Douglas Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Cisco
Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Cisco
The lake
Douglas Lake covers 3,758 acres in Michigan, across Cheboygan County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.1% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 97 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 24.5% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 27% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 10.1% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 1.4% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 1.3% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 1.6% of the water
- 70–75 ft: 0.5% of the water
- 75–80 ft: 0.9% of the water
Stocking: 917,979 fish, 1979–2024
Michigan DNR records list 917,979 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2024.
- Walleye: 492,297 in 2018–2024
- Northern Pike: 425,682 in 1979–2004
3 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
Where this data comes from
- Michigan EGLE — Michigan EGLE: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- 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.
