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Boat ramps near South Bend
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Boat ramps near South Bend

12 stops8 watersUpdated Nov 6

15 public boat ramps on published waters near South Bend.

Distances are straight-line from downtown South Bend; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Worster Lake

Recorded in Worster Lake: Common Carp, Pumpkinseed, Largemouth Bass, and Gizzard Shad.

Surveyed depths in Worster Lake reach 18 ft.

  1. 1Worster Lake East Boat Launch: boat ramp on Worster Lake, ≈ 10.8 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Worster Lake West Boat Launch: boat ramp on Worster Lake, ≈ 11.4 mi from downtown.

Diamond Lake

Recorded in Diamond Lake: Walleye, Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Bowfin.

Surveyed depths in Diamond Lake reach 64 ft.

  1. 3Diamond Lake: boat ramp on Diamond Lake, ≈ 19.7 mi from downtown.

Corey Lake

Recorded in Corey Lake: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Corey Lake reach 70 ft.

  1. 4Harwood Lake: boat ramp on Corey Lake, ≈ 30.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 5Corey Lake: boat ramp on Corey Lake, ≈ 30.4 mi from downtown.

Pleasant Lake

Recorded in Pleasant Lake: Walleye, Rainbow Trout, and Cisco.

Surveyed depths in Pleasant Lake reach 50 ft.

  1. 6Pleasant Lake: boat ramp on Pleasant Lake, ≈ 33.2 mi from downtown.

Lake Michigan

Recorded in Lake Michigan: Alewife, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Lake Michigan reach 902 ft.

  1. 7Washington Park: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 34 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Pastrick Marina: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 61.3 mi from downtown.
  3. 12Wilhala Beach Co. Pk.: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 64 mi from downtown.

Lake Maxinkuckee

Recorded in Lake Maxinkuckee: Redear, Common Carp, and Rock Bass.

Surveyed depths in Lake Maxinkuckee reach 80 ft.

  1. 8Lake Maxinkuckee: boat ramp on Lake Maxinkuckee, ≈ 34.7 mi from downtown.

Klinger Lake

Recorded in Klinger Lake: Walleye, Common Carp, and Cisco.

Surveyed depths in Klinger Lake reach 70 ft.

  1. 9Klinger Lake: boat ramp on Klinger Lake, ≈ 36.5 mi from downtown.

Lake Wawasee

Recorded in Lake Wawasee: Yellow Bullhead, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, and Banded Killifish.

Surveyed depths in Lake Wawasee reach 75 ft.

  1. 10Lake Wawasee: boat ramp on Lake Wawasee, ≈ 36.7 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around South Bend in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the South Bend fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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