Font Lake fishing: White Sucker, Yellow Perch
Target species: White Sucker, Yellow Perch
The lake
Font Lake covers 367 acres in Michigan, across Charlevoix County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 7 feet (2.1 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 7 ft (2.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 24 depth contours for this water, drawn from 214 soundings.
- 0–1 ft: 42.9% of the surveyed bottom
- 1–2 ft: 21.9% of the surveyed bottom
- 2–3 ft: 17.7% of the surveyed bottom
- 3–4 ft: 11% of the surveyed bottom
- 4–5 ft: 3.5% of the surveyed bottom
- deeper than 5 ft: 3.1% of the surveyed bottom
2 target fish, led by White Sucker
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Also recorded here: Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°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.
Where this data comes from
- NOAA Digital Coast — NOAA Digital Coast bathymetric lidar: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2015.
- Michigan EGLE — Michigan EGLE: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
