Diamond Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Michigan

Diamond Lake, Michigan: Northern Pike. 91% of it is 55 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. 6,935,950 fish stocked since 1979.

Lake

Surface area: 1,030 acres1.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 64 ftdeep
Fish species: 19
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public

Water claritynow 14.8 ft

Diamond Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Diamond Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Diamond Lake covers 1,030 acres in Michigan, across Cass County. It is a lake: 91% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 64 feet (19.5 m). Our records hold 19 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 64 ft (19.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 29 depth contour lines for this water.

0–5 ft: 18% of the water
5–10 ft: 17.8% of the water
10–15 ft: 14.8% of the water
15–20 ft: 8% of the water
20–25 ft: 5.4% of the water
25–30 ft: 4.7% of the water
30–35 ft: 4.8% of the water
35–40 ft: 6% of the water
40–45 ft: 7.1% of the water
45–50 ft: 2% of the water
50–55 ft: 2.4% of the water
55–60 ft: 3.3% of the water
60–64 ft: 5.7% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Warmouth, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Longnose Gar, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Spottail Shiner, Golden Shiner, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 6,935,950 fish, 1979–2026

Michigan DNR records list 6,935,950 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2026.

Walleye: 6,935,950 in 1992–2026

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Diamond Lake — 2 lanes, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Allegan Field Office. phone 269-673-4747

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 8–21 feet on our readings, averaging 14.7 feet, from 108 readings. Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2019. The latest reading is from 2019, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is 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.