Beaver Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Beaver Lake.

The lake

Beaver Lake covers 680 acres in Michigan, across Alpena County. It is a lake: 93% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 38 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–5 ft: 11.9% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 13.1% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 6% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 4% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 3.1% of the water

3 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Spottail Shiner.

Stocking: 617,704 fish, 1979–2016

Michigan DNR records list 617,704 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2016. The latest stocking on record is from 2016, more than three years ago.

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  • Walleye: 468,904 in 1986–2016
  • Northern Pike: 137,700 in 1982–2003

One more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 hand launch.

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Car-top and kayak launches — no trailer

  • Beaver Lake — restrooms. Alpena County. phone 989-379-4462

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.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 12.7–25.5 feet on our readings, averaging 18.5 feet, from 115 readings. These readings span 2017–2023.

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.