Cass Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Redear
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Dodge #4 State Park - Cass Lake, 4 lanes.

The lake

Cass Lake covers 1,309 acres in Michigan, across Oakland County. It is a lake: 90.1% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 123 feet (37.5 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 123 ft (37.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.1% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 41 depth contour lines for this water.

Cass Lake (Michigan) boats Wednesdays (514873849).jpg
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  • 0–10 ft: 47% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 3.1% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 3.1% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 1.3% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 0.2% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

Stocking: 2,089,572 fish, 1981–2025

Michigan DNR records list 2,089,572 fish released into this water from 1981 to 2025.

Cass Lake from Dodge 4 State Park
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  • Walleye: 1,766,247 in 1985–2025
  • Brown Trout: 83,700 in 1983–1986
  • Lake Trout: 19,078 in 1979–1999
  • Rainbow Trout: 10,350 in 1980–2009
  • Northern Pike: 1,000 in 1983

2 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 7–15.2 feet on our readings, averaging 10.6 feet, from 259 readings. Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2018–2023.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Dodge #4 State Park - Cass Lake — 4 lanes, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Waterford, Dodge 4 State Park. 4157 Chenlot Street, Waterford 48328 · phone 248-682-7323 · website clubroyale.net/map-hours-directions-boat-dealership--hours-royale-cass-lake-dry-dock-marina

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.