Lake Profile

Iron County’s Golden Lake has a healthy smallmouth bass population. However, anglers simply targeting just bass are doing themselves a disservice as the lake also features a robust lake trout and splake fishery.
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Barry County’s Algonquin Lake qualifies as a sleeper water body for anglers. Although it’s not known for producing trophy-sized fish, it does have healthy naturally occurring bass, pike, and panfish populations and a modest stocked

With a relatively remote setting in the western Upper Peninsula and strong populations of walleye, pike, and panfish, Gogebic County’s Thousand Island lake is a fisherman’s paradise.
Supplemental stocking by the local lake association

Good fishing, sandy beaches, a primitive campground, and a relatively remote setting in the Manistee National Forest combine to make Nichols Lake worth a look this summer.
Located in northwest Newaygo County about 20

It’s well known among local anglers that Lapeer County’s Lake Nepessing is a good bass lake.
There were a total of seven bass tournaments held on the lake last year, according to the Michigan

If you’re looking for a meal rather than a limit, and a relatively quiet lake rather than a rambunctious one, Benzie County’s Lower Herring Lake is worth checking out.
“Lower Herring Lake has a

A rustic ambiance and good populations of panfish make Alcona County’s Jewell Lake a gem for anglers.
It’s a good lake to take kids fishing because the panfish populations are robust with good numbers

With a diverse warmwater fishery that includes good numbers and sizes of largemouth bass, panfish, and northern pike, Bennett Lake is typical of most inland lakes in southern Michigan.
As part of a small

Most walleye stocking events on Michigan inland lakes consists of planting spring fingerlings. Many of these tiny fish, which usually average between 1 and 2 inches in length, often are gobbled up by predators in