Corey Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Redfin Pickerel, Bluegill, Cisco, Yellow Perch
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Corey Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Corey Lake covers 608 acres in Michigan, across St. Joseph County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 47 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 19.5% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 15.4% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 8% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Redfin Pickerel — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Bullhead, Golden Shiner, Banded Killifish.

Richelieu Lodge on Corey Lake at Three Rivers, Michigan (67856).jpg
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Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 10.7–24 feet on our readings, averaging 16.6 feet, from 234 readings. Our water temperature readings average 76°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2022. The latest reading is from 2022, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

Stocking: 368,401 fish, 1980–2000

Michigan DNR records list 368,401 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2000. The latest stocking on record is from 2000, more than three years ago.

  • Rainbow Trout: 266,129 in 1981–2000
  • Walleye: 102,272 in 1985–1992

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 boat ramp.

Richelieu Lodge, Corey Lake, Three River, Mich (74059).jpg
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  • Corey Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. Allegan Field Office. phone 269-673-4747 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-14-014
  • Harwood Lake — 1 lane, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Cassopolis Field Office. phone 269-673-4747 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-14-013
  • Corey Lake Marina — Three Rivers. 59549 County Line Road, Three Rivers 49093 · phone +1 269 244 5878 · website coreylakemarina.com

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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 3 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.