surface water. The lake is approximately 7 1⁄2 miles long, 4 1⁄2 miles wide, and features over 30 miles of shoreline.<br

Located seven miles northeast of the city of Flint on the Genesee/Lapeer county line, Holloway Reservoir provides great fishing in an area with a large population and a relatively limited number of public lakes.

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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