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Weekend fishing itinerary near Kalamazoo
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Weekend fishing itinerary near Kalamazoo

4 stops4 watersUpdated Nov 6

Two days, 4 stops on 4 public waters, all within 75 minutes of Kalamazoo. Each stop below has its drive time, its access point and the fish recorded there.

Day 1

Morning: Gull Lake

Start the day on Gull Lake, launching from the ramp below.

Gull Lake is a 21-minute drive from downtown Kalamazoo. Launch at Prairieville Township Park, the public ramp on Gull Lake closest to downtown (≈ 12.3 mi). Public access on Gull Lake: 1 boat ramp. Surveyed depths reach 110 ft. Recorded here: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, and Lake Trout.

Gull Lake121 min · 12.7 mi
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Gull Lake

Kalamazoo

Prairieville Township Park20

max 110 ft · surveyed

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From Prairieville Township Park to Gun Lake County Park: 25 min by road (16.8 mi).

Evening: Gun Lake

End the day on Gun Lake.

Gun Lake is a 37-minute drive from downtown Kalamazoo. Launch at Gun Lake County Park, the public ramp on Gun Lake closest to downtown (≈ 21 mi). Public access on Gun Lake: 3 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 68 ft. Recorded here: Walleye, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, and Flathead Catfish.

Gun Lake237 min · 27 mi
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Gun Lake

Barry

Gun Lake County Park14

max 68 ft · surveyed

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Day 2

Morning: Corey Lake

Start the day on Corey Lake, launching from the ramp below.

Corey Lake is a 47-minute drive from downtown Kalamazoo. Launch at Harwood Lake, the public ramp on Corey Lake closest to downtown (≈ 26.6 mi). Public access on Corey Lake: 2 boat ramps. Surveyed depths reach 70 ft. Recorded here: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco, and Bluegill.

Corey Lake347 min · 33.8 mi
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Corey Lake

St. Joseph

Harwood Lake12

max 70 ft · surveyed

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From Harwood Lake to Green Lake: 81 min by road (67.8 mi).

Evening: Green Lake

End the day on Green Lake.

Green Lake is a 46-minute drive from downtown Kalamazoo. Launch at Green Lake, the public ramp on Green Lake closest to downtown (≈ 31.9 mi). Public access on Green Lake: 1 boat ramp. Surveyed depths reach 60 ft. Recorded here: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco, and Black Crappie.

Green Lake446 min · 37.8 mi
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Green Lake

Allegan

Green Lake13

max 60 ft · surveyed

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When the fish bite here

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

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Kalamazoo 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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