Coldwater Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Spotted Gar

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Spotted Gar, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Redear, Warmouth
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Coldwater Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Coldwater Lake covers 1,606 acres in Michigan, across Branch County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 90 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 90 ft (27.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.3% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 64 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–5 ft: 31.6% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 15.7% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 1% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 0.5% of the water
  • 80–85 ft: 0.5% of the water
  • 85–90 ft: 0.5% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Spotted Gar — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed, Golden Shiner.

Stocking: 1,632,808 fish, 1980–2025

Michigan DNR records list 1,632,808 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2025.

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  • Walleye: 1,603,000 in 1984–2025

One more species on the stocking list.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 boat ramp.

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  • Coldwater Lake — 2 lanes, restrooms. Jackson Field Office. phone 517-780-7866
  • Coldwater Lake Marina — Coldwater. 626 Lake Drive, Coldwater 49036 · phone +1 517 238 2777 · website coldwaterlakemarina.com

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: 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 2 public ramps are 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.