Eagle Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Lake · Michigan

Eagle Lake, Michigan: Northern Pike. 90.5% of it is 24 feet deep or less. 2,400 fish stocked since 2020.

Lake

Surface area: 404 acres0.6 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 35 ftdeep
Fish species: 16
Access: open to the public

Water claritynow 8.5 ft

Eagle Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, Redfin Pickerel

The lake

Eagle Lake covers 404 acres in Michigan, across Cass County. It is a lake: 90.5% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 16 species for this 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.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Redfin Pickerel — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Longnose Gar, Yellow Bullhead, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 2,400 fish, 2020–2025

Michigan DNR records list 2,400 fish released into this water from 2020 to 2025.

Yellow Perch: 1,300 in 2021–2022
Black Crappie: 1,000 in 2025
Walleye: 100 in 2020

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.5% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 23 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 2.4% of the water
2–4 ft: 10.9% of the water
4–6 ft: 44.7% of the water
6–8 ft: 13.5% of the water
8–10 ft: 4.2% of the water
10–12 ft: 3.1% of the water
12–14 ft: 2.6% of the water
14–16 ft: 2.2% of the water
16–18 ft: 2% of the water
18–20 ft: 1.8% of the water
20–22 ft: 1.6% of the water
22–24 ft: 1.5% of the water
24–26 ft: 1.4% of the water
26–28 ft: 1.4% of the water
28–30 ft: 6.8% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 76°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2023.

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.