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Boat ramps near Detroit
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Boat ramps near Detroit

12 stops5 watersUpdated Nov 6

77 public boat ramps on published waters near Detroit.

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

Lake Saint Clair

Recorded in Lake Saint Clair: White Perch, Gizzard Shad, Goldfish, and Alewife.

Surveyed depths in Lake Saint Clair reach 62 ft.

Lake Saint Clair16 min · 7.7 mi
Lake

Lake Saint Clair

Macomb

47

max 62 ft · surveyed

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  1. 1Clinton River Cut Off: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 19 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Beacon Cove Marina: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 19.2 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Lake St. Clair Metro Park: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 20.7 mi from downtown.
  4. 4Metro Beach Metro Park West: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 21.5 mi from downtown.
  5. 7Harley Ensign Memorial: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 22.8 mi from downtown.
  6. 9Selfridge: boat ramp on Lake Saint Clair, ≈ 23.6 mi from downtown.

Lake Erie

Recorded in Lake Erie: White Perch, Orangespotted Sunfish, Western Mosquitofish, and Goldfish.

Surveyed depths in Lake Erie reach 207 ft.

Lake Erie42 min · 25.8 mi
Lake

Lake Erie

Ottawa

57

max 207 ft · surveyed

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  1. 5Pointe Mouillee Headquarters: boat ramp on Lake Erie, ≈ 21.7 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Humphries Unit: boat ramp on Lake Erie, ≈ 24.8 mi from downtown.

Belleville Lake

Recorded in Belleville Lake: Channel Catfish, Walleye, Muskellunge, and Fathead Minnow.

Surveyed depths in Belleville Lake reach 30 ft.

Belleville Lake32 min · 25.1 mi
Reservoir

Belleville Lake

Wayne

4

max 30 ft · surveyed

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  1. 6Canoe & kayak launch — Belleville Lake: boat ramp on Belleville Lake, ≈ 21.8 mi from downtown.
  2. 8Belleville Lake East: boat ramp on Belleville Lake, ≈ 23.3 mi from downtown.

Orchard Lake

Recorded in Orchard Lake: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, and Common Carp.

Surveyed depths in Orchard Lake reach 111 ft.

Orchard Lake34 min · 25.9 mi
Lake

Orchard Lake

Oakland

10

max 111 ft · surveyed

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  1. 10Orchard Lake: boat ramp on Orchard Lake, ≈ 23.6 mi from downtown.

Cass Lake

Recorded in Cass Lake: Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, and Redear.

Surveyed depths in Cass Lake reach 123 ft.

Cass Lake39 min · 28.9 mi
Lake

Cass Lake

Oakland

8

max 123 ft · surveyed

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  1. 12Kayak / Canoe Portage Point: boat ramp on Cass Lake, ≈ 25.1 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Goldfish and Rainbow Trout are at peak around Detroit in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Detroit 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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