Gun Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Redfin Pickerel
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Yankee Springs Recreation Area Day Use, 4 lanes.

The lake

Gun Lake covers 2,736 acres in Michigan, across Barry County. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 39 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 68 feet (20.7 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 68 ft (20.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.6% of the water is 39 feet or shallower. We hold 136 depth contour lines for this water.

Gun Lake aerial view.jpg
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  • 0–3 ft: 14.8% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 34.4% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 11% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 10.6% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 2.2% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 1% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 48–51 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 51–54 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 54–57 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 57–60 ft: 2.5% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Redfin Pickerel — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Green Sunfish, Flathead Catfish, Common Carp, Emerald Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 3,530,826 fish, 1990–2026

Michigan DNR records list 3,530,826 fish released into this water from 1990 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 3,516,419 in 2001–2026
  • Muskellunge: 14,270 in 1979–1983
  • Northern Pike: 137 in 2003

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.

  • Yankee Springs Recreation Area Day Use — 4 lanes, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Yankee Springs State Recreation Area. phone 269-795-9081
  • Gun Lake County Park — 2 lanes. Allegan County. phone 616-425-5342
  • Yankee Springs Recreation Area Campground — 1 lane. Yankee Springs State Recreation Area. phone 269-795-9081

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.

Gun Lake, Michigan.JPG
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What is hard here

Only 3 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

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.