Au Train Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Burbot, White Sucker, Cisco
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Autrain Lake Boat Launch.

The lake

Au Train Lake covers 849 acres in Michigan, across Alger County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Mottled Sculpin.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 59 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 0.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 2.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 11.8% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 14.4% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 1% of the water

Stocking: 15,093 fish in 2018

USFWS/GLFC records list 15,093 fish released into this water in 2018. The latest stocking on record is from 2018, more than three years ago.

Au Train Lake.jpg
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  • Walleye: 15,093 in 2018

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Autrain Lake Boat Launch website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-02-020

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Michigan EGLE — Michigan EGLE: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.