Grand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass

Lake · Michigan · Presque Isle, 1.2 mi away

Grand Lake, Michigan: Northern Pike. 92.1% of it is 19 feet deep or less. 2 trailer ramps. At least 25 ft deep.

Lake

Surface area: 5,845 acres9.1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 25 ftmoderately deep
Fish species: 9
Access points: 4
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Presque Isle1.2 mi

Grand Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, White Sucker
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Fletcher-Gilchrist Park, 1 lane.

The lake

Grand Lake covers 5,845 acres in Michigan, across Presque Isle County. It is a lake: 92.1% of it is 19 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

6 target fish, led by Northern Pike

Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Bowfin, Common Carp, Banded Killifish.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.1% of the water is 19 feet or shallower. We hold 274 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 5.5% of the water
2–4 ft: 9.9% of the water
4–5 ft: 7% of the water
5–6 ft: 10.9% of the water
6–7 ft: 6.9% of the water
7–8 ft: 5% of the water
8–10 ft: 9.9% of the water
10–11 ft: 5.8% of the water
11–12 ft: 5.2% of the water
12–13 ft: 5.5% of the water
13–15 ft: 8.2% of the water
15–17 ft: 7.7% of the water
17–19 ft: 4.6% of the water
19–20 ft: 8% of the water

Stocking: 210,025 fish, 1979–2000

Michigan DNR records list 210,025 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2000. The latest stocking on record is from 2000, more than three years ago.

Northern Pike: 180,025 in 1979–2000

One more species on the stocking list.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 boat ramp.

Fletcher-Gilchrist Park — 1 lane, restrooms. Presque Isle County. phone 989-734-2216
Grand Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. Hoeft State Park. phone 989-734-2543
Grand Lake Marina — Presque Isle. 15279 US-23 South, Presque Isle 49777 · phone +1-989-595-3364 · website grandlakemarinami.com · email [email protected]

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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: 5,845 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.

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.