Kayak and paddle launches near Flint

Among the 40 access points closest to downtown Flint, 4 are named as kayak, canoe or paddlecraft launches in the state registry.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Flint; below are the 4 closest, grouped by water.

Maceday Lake

Recorded in Maceday Lake: Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Walleye, and Lake Whitefish.

Surveyed depths in Maceday Lake reach 117 ft.

33 min · 29.3 mi

Lake

Maceday Lake

Oakland

max 117 ft · surveyed

Water page

1Canoe & kayak launch — Maceday Lake: boat ramp on Maceday Lake, ≈ 25.4 mi from downtown.
2Canoe & kayak launch — Lester Lake: boat ramp on Maceday Lake, ≈ 25.4 mi from downtown.

Cass Lake

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

Surveyed depths in Cass Lake reach 123 ft.

43 min · 36.5 mi

Lake

Cass Lake

Oakland

max 123 ft · surveyed

Water page

3Kayak / Canoe Portage Point: boat ramp on Cass Lake, ≈ 32.5 mi from downtown.

Ford Lake

Recorded in Ford Lake: Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Walleye, and Northern Pike.

Surveyed depths in Ford Lake reach 30 ft.

72 min · 67.1 mi

Reservoir

Ford Lake

Washtenaw

max 30 ft · surveyed

Water page

4Canoe & kayak launch — Ford Lake: boat ramp on Ford Lake, ≈ 56.3 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

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

Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Flint 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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