Glen Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cisco
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cisco, Lake Trout, Brown Trout
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Glen Lake, 2 lanes.
The lake
Glen Lake covers 6,293 acres in Michigan, across Leelanau County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 130 feet (39.6 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 130 ft (39.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 22 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 26.7% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 2% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 2% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 2% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 120–130 ft: 38.3% of the water
5 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
- Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
- Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Stocking: 2,332,834 fish, 1997–2026
Michigan DNR records list 2,332,834 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.
- Rainbow Trout: 1,024,712 in 2007–2026
- Lake Trout: 683,226 in 2007–2026
- Brown Trout: 259,148 in 1985–1997
One more species on the stocking list.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 8–28 feet on our readings, averaging 15.1 feet, from 655 readings. These readings span 2017–2023.
4 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 3 boat ramps.
- Glen Lake Resort — Glen Arbor, Glen Craft Resort & Marina. 6391 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor 49636 · phone +1 231 334 4556 · website glenlakelodging.com
- Glen Lake — 2 lanes, restrooms. Interlochen State Park. phone 231-276-9511
- Glen Craft Marina — Glen Arbor. 6391 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor 49636 · phone +1 231 334 4556 · website glencraftmarina.com
- On The Narrows Marina — Glen Arbor. 8137 South Glen Lake Road, Glen Arbor 49636 · phone +1-231-334-4891 · website narrows-marina.com
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 4 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
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 6,293 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle. Clarity swings from 8 to 28 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed.
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.
